Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2012, 6:05 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2012, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2012, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 6:07 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Icard, NC | COUNTY COMMS REPORTS 20 TO 25 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED AND AROUND A DOZEN HOUSES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE ALONG JOHNSON BRIDGE RD IN THE ICARD AND HILDEBRAN AREA. MULTIPLE INJURIES...NO KNOWN FATALITIES. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 11, 6:18 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Hickory, NC | REPORT FROM CALDWELL COUNTY OF DAMAGE AT THE LAKE HICKORY MARINA WITH THE MARINA DAMAGED AND 3 BOATS FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. NO REPORT OF ANY INJURIES. POSSIBLE TORNADO AS INFLOW PEAK WIND OF 36 KNOTS FROM THE EAST AT HICKORY AIRPORT 1 MINUTE EARLIER AT 617 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KGSP 112305
TORGSP
NCC003-023-027-035-112345-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0002.120111T2305Z-120111T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TAYLORSVILLE...
WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HICKORY...
SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 603 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF
COOKSVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ICARD AND CONNELLY SPRINGS...
HILDEBRAN AND LONGVIEW...
RHODHISS AND GRANITE FALLS...
LAKE HICKORY AND ST. STEPHENS...
BETHLEHEM...
ELLENDALE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS TORNADO. MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
TO REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...
THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3603 8102 3599 8100 3556 8143 3557 8153
3564 8164 3602 8134 3600 8132 3603 8127
3604 8121 3603 8108 3605 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 216DEG 32KT 3566 8148
$$
ARK2 follow-up statements
965
WWUS52 KGSP 112327
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
627 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012
NCC023-035-112336-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120111T2345Z/
CATAWBA NC-BURKE NC-
627 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE AND WESTERN CATAWBA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF BURKE AND CATAWBA COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3599 8103 3582 8119 3580 8130 3580 8134
3577 8135 3576 8138 3577 8143 3581 8149
3600 8132 3603 8127 3604 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 216DEG 32KT 3583 8133
$$
NCC003-027-112345-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120111T2345Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CALDWELL NC-
627 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES...
AT 625 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE HICKORY...OR
6 MILES NORTH OF HICKORY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILLERSVILLE...ELLENDALE AND TAYLORSVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3599 8103 3582 8119 3580 8130 3580 8134
3577 8135 3576 8138 3577 8143 3581 8149
3600 8132 3603 8127 3604 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 216DEG 32KT 3583 8133
$$
ARK056
WWUS52 KGSP 112338
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
638 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012
NCC003-027-112347-
/O.EXP.KGSP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120111T2345Z/
ALEXANDER NC-CALDWELL NC-
638 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND ALEXANDER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EST...
THE STORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING IS WEAKENING...AND NO LONGER
INDICATING A TORNADO. SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3599 8103 3582 8119 3580 8130 3580 8134
3577 8135 3576 8138 3577 8143 3581 8149
3600 8132 3603 8127 3604 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 216DEG 32KT 3591 8126
$$
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 3:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 3:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 4:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey | 66 min |
| Jan 11, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 65 min |
| Jan 11, 5:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 6:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 46 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.