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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 9:24 PM EST for Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:24 PM EST (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:48 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
205
WFUS52 KGSP 030224
TORGSP
NCC175-030300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0009.120303T0224Z-120303T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
924 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREVARD...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EST
* AT 921 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
BALSAM GROVE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BREVARD...
LITTLE RIVER...
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 3522 8295 3524 8293 3529 8292 3531 8290
3532 8283 3535 8280 3537 8269 3530 8262
3525 8260 3516 8260 3512 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 259DEG 42KT 3523 8289
$$
MOORE2 follow-up statements
302
WWUS52 KGSP 030231
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
931 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
NCC175-030300-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120303T0300Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-
931 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...
AT 929 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE
RIVER
THE STORM WAS WEAKENING IN THE COOLER AIR EAST OF THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3530 8262 3526 8261 3522 8260 3516 8260
3519 8288 3532 8283 3535 8280 3537 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 259DEG 42KT 3524 8279
$$
MOORE990
WWUS52 KGSP 030248
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
948 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
NCC175-030258-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120303T0300Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-
948 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...SO THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3530 8262 3526 8261 3522 8260 3516 8260
3519 8288 3532 8283 3535 8280 3537 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 259DEG 42KT 3528 8255
$$
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison, Swain | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 7:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 85 min |
| Mar 2, 7:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 54 min |
| Mar 2, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 62 min |
| Mar 2, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 9:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon, Swain | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 11:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 11:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 12:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon, Transylvania | 118 min |
| Mar 3, 3:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 50 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.