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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 30, 2013Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 8:50 PM EST for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2013, 8:50 PM EST (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 9:45 PM EST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NC

The radar

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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
Jan 30, 1:19 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 30, 7:01 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 7:01 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 7:40 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068-502-504-506>510-SCZ001>008-010>012-019-
010045-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-GREATER CALDWELL-
GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG
STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ051>053-058-501-503-505-010045-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG
STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ033-048>050-010045-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG
STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009-013-014-010045-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE PASSING
COLD FRONT. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND
RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-NCZ059-062>065-010045-
RABUN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   FLOOD WATCH.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE
BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL
LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

WIMBERLEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:06 PM EST, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:10 PM EST, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 30, 8:32 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:37 PM EST, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:47 PM EST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0802 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E ROCK HILL           34.94N 80.98W
01/30/2013                   YORK               SC   PUBLIC

            HOUSE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY WIND GUSTS JUST EAST OF ROCK
            HILL.

&&

JPT

Special weather statement, Jan 30, 8:48 PM EST, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 7:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln	55 min
Jan 30, 7:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan	63 min
Jan 30, 8:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan	59 min
Jan 30, 8:27 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	3 hr
Jan 30, 8:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	43 min
Jan 30, 9:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	12 hr
Jan 30, 9:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	12 hr
Jan 30, 9:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	12 hr
Jan 30, 9:28 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	3 hr
Jan 30, 11:50 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke	100 min
Jan 30, 11:58 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	2 hr
Jan 31, 12:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	116 min
Jan 31, 12:57 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Burke	3 hr
Jan 31, 3:56 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Burke	3 hr
Jan 31, 4:20 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more	30 hr
Jan 31, 6:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke	2 hr
Jan 30, 7:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville	4 hr
Jan 30, 7:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Union, York	56 min
Jan 30, 7:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union, York	65 min
Jan 30, 8:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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