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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 30, 2013Greenville County, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 3:54 PM EST for Greenville County, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina; Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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: Jan 30, 2013, 3:54 PM EST (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 4:30 PM EST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 244 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 420 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

365 
WFUS52 KGSP 302054
TORGSP
NCC175-SCC045-073-077-302130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0001.130130T2054Z-130130T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 350 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR SALEM...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALHALLA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE JOCASSEE.
  ROCKY BOTTOM AND ROSMAN.
  TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR.
  CAESARS HEAD...JONES GAP STATE PARK AND BREVARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO IS LIKELY. MOBILE HOMES COULD BE FLIPPED.
FALLING TREES CAN CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY...AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO
HOUSES. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A
HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3502 8303 3503 8301 3504 8302 3514 8295
      3537 8269 3529 8262 3517 8259 3514 8257
      3510 8255 3480 8295 3493 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 224DEG 56KT 3495 8293

$$

MOORE

1 follow-up statement

918 
WWUS52 KGSP 302105
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

NCC175-SCC045-073-077-302130-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130130T2130Z/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-GREENVILLE SC-OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC-
405 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...
NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE AND
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EST...

AT 403 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ROCKY BOTTOM...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

ALTHOUGH THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF OCONEE COUNTY...OTHER STRONG TO 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ROSMAN.
  TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR.
  CAESARS HEAD AND BREVARD.
  JONES GAP STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO IS LIKELY. MOBILE HOMES COULD BE FLIPPED.
FALLING TREES CAN CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY...AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO
HOUSES. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A
HOUSE OR OFFICE BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3502 8303 3503 8301 3504 8302 3514 8295
      3537 8269 3529 8262 3517 8259 3514 8257
      3510 8255 3480 8295 3493 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 223DEG 42KT 3503 8282

$$

MOORE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jan 30, 2:52 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 2:52 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO DRIER HIGH PRESSURE ON
THURSDAY. ANOTHER...FAIRLY WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION
ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BACK IN FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM EST ON WEDNESDAY...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE GSP COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. PLEASE CHECK
OUR WARNINGS/WATCHES/ADVISORIES FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

LATEST REGIONAL DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBS REVEALED THAT A
STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALL LINE WAS STRETCHING FROM NE
GEORGIA TO THE FAR WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS. THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LOCAL FLOODING...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.
THE LATEST NAM/GFS/RAP/HI-RES ARW ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THIS
CONVECTIVE LINE WILL CROSS THE WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THROUGH 21Z (5PM EST)...UPSTATE SC AND NC FOOTHILLS 21Z-00Z
(5PM-8PM)...NC PEIDMONT INCLUDING THE CHAROLLTE METRO AREA 00Z-03Z
(8PM-11PM). SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF
20-35MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS LINE. CURRENT
LAPS AND THE SPC HOURLY MESOSCALE ANALYSIS REVEALED STRONG LOW LEVEL
WIND SHEAR OF +40KTS(0-1KM LAYER) WITH SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES OF
100-200J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL
SUPPORT WIDEPSREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ACROSS THE
AREA. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOUR WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
WILL OCCUR DURING THE PASSAGE OF THIS SQUALL LINE. I HAVE CARRIED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEATHER GRIDS FOR ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH
THE PERIOD. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...WITH POPS TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

STRONG NW COLD ADVECTION FLOW WILL TAKE PLACE BEHIND THE DEPARTING
FRONT TONIGHT. H85 TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL TO -10C ACROSS
THE NORTHERN NC MOUTAINS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDENT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TO GENERATE UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY ALONG THE TN BORDER
LINE MIDNIGNTH INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL QPF VALUES FROM
THE UPSLOPE PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING
FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FALLING TO THE MID 20S
WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE AND FROZE SLUSH THURSDAY
MORNING...SO I WILL CONTINUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WITH COLD AIR MASS
MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT...OUR MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES ON
THURDAY WILL BE AROUND 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS MORNING'S LOW. WE
WILL SEE CLEARING SKIES WITH MUCH COOLER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON
THURSDAY AS DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF NOON WEDNESDAY...THE SHORT RANGE WILL BE RELATIVELY TRANQUIL
AS WE REMAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF A BROAD UPPER LONG WAVE TROF THROUGH
THE PERIOD. A CLIPPER LIKE WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE TROF WILL PASS TO
THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL DRIVE A REINFORCING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A DECENT SLUG OF LOW
TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAT WILL GET RUN UP THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
MTNS BY SOME STRONG W TO NW FLOW AT 850MB. THIS SHOULD FORCE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MTNS MAINLY NEAR THE TN BORDER.
THE AIR MASS IS COLD ENOUGH THAT WHATEVER FALLS SHOULD BE ALL SNOW.
HARD TO SAY IF THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR ANY OF THE SNOW
SHOWERS TO BREAK CONTAINMENT AND MOVE OUT E OF THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT
WITH THE UPPER SUPPORT BEING SO FAR TO THE N...THINK THE ANSWER IS
NO. THE PRECIP SHOULD BE FAIRLY SHORT LIVED AND WILL TAPER OFF
QUICKLY FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT...SOME SHORT WAVE RIDGING WILL
CROSS THE REGION...SUPPORTING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...FOR FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY...THE NEXT WAVE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NW
WILL APPROACH THE REGION...WITH AN INCREASE IN DEEPER MOISTURE AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL START
TO INCREASE THE PRECIP CHANCES FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1030 AM EST WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE SHOWS A SUBTLE
PATTERN CHANGE TOWARD THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. WE START OUT WITH
A BROAD UPPER TROF OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. A SHORT WAVE DROPPING
DOWN INTO THE TROF WILL DRIVE A WEAK SYSTEM ACROSS THE REGION ON
SATURDAY NIGHT...TO WHICH THE GFS/ECMWF RESPOND WITH SOME LIGHT
PRECIP. A CHANCE OVER THE MTNS AND SLIGHT CHC E OF THE MTNS SHOULD
SUFFICE...AND THIS WOULD BE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE MTNS AND
MAINLY RAIN OUTSIDE THE MTNS...BUT THIS HAS VERY LOW POTENTIAL TO BE
ANYTHING MORE THAN A MINOR EVENT. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD BACK
ACROSS THE REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM...AGAIN
RELATIVELY WEAK...WILL FOLLOW ON MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY WITH A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS ONE ALSO HAS VERY LOW POTENTIAL AND WAS
HANDLED WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF CHC OR SLIGHT CHC POP FOR RAIN/SNOW
MAINLY OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. THE GFS SHOWS THIS FRONT COMING
BACK NORTH AND REACTIVATING AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THIS
WAS DISREGARDED FOR THE TIME BEING AS THE ECMWF WAS DRY. TEMPS
SHOULD BE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...LATEST REGIONAL RADARS INDICATE THAT A
STRONG SQUALL LINE WAS STRETCHING FROM NW GEORGIA TO EXTREME WESTERN
NC MOUNTAINS. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE WESTERN NC
MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH 22Z...UPSTATE SC AND NC
FOOTHILLS 22Z-01Z...AND NC PIEDMONT INCLUDING KCLT 02Z-05Z. STRONG S
WINDS OF 20-30KT WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THIS LINE ALONG WITH STRONG
LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. MVFR CEILINGS WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE LIFTING TO VFR
TONIGHT AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALL LINE MOVES
OFF TO THE EAST. WIND GUSTS TO +45MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNINGS AND
HEAVY DOWNPOUR WILL OCCUR DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE SQUALL LINE.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR BEHIND THE FRONT WITH WINDS VEERING
FROM S/SW TO W/NW. WITH DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILD IN FROM THE
WEST ON THURSDAY...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH W/NW WINDS OF
15-20KTS THROUGH 18Z THU FOR ALL TERMINALS.

OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE REGION ON
THURSDAY...BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE CWA BY SATURDAY MORNING.
CONDITIONS SHOULD FAVOR VFR...WITH MORNING VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ017-018-026-028-
     029.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-
     048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-
     068>072-082-502-504-506>510.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST
     THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-048>050.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ059-062>065.
SC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...JOH
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...JOH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 3:23 PM EST, 31 minutes before

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

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-
506>510-SCZ001>014-019-312030-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
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-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
323 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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 AFTERNOON AND 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. 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 LATE 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.

NCZ052-053-501-503-505-312030-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
323 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.
   TORNADO WATCH.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. 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 LATE 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>050-312030-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
323 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.
   TORNADO WATCH.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.

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

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NCZ051-058-312030-
SWAIN-GRAHAM-
323 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS
AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS A RESULT. 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 LATE 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.

GAZ010-NCZ059-062>065-312030-
RABUN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
323 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.
   TORNADO WATCH.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS
AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE PASSING COLD FRONT. 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 LATE 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, 1:41 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S ALARKA              35.28N 83.44W
01/30/2013                   MACON              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON BRADLEY CREEK ROAD AND WOOD
            CHUCK LANE.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Jan 30, 1:44 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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

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

0142 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRANKLIN                35.18N 83.38W
01/30/2013                   MACON              NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE AND POWERLINE DOWN ON OAKFIELD DRIVE.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Jan 30, 1:50 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRANKLIN                35.18N 83.38W
01/30/2013                   MACON              NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS WESTERN FRANKLIN.
            PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:28 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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

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

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WAYNESVILLE             35.48N 83.00W
01/30/2013                   HAYWOOD            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY
            DURING THE PAST HOUR.

&&

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Jan 30, 3:02 PM EST, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

GAZ010-NCZ049-052-053-059-062>065-SCZ001-002-302100-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE
MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN
JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
302 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...CHANCES FOR DAMAGING WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 252 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM THE I-26 AT I-40 INTERSECTION TO 4 MILES EAST OF LONG CREEK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...AND DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF DOWNED TREES AND
POWER LINES WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT ACROSS THE AREA.

LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODFIN...
  WEAVERVILLE...
  DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...
  BARNARDSVILLE...
  ASHEVILLE MALL...
  ROSMAN...

LAT...LON 3593 8217 3516 8254 3513 8268 3505 8276
      3475 8345 3533 8320 3598 8220

LANE

Local storm report, Jan 30, 3:26 PM EST, 28 minutes before

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

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

0308 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 9 SW MORGANTON          35.65N 81.81W
01/30/2013                   BURKE              NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE REPORTED DOWN...BLOCKING ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF
            CONLEY RD AND HIGHWAY 64.

&&

WIMBERLEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 1:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	59 min
Jan 30, 3:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	53 min
Jan 30, 3:48 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	2 hr
Jan 30, 4:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	34 min
Jan 30, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	58 min
Jan 30, 5:28 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	32 min
Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	60 min
Jan 30, 5:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	64 min
Jan 30, 6:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Cherokee, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg	63 min
Jan 30, 4:16 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	30 hr
Jan 30, 6:09 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	111 min
Jan 30, 12:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain	58 min
Jan 30, 1:58 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood, Jackson, Macon	2 hr
Jan 30, 2:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	63 min
Jan 30, 3:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania, Yancey	58 min
Jan 30, 3:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	79 min
Jan 30, 3:44 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	6 hr
Jan 30, 3:50 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	12 hr
Jan 30, 3:50 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	12 hr
Jan 30, 4:26 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	2 hr
Jan 30, 4:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson	113 min
Jan 30, 4:53 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	6 hr
Jan 30, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	60 min
Jan 30, 5:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	3 hr
Jan 30, 5:57 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	22 hr
Jan 30, 5:57 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	18 hr
Jan 30, 6:04 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Haywood	5 hr
Jan 30, 6:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	39 min
Jan 30, 6:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	56 hr

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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.