After a day of record heat, strong to severe storms affected the region.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
After a day of record heat, strong to severe storms affected the region.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 1, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
STRONG AND DEEP LAYERED HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WELL
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME RELIEF WILL
BEGIN BY MID WEEK...HOWEVER ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST
INTO THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
1930 UTC UPDATE...POPS AND QPF HAVE BEEN UPDATED BASED ON RADAR
TRENDS...WITH INCREASED COVERAGE IN THE SC PIEDMONT AND THE NC
MOUNTAINS AND BLUE RIDGE. SKY COVER HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM SATELLITE
IMAGERY.
AT 205 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR
MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. NEVERTHELESS...THE CONVECTIVE PICTURE IS
STILL QUITE MESSY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE FOCI FOR CONVECTION THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE TYPICAL TERRAIN EFFECTS...REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
MOVING ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT...AND SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH (ALTHOUGH
THIS IS EXPECTED TO MAINLY BE A FACTOR FOR AREAS TO OUR SOUTH AND
EAST). DEWPOINTS HAVE MIXED OUT IN THE IMMEDIATE LEE...WHICH HAS
RESULTED IN THE MOST IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY BEING DISPLACED TO OUR
EAST. NEVERTHELESS...MOST OF THE AREA IS MODERATELY TO STRONGLY
UNSTABLE...AND CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO FIRE IN ASSOCIATION
WITH AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES. CELLS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING RAPIDLY SEVERE...WITH BRIEF/MARGINALLY
STRONG HAIL BEING A THREAT...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING
MICROBURSTS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE VERY STRONG OWING TO HOT/DRY
BOUNDARY LAYER/DCAPE 1500-1800 J/KG. COVERAGE IS STILL EXPECTED TO
BE LIMITED...BUT WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH VERY CLOSELY FOR UPSCALE
DEVELOPMENT INTO SMALL/INTENSE MULTICELL CLUSTERS...WHICH WOULD POSE
MORE OF A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND THREAT.
WITH THE LATE/SLOW START TO INITIATION...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING IN MANY AREAS. IN ADDITION...
THE UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT...AS WEAK
SHORT WAVE TROUGHS/ MCV/S CONTINUE TO DROP TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC
FROM THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. THEREFORE...WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE
ON CURRENT MIDWESTERN CONVECTION PUSHING TOWARD THE AREA EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL BE CARRIED
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE NC ZONES. WITH THE RIDGE BREAKING DOWN
SOMEWHAT...AND THE ASSOCIATED ENHANCED MCV POTENTIAL...NOT TO
MENTION ANOTHER DAY OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION
SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY BETTER TOMORROW...ESP ACROSS THE NC ZONES. 30-40
POPS WILL BE CARRIED FOR MOST OF THE AREA. IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
AS HOT TOMORROW...DUE TO SLIGHTLY LOWER THICKNESS VALUES. ALTHOUGH
HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA MAY BE REACHED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
PIEDMONT...IT DOESNT APPEAR AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NECESSARY
ATTM.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM SUNDAY...THE CENTER OF THE H590 RIDGE WILL REMAIN
CENTERED OVER THE FL PANHANDLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE SHIFT IN
THE RIDGE WILL PLACE THE FORECAST AREA IN WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT. THE
NAM...GFS...AND ECMWF INDICATE THAT CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON TUESDAY. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS FROM THE GFS INDICATE THAT MID LEVEL TEMPS MAY WARM
SLIGHTLY FROM TODAY AND MONDAY...RESULTING IN SHALLOWER LAPSE RATES.
I WILL FORECAST CHC POPS OVER THE MTNS DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON...THEN CHC POPS EXPANDING EAST OF THE MTNS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO REACH WELL INTO
THE U90S EAST OF THE MTNS...BUT LIKELY BREAKING OUR CURRENT STREAK
OF 100 OR GREATER. RECORD TEMPS MAY BE TIED OR BROKEN.
ON INDEPENDENCE DAY...MODELS INDICATE THAT A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE
WILL RIPPLE TOWARD THE CWA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS FEATURE WILL LIKELY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND PROVIDE SOME MID
LEVEL SUPPORT. IN ADDITION...A LEE TROF SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON...AIDING IN LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. GIVEN THESE
FEATURES AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY IT APPEARS THAT COVERAGE WILL BE A
LITTLE GREATER ON THE 4TH. I WILL FORECAST 50 POPS OVER THE RIDGES
AND 30S EAST. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 90 WITHIN THE
MTN VALLEYS TO MID TO U90S EAST...LIKELY SHORT OF RECORDS.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM SUNDAY...DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT AND CONFIDENCE IS HAD
IN THE EXT RANGE FCST. THE 00Z ECMWF IS A BIT OF AN OUTLIER WITH A
BROAD UPPER RIDGE DOMINATING THE SE CONUS WX...WHILE THE 12Z GFS/CMC
ALLOW FOR MORE DEEP LAYERED MERIDIONAL FLOW AND THUS A MORE ACTIVE
MCS TRACK SCENARIO THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THERE WILL BE AMPLE
LLVL MOISTURE SUPPLIED BY THE H85 HIGH FLOW RETURNING EAST OUT OF THE
GULF AND A FAIRLY DEFINITIVE LEE SIDE TROF FOR A FOCUSING REGION OF
MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE
PROBABLE NOCTURNAL MCS ACTIVITY...THE EXT RANGE SHOULD BE A BIT
ABOVE NORMAL CONVECTIVELY WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING
EACH DAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A STAGNANT SFC-H5 AIRMASS ON THU
AND PW/S AROUND 1.7 INCHES. NO LLVL JET WILL BE IN THE
VICINITY...YET STILL THE THREAT MAY BE THERE FOR PERSISTENT HEAVY
PRECIP AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. MAX TEMPS WILL STILL BE HOT AS THE
LLVL FLOW MAINTAINS A COMPONENT OF DOWNSLOPE WARMING IN A GENERAL
LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE PATTERN. MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE L/M90S
NON/MTNS AND U80S MTN VALLEYS EACH DAY. MIN TEMPS WILL ALSO REMAIN A
COUPLE CATS ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...THE CONVECTIVE PICTURE FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS
STILL QUITE MUDDY...AS MIXED SIGNALS ABOUND PER THE CONVECTIVE
THREAT. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY APPROACHING KCLT FROM THE NORTH AT 17Z
IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE IMPETUS FOR THE FIRST CELLS OVER OUR
AREA...AND A TEMPO FOR TS HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AT 21Z. IT SHOULD BE
NOTED THAT VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY CELLS THAT
DEVELOP NEAR THE AIRFIELD. OTHERWISE... SCATTERED CELLS SHOULD GET
GOING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THEN
MOVE OUT INTO THE FOOTHILLS DURING LATE AFTERNOON...AND VCTS WILL BE
CARRIED AT ALL OTHER TERMINALS. SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY LINGER INTO
THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NC
PIEDMONT/FHILLS...AS WEAK UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVE OVER THE AREA
FROM THE NORTHWEST. OTHER THAN THE POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISBY IN
THUNDERSTORMS...CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...GRADUAL INCREASE IN AIR MASS MOISTURE AND CHANGES IN
STEERING FLOW MAY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN TSRA POTENTIAL THROUGH
THE WEEK.
AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THAN SATURDAY. THIS SHOULD STILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON RH VALUES
BELOW THE CRITICAL 25 PERCENT THRESHOLD FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS
SWRN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FOR STEPHENS
THROUGH ELBERT COUNTIES CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTN/EARLY EVENING.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE APPROACHED AND POSSIBLY
EXCEEDED...
AVL
JULY 1ST 96 IN 1954
JULY 2ND 93 IN 1970
JULY 3RD 93 IN 1970
GSP
JULY 1ST 99 IN 1970
JULY 2ND 101 IN 1954
JULY 3RD 99 IN 1931
JULY 4TH 100 IN 1993
CLT
JULY 1ST 99 IN 1954
JULY 2ND 101 IN 1931
JULY 3RD 99 IN 1970
JULY 4TH 99 IN 1993
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ018-026-028.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ029.
NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ035>037-056-
057-508-510.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
NCZ068>072-082.
SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>007-010.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ008-
009-011>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...JAT/JDL
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...JDL
FIRE WEATHER...
CLIMATE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 NCZ036-037-056-057-508-510-SCZ001>007-010-021815- IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- ANDERSON- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. HEAT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>506-021815- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ018-026-028-021815- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .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. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. HEAT ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ068>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-021815- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT 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. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ507-509-021815- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 445 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035-021815- ALEXANDER- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT 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. HEAT ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE...THE GREATEST THREAT IS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ029-021815- ELBERT- 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .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. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
435 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
NCZ505>508-012115-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
435 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLD FORT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
OLD FORT...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3574 8216 3559 8184 3539 8202 3546 8217
3548 8223 3552 8222 3553 8217 3555 8224
3559 8229
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM LIGHTNING 6 W LENOIR 35.89N 81.63W
07/01/2012 CALDWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
LIGHTNING STRIKE STARTED A WOODS FIRE ALONG ROCKY ROAD.
&&
NEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
451 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM LIGHTNING 2 SE HUDSON 35.83N 81.47W
07/01/2012 CALDWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
LIGHTNING STRIKE STARTED A HOUSE FIRE ON MILL DRIVE.
&&
NEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
456 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 PM HAIL HUDSON 35.85N 81.49W
07/01/2012 E1.00 INCH CALDWELL NC PUBLIC
RECEIVED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
NEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
458 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0456 PM HAIL ICARD 35.73N 81.46W
07/01/2012 E1.00 INCH BURKE NC 911 CALL CENTER
&&
NEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0411 PM HAIL 3 SW PATTERSON 35.96N 81.60W
07/01/2012 E1.75 INCH CALDWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
TIME BASED FROM RADAR.
&&
NEDThe Greer radar (KGSP), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:19 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county. The wind was not directly associated with a thunderstorm, but was actually the result of an outflow boundary from a storm complex over the Midlands and east central Georgia.
Multiple trees were blown down and and minor roof damage was reported in Dillard.
Multiple large tree limbs were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2012
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 400450, 400463, 400469.