A line of thunderstorms moved into northeast Georgia from the mountains of North Carolina, blowing down several trees before dissipating.
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A line of thunderstorms moved into northeast Georgia from the mountains of North Carolina, blowing down several trees before dissipating.
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 5, 1:47 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 247 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL GIVE WAY TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGING THIS WEEKEND MAINTAINING THE HOT TEMPERATURES. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG WITH AN ENCROACHING FRONT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND STEADILY LESS HOT CONDITIONS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 215 PM...CONVECTION HAS BEEN FIRING UP OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND WE ARE NOW UNDER A SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR OUR ENTIRE CWFA. DISCRETE CELLS HAVE BEEN FORMING MOSTLY OVER THE UPSTATE AND THE NC FOOTHILLS THUS FAR. STILL EXPECTING MORE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MTS AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON BUT AS OF 215PM...IT HAS BEEN QUITE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. CURRENT LAPSE SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY AND DCAPE OVER THE CWFA WITH VERY MINIMAL SHEAR. SO...I DONT EXPECT MUCH SUBSTANTIAL ORGANIZATION FROM ANY CELLS THAT DEVELOP...HOWEVER A LINE OF TS COULD MAINTAIN ITSELF IS TRIGGERED BY STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. FREEZING LVLS ARE AROUND 15KFT MSL SO IT WILL TAKE SOME TALL CORES TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AT THE SFC...BUT WITH THE RELATIVELY DRY AIR IN THE LOWER LVLS...THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNBURSTS IS GOOD. STILL EXPECT HIGH TEMPS NEAR 100 OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND MID TO UPPER 80S FOR THE MTS. EXPECT THINGS TO QUITE DOWN LATER TONIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS WE COOL. PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MT VALLEYS FOR A FEW HOURS TOMORROW MORNING IF DEWPTS STAY UP. TOMORROW...SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH THE UPPER RIDGE DRIFTING FARTHER EAST OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND ANOTHER HOT SUMMERTIME DAY ON TAP. EXPECTING LESS UPPER SHORTWAVE ENERGY OVERALL...SO I BROUGHT POPS DOWN TO JUST SOLID CHANCE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 240 PM THURSDAY...H5 HEIGHTS RISE ACROSS THE REGION SAT AS A RIDGE AXIS BUILDS IN FROM THE W...WITH WEAK SHORTWAVES PUSHING DOWN OVER THE AREA FROM THE N. WITH DEW POINTS AND PW STAYING RELATIVELY HIGH EXPECT A CONTINUATION OF SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION...MAINLY OVER THE MTNS WHERE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL BE BEST. HIGHS REMAIN ABOVE AVG AND HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 102-104 WILL BE LIKELY IN THE AFTN AND A HEAT ADVSRY MAY BE NEEDED IF AREA WARMS A DEG OR SO HIGHER. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT SHOWING THE RIDGE WEAKENING SUN AS A TROF MOVES ACROSS THE NE US. SINCE BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE REMAINS OVER THE W CWA WE KEPT SCT CONVECTION ACROSS THE MTNS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...MAINLY NORTH OF I-85...WITH ISOLATED ELSEWHERE. HIGHS REMAIN ABOVE AVG SO EXPECT HEAT INDEX VALUES ABOVE 100 DEG E OF THE MTNS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 100 PM THURSDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE STILL ADVERTISING THE ONSET OF EASTERN CONUS L/WV TROUGH AND THE ENCROACHMENT OF ELONGATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR THE START OF THE PERIOD. WITH COMMENCEMENT OF PATTERN CHANGE...WILL NUDGE DIURNALLY ENHANCED TSTM CHANCES UPWARD AND MAX TEMPS DOWNWARD FOR MONDAY. WITH BNDRY PROGGED TO LINGER IN THE VICINITY THRU TUESDAY...ROBUST...SOLID TSTM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE AND THE TREND FOR LESS WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE AS WELL WITH MAX TEMPS PROGGED AROUND IF NOT A TAD BELOW CLIMO. BY THE END OF PERIOD...MEAN L/WV TROFINESS FILLS JUST NOMINALLY... AND WAVY LLVL BNDRY IS PROGGED TO LINGER SOMEWHERE ACRS THE SE CONUS. BASED ON THIS SETUP...WOULD EXPECT DAILY TSTM CHANCES TO REMAIN ABOVE CLIMO WHILE MAX TEMPS SHOULD AVERAGE A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AT KCLT...CONVECTION IS RAMPING UP OVER THE AREA WITH A PRETTY GOOD CLUSTER OF SEVERE TS MOVING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS MECKLENBURG COUNTY. AT THEIR CURRENT SPEED THEY WILL LIKELY REACH KCLT AROUND 1530LT WITH STRONG LOW LVL WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND REDUCED VISBY. I HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP VALID FROM 20 TO 24Z WITH MVFR VISBY AND BKN CB. ONCE THE CONVECTION ENDS...I EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. ELSEWHERE...A SIMILAR STORY FOR THE OTHER SITES EXCEPT THAT I HAVE VCTS FOR THE FM GROUP THRU THE LATE NIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR SCT CONVECTION. ITS DIFFICULT TO SAY EXACTLY HOW LONG THE CONVECTION WILL LAST...BUT I THINK IT SHOULD DIE OFF BY 3Z OR SO. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME PATCHY FOG OVER THE MT VALLEYS INCLUDING KAVL FROM ABOUT 9Z TO 12Z. OUTLOOK...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTN/EVE SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH AREAS OF MORNING FOG/STRATUS POSSIBLE...ESP IN THE MTN VALLEYS. 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 && .CLIMATE... RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE APPROACHED AND POSSIBLY EXCEEDED... AVL JULY 5TH 96 IN 1948 JULY 6TH 93 IN 1993 JULY 7TH 95 IN 1993 GSP JULY 5TH 98 IN 1993 JULY 6TH 100 IN 1993 JULY 7TH 100 IN 1993 CLT JULY 5TH 100 IN 1954 JULY 6TH 99 IN 1930 JULY 7TH 100 IN 1993 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CSH NEAR TERM...JPT SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...JPT CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 726 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>065-082-SCZ001>014- 019-062330- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 726 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 470 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH 105 ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED IF THESE CONDITIONS DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-068>072-501>510-062330- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 726 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH 105 ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED IF THESE CONDITIONS DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0452 PM TSTM WND DMG RAMSEYTOWN 36.00N 82.36W
07/05/2012 YANCEY NC 911 CALL CENTER
MANY TREES DOWN IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF YANCEY
COUNTY.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 WSW LEICESTER 35.63N 82.74W
07/05/2012 BUNCOMBE NC 911 CALL CENTER
TWO TREES DOWN NEAR LEICESTER.
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG WEAVERVILLE 35.70N 82.56W
07/05/2012 BUNCOMBE NC 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE DOWN NEAR WEAVERVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
649 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG BRYSON CITY 35.43N 83.45W
07/05/2012 SWAIN NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
&&
RBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG SYLVA 35.37N 83.22W
07/05/2012 JACKSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY. QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED AT MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS.
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG BRYSON CITY 35.43N 83.45W
07/05/2012 SWAIN NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
RBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0638 PM TSTM WND DMG GREER 34.94N 82.23W
07/05/2012 GREENVILLE SC AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE LIMBS DOWN AND HALF INCH HAIL.
&&
RBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
720 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE LURE 35.44N 82.21W
07/05/2012 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
THREE TREES DOWN.
&&
RBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
734 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM HAIL 4 N GREER 35.00N 82.24W
07/05/2012 E1.25 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED THROUGH DIAL IN PROGRAM.
&&
OUTLAWThe Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:36 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down across the county.
A tree and a couple of power lines were blown down in the Toccoa area.
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: 400747, 402685.