Scattered thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina during the afternoon hours. A couple of the storms caused a little wind damage.
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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.
Scattered thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina during the afternoon hours. A couple of the storms caused a little wind damage.
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 Sep 3, 1:53 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 253 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS... THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. AMPLE MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH MIDWEEK BEFORE A COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE NORTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF MID AFTERNOON...KGSP RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BLOSSOMING OVER THE PIEDMONT AND UPSTATE...EAST OF REMNANT CLOUD BOUNDARY...WHERE DESTABILIZATION HAS ALLOWED SFC BASED CAPE TO CLIMB ABOVE 2500 J/KG. LOW LEVEL FORCING AND BUOYANCY SHOULD ALLOW THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HEAVY RAIN REMAINS THE PRIMARY THREAT AS CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS MOVE FAIRLY SLOW BUT ELONGATE SW TO NE IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT. CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME...BUT THERE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM OVER THE CLT METRO AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED TO EARLIER THINKING WITH REGARD TO THE FCST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE WEAKENING UPPER LOW ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANT OF ISAAC WILL SLOWLY DEAMPLIFY AND STRETCH OUT ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND WRN CAROLINAS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. SPOKES OF WEAK DPVA WILL PROVIDE UPPER SUPPORT FOR DEEP CONVECTION. MORE IMPORTANTLY...THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN RICH WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE. A PLUME OF LOW LEVEL THETA-E AND PW IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL ALSO RETAIN A SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE COMPONENT...WITH SOME CONVERGENCE OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT MAXIMIZING IN THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. THE MODELS RESPOND IN KIND WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIP COVERAGE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESSENTIALLY...A SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA THROUGH THE NEAR TERM...MODULATED BY DAYTIME HEATING. PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE SHOWN TO WANE TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY...BUT WILL RECOVER QUICKLY WITH HEATING ON TUESDAY. SEE NO REASON TO THINK STORMS WILL BE ANYTHING LESS THAN NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON...SO POP WAS RAISED TO LIKELY. TEMPS WILL BE MILD TONIGHT AND THEN ON THE COOL SIDE OF GUIDANCE TUESDAY. THE SRN PIEDMONT MAY WARM UP THE MOST TUESDAY AS THEY STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF BREAKING OUT AT SOME POINT. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 230 PM EDT MONDAY... AT 00Z WEDNESDAY THE REMNANTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PARTIALLY ABSORBED BY THE FAST WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. HOWEVER... A WEAK TROUGH/CYCLONIC SHEAR AXIS WILL HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LOW AND WILL BE DRIFTING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH A ZONE OF CYCLONIC VORTICITY ADVECTION PROMOTING UPWARD MOTION. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NAM AND GFS PLACE THE AXIS OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH BASICALLY NORTH/SOUTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. LOW LEVEL AIR MASS REMAINS VERY MOIST IN ADVANCE OF THE TROUGH. MODEL PROFILES DISPLAY AFTERNOON CAPES GENERALLY IN THE 1000 TO 1500 J/KG RANGE... SO CONVECTIVE STORMS CERTAINLY APPEAR LIKELY. MODEST AMOUNTS OF CAPE PERSIST WELL INTO THE NIGHT... THUS NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE QUITE POSSIBLE. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN HIGH AND WINDS THROUGH THE CLOUD LAYER DO NOT BECOME PARTICULARLY STRONG. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN REMAINS A POSSIBILITY. DURING THURSDAY... THE TROUGH CONTINUES DRIFTING EAST ALLOWING DRIER AIR TO SPREAD INTO THE CWA FROM THE WEST. GFS HINTS AT A LITTLE MORE LINGERING MOISTURE THAN THE NAM AT THIS POINT. HAVE OPTED TO CONTINUE WITH CHANCE AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FAR WEST ON THURSDAY WITH CHANCE POPS CENTRAL AND EAST. CLOUDS AND SHOWERS WILL HOLD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN THE 80S WITH 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS... ALTHOUGH A LITTLE MORE SUN ON THURSDAY COULD BOOST AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES. WARM AND MUGGY OVERNIGHT WEATHER WILL PERSIST WITH LOWS IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 1145 AM EDT MONDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON FRIDAY WITH BROAD UPPER TROFFING OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND THE REMNANTS OF A WEAK UPPER LOW SPINNING OFF THE SE COAST. HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO STEADILY LOWER AS THE UPPER TROF DEEPENS CONSIDERABLY OVER THE WEEKEND AND BECOMES POSITIVELY TILTED AS IT MOVES OVER THE CWFA. BY THE END OF THE PERIOD ON DAY 7...HEIGHTS SHOULD BEGIN RISING AS WEAK UPPER RIDGING STARTS TO BUILD IN. AT THE SFC...WE WILL BE IN AN ACTIVE PATTERN THRU THE WEEKEND WITH A FAIRLY ROBUST LOOKING SFC RIDGE LIKELY PUSHING INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK AND DRYING/COOLING THINGS OFF BEYOND DAY 7. FRIDAY IS LOOKING MOSTLY DRY FOR THE UPSTATE AND PIEDMONT WITH A SOLID CHANCE FOR TSRA OVER THE NC MTS/FOOTHILLS. POPS RAMP UP ON SATURDAY AS THE MODELS DEVELOP A SFC LOW TO OUR WEST/SW AND PUSH ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BNDY THRU THE CWFA LATE SAT/EARLY SUN. THERE COULD BE A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED TS WITH THIS FROPA BASED ON CURRENT DEPICTIONS...SO THAT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY IN THE COMING DAYS. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL BNDY...DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AND CLEAR THINGS OUT. FOR THE TIME BEING...I HAVE HIGH END CHANCE POPS OVER MOST OF THE CWFA LATE SAT THRU SUN AFTERNOON WITH VALUES DROPPING ON MONDAY. THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WRT THE TIMING OF THE FROPA...BUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE SFC LOW DOES NOT MATCH UP VERY WELL AT THIS TIME. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO COOL THRU THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS AROUND NORMAL ON FRI AND VALUES ABOUT A CATEGORY BELOW NORMAL BY DAY 7. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT KCLT...SEVERAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE SRN PIEDMONT. THE MAIN CLUSTER OF INTEREST WAS SW OF THE AIRFIELD AT 1730Z AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR IMPACT. KEPT A TEMPO FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE 19Z TO 23Z TIME FRAME. A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD POP UP AT ANY TIME THROUGH THE PEAK OF DAYTIME HEATING. THINK VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH BASES 030-040 BASED ON TEMP/DEWPT SPREAD...WITH RESTRICTIONS INSIDE SHOWERS AND STORMS. AFTER 23Z...HAVE BACKED OFF ON RESTRICTIONS FOR NOW AS THERE MAY BE A LULL IN ACTIVITY IN THE WAKE OF THUNDERSTORMS... BUT AIR MASS RECOVERY COULD BE QUICK AND ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WELL INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL BE HANDLED IN FUTURE AMENDMENTS. OTHERWISE...RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. CEILING SHOULD GRADUALLY COME DOWN INTO IFR CATEGORY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH FOG DEVELOPING TO AT LEAST MVFR CRITERIA. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE AT LEAST MVFR. EXPECT A SLOW IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR DURING MID/LATE MORNING TUESDAY. ONCE THE CEILING LIFTS... RAPID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AGAIN...EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN S TO SW THROUGH THE PERIOD AWAY FROM NEARBY STORMS. ELSEWHERE...CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO KCLT WITH MAINLY VFR OUTSIDE STORMS AND MVFR/IFR INSIDE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE CONVECTION SHOULD MAXIMIZE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN WANE LATER THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...EXPECT SOME SHOWERS TO CONTINUE ALL NIGHT LONG. CEILINGS WILL FALL AFTER SUNSET INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY AND THEN IFR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AT ALL SITES WITH FAIRLY HIGH CONFIDENCE. MORE CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. OUTLOOK...DEEP MOISTURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. LOW CLOUD/FOG RESTRICTIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT AS SHOWER COVERAGE REMAINS HIGH TUE INTO WED. GRADUAL DRYING FROM THE WEST IS POSSIBLE THU...BUT MORE LIKELY ON FRI. 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 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JPT NEAR TERM...PM SHORT TERM...LGL LONG TERM...JPT AVIATION...PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 548 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-041000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-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- 548 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MOST WIDESPREAD THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE SAME LOCATION...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD RESULT. IN ADDITION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE BRIEF BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED...WEAK TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE DISSIPATING REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH COVERAGE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS QUITE POSSIBLE THIS WEEK...BUT IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO PIN DOWN A HIGHER RISK AREA FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
108 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCZ072-082-031745-
CABARRUS-UNION-
108 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM EDT...
AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
WINGATE...
UNIONVILLE...
FAIRVIEW...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3512 8028 3485 8055 3499 8069 3531 8047
3529 8043 3528 8044 3519 8050 3517 8044
3518 8037 3517 8035 3520 8029 3519 8027
LGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
135 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCZ070-071-SCZ009-031800-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-YORK-
135 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN GASTON...
SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM
EDT...
AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHARON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YORK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
YORK AND CLOVER...
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAKE WYLIE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3482 8134 3482 8135 3491 8148 3494 8148
3494 8149 3496 8149 3528 8119 3516 8091
LGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 205 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012 NCZ070-071-SCZ009-031900- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-YORK- 205 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN GASTON... SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... CLOVER... TEGA CAY... LAKE WYLIE... CHARLOTTE... SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES. LAKE WYLIE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 3540 8098 3521 8080 3489 8114 3502 8138 LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCZ082-031915-
UNION-
237 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM
EDT...
AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
WINGATE...
MARSHVILLE...
UNIONVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3505 8029 3481 8048 3491 8072 3518 8050
3519 8049 3517 8044 3518 8037 3517 8035
3520 8029 3519 8027
LGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
243 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCZ057-031930-
ROWAN-
243 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM
EDT...
AT 238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CHINA GROVE...OR 5 MILES WEST OF
SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
GRANITE QUARRY...
SALISBURY...
SPENCER...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3550 8053 3553 8073 3582 8058 3581 8055
3578 8053 3578 8050 3575 8045 3574 8045
3573 8040 3571 8037
LGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
NCZ508-510-SCZ003-006-007-012-013-031945-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
304 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...
.NORTHERN LAURENS...NORTHWESTERN UNION...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...
SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROEBUCK...
INMAN...
INMAN...
LANDRUM...
BOILING SPRINGS SC...
PACOLET...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3519 8242 3520 8239 3518 8237 3519 8236
3519 8232 3520 8226 3525 8227 3536 8203
3507 8181 3493 8175 3491 8169 3471 8154
3451 8199
LGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Phillips Rd about 6.5 miles southeast of Columbus.
A tree was blown down on Coxe Rd in the Green Creek community.
Multiple trees were blown down on highway 901 near I-77.
Multiple power lines were blown down on Peach Orchard Rd near Alberta Ave.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, September 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: 413965, 413966, 413967, 413968.