South Carolina, 2012Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 11, 2012
July 11, 2012 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed over Upstate South Carolina along a stationary front. Despite a moist airmass, a few of the stronger storms caused a little wind damage.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed over Upstate South Carolina along a stationary front. Despite a moist airmass, a few of the stronger storms caused a little wind damage.
What forecasters said that day
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 11, 6:18 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 6:18 PM EST, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:19 AM EST, 14 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
519 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-121000-
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-
519 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY...AND
WILL START MOVING NORTH ON FRIDAY. WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA
THIS WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
07
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:33 PM EST, 49 minutes before
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</html>Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- July 11, 6:22 PM EST
- Where
- York County, 3.66 mi ENE of Smyrna
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -81.340
A few trees were blown down near the intersection of Burns Rd and highway 5.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville
- When
- July 11, 6:24 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville County, 0.57 mi W of Wares Xrds
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -82.390
A couple of trees and some large limbs were blown down at the intersection of highways 25 and 8.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, July 11, 20121 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 11 to 12, 2012$125,000 · 2.5 in hail · 25 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, July 11, 2012$110,000 · 3 events
- Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, July 11 to 13, 2012$110,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 11, 2012$100,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, July 11 to 12, 2012$75,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 11, 2012$60,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 11, 2012$50,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 11, 2012$50,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11 to 15, 2012$22,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 11 to 23, 2012$25,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, July 11, 2012$14,000 · 1.25 in hail · 7 events
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: 403126, 403127.