An unstable airmass and weak northwest flow supported the development of scattered thunderstorms over western South Carolina. A few of the storms caused 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.
An unstable airmass and weak northwest flow supported the development of scattered thunderstorms over western South Carolina. A few of the storms caused 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 Jul 24, 3:38 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 438 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ANOTHER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN SUN AND REMAINS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 420 PM...THE MCS MOVING SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST TENN/NORTHWEST NC CONTINUES TO LOSE SOME STEAM AS IT ENCOUNTERS HIGHER STABILITY OVER THESE AREAS...THE RESULT OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER TODAY. MEANWHILE...DENSE CIRRUS CANOPY AHEAD OF THE MCS TO OUR NORTH IS PREVENTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF AIR MASS RECOVERY. AS SUCH...I FEEL THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ATTM. HOWEVER...THE AIR MASS OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN MTNS IS STILL VERY UNSTABLE. THEREFORE... I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE OUTFLOW REINVIGORATES OVER THIS AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER POSSIBLE AREA FOR SEVERE CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WHERE THE AIR MASS IS ALSO QUITE UNSTABLE. HOWEVER...WITH THE WEAK SHEAR IN PLACE ACROSS THIS AREA...ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE PULSE IN NATURE. LATER TONIGHT A WEAK SFC BNDRY WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. OR IT MAY SIMPLY BE A MODEL REFLECTION OF EXTENSIVE OUTFLOW BNDRYS. EITHER WAY...THE NAM KEEPS QUITE A BIT OF CAPE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT...AND SHRA/TSTMS MAY PERSIST IN SPOTS MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES WILL PROBABLY BE ALONG THE TN LINE WHERE NW FLOW WILL GIVE AN OROGRAPHIC BOOST TO CONVECTION. IN THESE AREAS I/VE MAINTAINED CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE NIGHT...THOUGH ELSEWHERE I TAKE THEM INTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE RANGE AFTER THE INITIAL ROUNDS OF CONVECTION. THE NAM POOLS HIGH DEWPOINTS AND QUITE A BIT OF CAPE OVER THE FA ON WEDNESDAY. SPC HAS PLACED THE REGION UNDER A 5 PERCENT SEVERE RISK. THE DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL TRY TO NOSE BACK INTO THE FA...BUT THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND WEAK SFC CONVERGENCE SHOULD SUPPORT GOOD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA DURING THE AFTN HOURS. SOME OF THESE WILL PROBABLY REACH PULSE SEVERE LIMITS WITH SMALL AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. MAX TEMPS WILL RUN A COUPLE CATEGORIES ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 220 PM EDT TUESDAY...SHORT RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT THE MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY. H85 TEMPS WITHIN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS INCREASE TO AROUND 24C DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WEAK SUBSIDENCE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN H7 TO H8...YIELDING AN SHALLOW LAYER OF CIN BETWEEN 10 TO 30 J/KG. IT APPEARS THAT WEAK LEE TROF MAY DEEPEN SLIGHTLY WITH WEST H85 FLOW...BUT SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE SHOULD REMAIN WEAK. COVERAGE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION SHOULD BE LIMITED BY AFTERNOON MIXING OF SFC DEWPOINTS AND PERSISTENT WEAK CAPPING. I WILL FORECAST MID AFTERNOON INITIATION ACROSS THE RIDGES...WITH CHC POPS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. COVERAGE EAST OF THE MTNS SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED TO A SCHC. THE MAIN CONCERN ON THURSDAY WILL BE THE HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. USING A BLEND OF MOS...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM AROUND 90 WITHIN THE MTN VALLEYS TO U90S EAST...3 TO 5 DEGREES LOWER THAN RECORDS. HOWEVER...EVEN WITH MIXING DEWPOINTS...HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR THE CLT METRO MAY MEET HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. ON FRIDAY...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 1500 TO 2000 J/KG WITH LITTLE TO NO CIN. IN ADDITION...UPPER DIVERGENCE MAY DEVELOP OVER THE REGION AS THE CORE OF A H3 JET PUSHES ACROSS PA. GIVEN THE APPROACH OF THE SFC FRONT...WIDESPREAD INSTABILITY...AND UPPER SUPPORT...I WILL FORECAST LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE MTNS AND 30 TO 40 POPS EAST. SEVERE MULTICELL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HEAT WILL REMAIN A CONCERN ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AS DEWPOINTS RECOVER TO THE U60S AND HIGHS ONCE AGAIN REACH INTO THE U90S. HEAT INDEX VALUES ALONG AND EAST OF I-85 MAY REACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 2 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON LATE FRI/SAT AS AN UPPER TROF DEEPENS OVER THE EAST COAST. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER SOUTH OF THE AREA SUN AND DISSIPATES MON AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE SE. THE STRONGEST UPPER FORCING WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER GOOD OVERALL DYNAMICAL LIFT AND H3 DIV ALONG WITH PLENTY OF LLVL INSTABILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SCATTERED DIURNAL TSTMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. POPS WERE MAINTAINED AT NEAR CLIMO...HOWEVER IF THIS PATTERN AND S/W TIMING PERSISTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MODEL RUNS...AN INCREASE IN POPS WILL BE WARRANTED FOR FRI/SAT. SUN LOOKS TO BE THE DRIEST DAY WITH FAIRLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN...YET THE FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST TO THE SOUTH...SO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WERE MENTIONED THROUGH THE DAY. MON WILL BE ACTIVE AGAIN AS ANOTHER SHOT OF UPPER ENERGY ROUNDS THE WRN RIDGE AND TRAVERSES THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR...OR A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FRI/SAT. WITH NW/LY FLOW SETTING UP SUN...EXPECT A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER IN THE MTNS SUN/MON. YET...A GOOD DOWNSLOPE WARMING COMPONENT WILL ENABLE MAXES RIGHT AROUND NORMAL OVER THE LOWER PIEDMONT. && .AVIATION /21Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT...HAVE HELD ON TO TEMPO GROUP FOR CONVECTION FROM 20-22 UTC THIS AFTN. TSTMS ARE MOVING INTO THE NC MTNS ATTM. HOWEVER...THEY HAVE LOST SOME OF THEIR ORGANIZATION. I STILL THINK THEY WILL ORGANIZE AS THEY EMERGE INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND CONFIDENCE IS STILL GOOD IN A SQUALL LINE LATER IN THE AFTN. WINDS WILL PROBABLY AVERAGE FROM THE WNW THE REST OF THE AFTN...THOUGH THEY MAY BACK TO THE WSW AT TIMES. THEY WILL TURN MORE OUT OF THE NORTH BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT. WHILE NOTHING HAS BEEN CARRIED IN THE TAF...THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT SHRA/TSTM ACTIVITY COULD BE IN THE VCNTY MUCH OF THE NIGHT. ELSEWHERE...SCT TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTN. A STRONG SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO DROP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. FOR NOW I/M JUST GOING TO CARRY VCTS FOR SEVERAL HOURS...BUT AS THE LINE GETS CLOSER WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADD A PERIOD OF TEMPO OR PREVAILING THUNDER. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT...AND THIS MAY ALLOW SCT SHRA/TSTMS TO LAST INTO THE MORNING HOURS...THOUGH FOR NOW THAT HASN/T BEEN CARRIED IN THE TAF. WINDS WILL BE WSW TO W OVER THE UPSTATE AND NW OVER WRN NC. WINDS LATER TONIGHT WILL BECOME LIGHT OR SHIFT TO LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT AND THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES. OUTLOOK...EXPECT SOLID CHC CONVECTION WED AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEST CHC OF OVERNIGHT RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN AREAS THAT SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A COLD FRONT MAY BRING MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION FRI AND FRI NIGHT. 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...JDL/MCAVOY SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...JOH AVIATION...MCAVOY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 524 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-252130- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- 524 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL. A MORE ORGANIZED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY EXIST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN HALF OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AFTER 7 PM...IF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON IS ABLE TO HOLD TOGETHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL HELP TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS MUCH WIND SHEAR AS ON TUESDAY...BUT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY EXCEED 103 DEGREES DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008- 009-014-252130- 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- CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 524 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 512 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...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. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS ACTIVITY...AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY INTENSIFY AS IT ENCOUNTERS MORE UNSTABLE AIR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THESE AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT FOR BRIEF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL HELP TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS MUCH WIND SHEAR AS ON TUESDAY...BUT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY EXCEED 103 DEGREES DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
235 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
NCZ033-050-241915-
AVERY-MITCHELL-
235 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AVERY AND EASTERN MITCHELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF HAMPTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
ELIZABETHTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BULADEAN...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3615 8181 3611 8180 3609 8176 3599 8188
3599 8191 3586 8205 3613 8228 3617 8220
3615 8218 3615 8215 3611 8212 3611 8208
3613 8203 3623 8196
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
434 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
NCZ049-050-242115-
MITCHELL-YANCEY-
434 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN YANCEY AND WESTERN
MITCHELL COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMESTONE COVE...OR 10 MILES
EAST OF ERWIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
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 3615 8218 3615 8215 3615 8214 3611 8212
3588 8214 3592 8244 3612 8237 3614 8230
3614 8225 3617 8222
KRENTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
452 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
SCZ014-242115-
CHESTER-
452 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT LAWN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LANCASTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR...
GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...
PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
FORT LAWN...FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR...GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...GREAT
FALLS AND CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3467 8088 3465 8089 3455 8087 3454 8088
3454 8092 3469 8099 3474 8087 3474 8086
3470 8085
NEDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 509 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 NCZ052-059-063-064-242200- HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 509 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHERN HAYWOOD AND WESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF WOLF MOUNTAIN...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... LAKE TOXAWAY... ROSMAN... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3535 8315 3543 8295 3515 8279 3507 8295 KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 537 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 NCZ508-510-242215- EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD- 537 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3540 8190 3519 8188 3519 8217 3542 8206 KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
SCZ007-242230-
SPARTANBURG-
553 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY
THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYO...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
SPARTANBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
MAYO...COWPENS AND PACOLET...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
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 3480 8180 3518 8206 3519 8205 3519 8187
3491 8175
NEDThe Greer radar (KGSP), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down across much of the western part of the county from Gray Court down to Hickory Tavern and Ware Shoals.
Multiple trees, power lines, and limbs were down across the east side of Spartanburg. A high tension wire was also blown down in the Hillbrook area.
Penny size hail fell in the Homeland Park community.
Trees were blown down in the Cross Anchor area.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Shirley Store Rd and highway 76 and another near the intersection of highways 185 and 28.
Two trees were blown down in the Starr area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 404346, 404347, 404348, 404349, 404351, 404356.