A few thunderstorms developed over Upstate South Carolina during the afternoon hours. The pulse-type storms produced a few small areas of wind damage.
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A few thunderstorms developed over Upstate South Carolina during the afternoon hours. The pulse-type storms produced a few small areas of 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 8, 1:09 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 209 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST AS A COLD FRONT DROPS DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE CAROLINAS LATE ON MONDAY AND WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 2 PM EDT...CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO FIRE OFF PRETTY RAPIDLY OVER MOST OF THE WESTERN NC MTS AND ALONG THE ESCARPMENT. COVERAGE WILL LIKELY INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... CURRENT VISIBLE SATELLITE IS SHOWING SOME LINGERING AREAS OF MT VALLEY FOG OVER FAR WESTERN NC. OTHERWISE...MOST SITES ARE CLEAR WITH A FEW MID CLOUDS STARTING TO MOVE INTO THE NC PIEDMONT FROM THE EAST. I EXPECT TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CUMULUS EARLIER TODAY COMPARED TO THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AS CURRENT SOUNDINGS HAVE LESS OF A MID LVL CAP IN PLACE AND DEWPTS ARE HIGHER OVERALL. FZ LVLS HAVE ALSO COME DOWN BY ROUGHLY A 1000FT OR SO COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...SO THE HAIL POTENTIAL IS BETTER AS WELL. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 200 PM SUNDAY...BROAD UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SINK S TUE-WED AS A SHORTWAVE DROPS INTO IT AND HEIGHTS FALL ACROSS THE REGION WITH WEAK IMPULSES MOVG THRU THE UPPER FLOW. THE ASSOC SFC COLD FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE AREA WITH LIKELY POPS CWA-WIDE. CONVECTION SHOULD TAPER OFF SOME WITH COOLING BUT SOLID CHC POPS WILL BE CARRIED OVERNIGHT. WITH THE CLOUD COVER... SHWRS IN THE AREA AND LOWER THICKNESS...AFTN HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR EVEN A DEG OR TWO BELOW AVG. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 200 PM SUNDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW MOST OF THE MEDIUM RANGE DOMINATED BY A WEAK UPPER TROF AXIS TO THE W WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND DEEP MOISTURE SETTLED OVER THE AREA. LOWER THICKNESS VALUES...INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND AT LEAST SCT SHWRS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP TEMPS BELOW AVG. LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWS A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDING W INTO THE REGION ON SUN WHICH WOULD PUT THE AREA BACK IN THE USUAL DIURNALLY ENHANCED CONVECTIVE PATTERN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT WITH TEMPS A CATEGORY OR SO BELOW AVG NEXT SUN AFTN. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT KCLT...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THRU MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD WITH SOME BRIEF MVFR VISBY THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW AT THE END OF THE PERIOD FOR TSRA WITH BKN CB. EXACT TIMING/ONSET OF TSRA IS TOUGH TO CALL...BUT IF ANY CONVECTION DOES GET GOING...IT SHOULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTING. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND FROM THE SW BECOMING MORE NWLY TOMORROW MORNING. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THRU PERIOD WITH VCTS FOR THE FIRST 9 HRS OF THE PERIOD AND PROB30 FOR TSRA WITH CB LATER TOMORROW. FOG POTENTIAL WILL BE HIGHEST OVER KAVL IF THEY GET MUCH PRECIP. OUTLOOK...SHRA/TSRA AREA EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TOWARD MID WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND IS REPLACED WITH A TROUGH. AREAS OF MORNING FOG/STRATUS ARE POSSIBLE...ESP IN THE MTN VALLEYS AND WHERE RAIN FALLS. 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... AVL JULY 8TH 96 IN 1988 JULY 9TH 93 IN 1986 GSP JULY 8TH 101 IN 1986 JULY 9TH 100 IN 1993 CLT JULY 8TH 101 IN 2010 JULY 9TH 101 IN 1986 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ071-072-082. SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ009-013-014. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...JPT SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...JPT CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 546 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>070-501>510-SCZ001>008-010>012-019-091000- 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-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-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- GREENWOOD- 546 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS...BUT A FEW OF THEM COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS ON MONDAY...WITH THE CHANCE THAT SOME OF THEM WILL BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-013-014-091000- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 546 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS ON MONDAY...WITH THE CHANCE THAT SOME OF THEM WILL BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
148 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
NCZ064-SCZ002-003-081830-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
148 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN
GREENVILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM
EDT...
AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN...OR 6 MILES SOUTH
OF BREVARD. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CAESARS HEAD...
TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3527 8273 3521 8260 3516 8259 3515 8258
3516 8256 3516 8255 3497 8264 3509 8290
RBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:11 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down around Caesar's Head State Park.
Trees were blown down along highway 28 near the state line.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 402691, 402692.