A line of heavy rain showers and thunderstorms moved across western North Carolina during the afternoon and evening in advance of a cold front. Embedded severe thunderstorms resulted in areas of damaging wind gusts and even a weak tornado.
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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.
A line of heavy rain showers and thunderstorms moved across western North Carolina during the afternoon and evening in advance of a cold front. Embedded severe thunderstorms resulted in areas of damaging wind gusts and even a weak tornado.
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 Jan 12, 12:48 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 350 AM EST Thu Jan 12 2023 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-053-056-057-059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-131000- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell- Davie-Buncombe-Catawba-Rowan-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-Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood- Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville- Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 350 AM EST Thu Jan 12 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A strong cold front will bring some strong to severe storms to the region this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be from locally damaging wind gusts, along with isolated brief tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. NCZ033-048>052-058-131000- Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Graham- 350 AM EST Thu Jan 12 2023 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North 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. Winter Storm Warning. Winter Weather Advisory. A strong cold front will bring some strong to severe storms to the region this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be from locally damaging wind gusts, but an isolated brief tornado can't be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Winter Weather Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather and snow to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.
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</html>Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
131 PM EST Thu Jan 12 2023
NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-121915-
Haywood NC-Graham NC-Swain NC-Madison NC-Northern Jackson NC-
Macon NC-
131 PM EST Thu Jan 12 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Macon,
northwestern Jackson, southwestern Madison, Swain, Graham and
northern Haywood Counties through 215 PM EST...
At 130 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Newport to 9 miles east of Gatlinburg to
near Andrews. Movement was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sylva, Bryson City,
Robbinsville, Waynesville, Cherokee, Cullowhee, Lake Junaluska,
Maggie Valley, Hot Springs and Balsam.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
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LAT...LON 3557 8366 3556 8350 3566 8335 3566 8330
3576 8316 3578 8299 3588 8290 3594 8290
3592 8282 3597 8278 3597 8267 3570 8280
3568 8289 3563 8286 3524 8324 3520 8373
3523 8369 3526 8379 3522 8396 3523 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 267DEG 33KT 3593 8320 3569 8333 3522 8379
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
LANEThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:53 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down across Madison County. Additionally, a tiny home was knocked off its base off of Highway 212.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down across Polk County.
County comms reported numerous trees blown down along with a few power lines across Rutherford County.
County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across Cleveland, including in downtown Shelby. A tree fell on a vehicle near the intersection of Skinner Rd and Winners Circle in Boiling Springs, injuring an occupant.
County comms reported of numerous trees and power lines blown down across Lincoln County.
County comms reported numerous tress and power lines blown down, with a few blown transformers across Gaston County.
NWS storm survey found the path of an EF0 tornado that touched down between Old willis School Rd and South Fork Catawba River and tracked east/northeast, crossing Upper Spencer Mountain Rd, then Highway 27 on the south side of Stanley. The tornado continued east/northeast, crossing Stanley-Lucia Rd in a couple of locations before lifting just past the intersection of Sandy Ford Rd and Stanley- Lucia Rd. Damage along the entirety of the path was limited to uprooted pine trees and numerous large tree limbs snapped.
Fire dept reported multiple trees blown down in southern Iredell County.
Emergency manager reported tree blown down on a house on Tall Oaks Trail.
Public reported (via Social Media) a tree blown down in the Harrisburg area and multiple trees down at Miami Church Rd and Mount Pleasant Rd. Spotter reported a tree down near the intersection of Zion Church Rd and Flowes Store Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 2023Warnings in North Carolina, January 2023
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: 1079306, 1079309, 1079310, 1079313, 1079314, 1079557, 1079550, 1079316, 1079551, 1079530.