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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 5, 2010Oconee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2010, 8:05 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2010, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2010, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Oconee County, SC

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, 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 this special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 7:47 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:47 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ082-SCZ009-011>014-019-061945-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-
UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
336 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
GUSTY WINDS. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS THAT REPEATEDLY AFFECT A
GIVEN LOCATION MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003-061945-
RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
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-
336 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 576 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-SCZ004>008-010-061945-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-
336 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 576 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ017-061945-
HABERSHAM-
336 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
GUSTY WINDS. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS THAT REPEATEDLY AFFECT A
GIVEN LOCATION MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:24 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:25 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:42 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:56 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	51 min
Aug 6, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson	53 min
Aug 6, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	52 min
Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	32 min
Aug 6, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Macon	64 min
Aug 6, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	52 min
Aug 6, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Rowan	48 min
Aug 6, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	53 min
Aug 5, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	54 min
Aug 5, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	25 min
Aug 5, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	65 min
Aug 5, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	53 min
Aug 5, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	53 min
Aug 6, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	28 min
Aug 6, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	48 min
Aug 6, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	67 min
Aug 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	55 min
Aug 6, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	46 min
Aug 6, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	57 min
Aug 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	32 min
Aug 6, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	40 min
Aug 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville	47 min
Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	39 min
Aug 6, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Union	55 min
Aug 6, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	39 min
Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	47 min
Aug 6, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	52 min
Aug 6, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Hart	56 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2010 Every special weather statement in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.