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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 12, 2011Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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: May 12, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Henderson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 May 12, 1:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 1:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:01 AM EDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
401 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-130815-
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-
401 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

ARK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 2:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
215 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

NCZ065-121900-
HENDERSON-
215 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY THROUGH
300 PM EDT...

AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ETOWAH...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HENDERSONVILLE...

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3533 8236 3517 8247 3529 8262 3535 8265
      3538 8255

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	41 min
May 11, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	37 min
May 11, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	52 min
May 11, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	47 min
May 12, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	64 min
May 12, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	42 min
May 12, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	56 min
May 12, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	39 min
May 12, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	44 min
May 12, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	43 min
May 12, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	52 min
May 12, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	43 min
May 12, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	50 min
May 12, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	56 min
May 12, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.