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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 20, 20118 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2011, 8:52 AM EDT for 8 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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: Jun 20, 2011, 8:52 AM EDT (12:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2011, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

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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 Jun 20, 8:23 AM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 8:23 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 6:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-211030-
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-
617 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

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 OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA
THIS MORNING MAY SPREAD INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND POSSIBLY THE
PIEDMONT BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER THIS MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:38 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1233 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SALEM                   34.89N 82.98W
06/20/2011                   OCONEE             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

1233 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SALEM                   34.89N 82.98W
06/20/2011                   OCONEE             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            METAL ROOF OFF HOUSE

1229 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WSW SALEM             34.87N 83.03W
06/20/2011                   OCONEE             SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:15 AM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:52 AM 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
Jun 19, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	43 min
Jun 19, 10:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison, Yancey	38 min
Jun 19, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Yancey	49 min
Jun 19, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Macon, Swain	46 min
Jun 19, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson, Transylvania	44 min
Jun 19, 11:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	50 min
Jun 20, 4:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey	58 min
Jun 20, 5:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania	55 min
Jun 20, 10:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	58 min
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	24 min
Jun 20, 12:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	44 min
Jun 20, 12:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens	63 min
Jun 20, 1:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	52 min
Jun 20, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun, Stephens	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.