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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 550, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 25, 2012Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 25, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2012, 5:44 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 500 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

712 
WUUS52 KGSP 252101
SVRGSP
GAC137-241-252200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0550.120825T2101Z-120825T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
501 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  LAKE RABUN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT
  5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKEMONT.
  LAKE RABUN.
  NACOOHE LAKE...TURNERVILLE AND TALLULAH FALLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3473 8363 3475 8364 3488 8350 3483 8337
      3463 8339 3461 8340 3471 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 013DEG 3KT 3480 8347

$$
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2 follow-up statements
745 
WWUS52 KGSP 252110
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

GAC137-241-252200-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0550.000000T0000Z-120825T2200Z/
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-
510 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
HABERSHAM AND SOUTH CENTRAL RABUN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE
RABUN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE RABUN.
  NACOOHE LAKE.
  TURNERVILLE AND TALLULAH FALLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL.
FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED
REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3473 8363 3475 8364 3488 8350 3483 8337
      3463 8339 3461 8340 3471 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 013DEG 3KT 3479 8347

$$
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711 
WWUS52 KGSP 252144
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
544 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

GAC137-241-252153-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0550.000000T0000Z-120825T2200Z/
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-
544 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND SOUTH
CENTRAL RABUN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LEVELS.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE 
AREA THROUGH ABOUT 630 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN 
EFFECT FOR CENTRAL RABUN COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM. 

LAT...LON 3473 8363 3475 8364 3488 8350 3483 8337
      3463 8339 3461 8340 3471 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 013DEG 3KT 3476 8348

$$
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 25, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND THROUGH
MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST...BUT WILL
STALL TO OUR NORTH AND DISSIPATE EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE ISAAC WILL INCREASE ACROSS
THE REGION MIDWEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CONVECTION HAS BEEN MUCH SLOWER TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MTNS THIS
AFTERNOON EVEN THO CU DEVELOPED ON A SIMILAR TIME FRAME TO FRI.
STILL...EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCT CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS FROM LATE
AFTERNOON THRU EARLY EVENING...BUT LESS COVERAGE THAN FRI. CU SHUD
DIMINISH MOST LOCATIONS THIS EVENING...BUT CLOUDS WILL LIKELY LINGER
OVER THE NC PIEDMONT AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND A SLOW MOVING UPPER
LOW OVER VA. DO NOT EXPECT ANY PRECIP OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS ATTM. SHUD
BE ANOTHER ROUND OF DENSE MTN VALLEY FOG AND PATCHY LIGHT FOG
OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS OVERNIGHT. LOWS SHUD END UP AS MUCH AS 5 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL.

THE UPPER LOW MOVES NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA SUNDAY TAKING ANY
LINGERING WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WITH IT. THERE LOOKS TO BE ENUF
INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED TSRA TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN OVER THE MTNS
SUN AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...COVERAGE WILL AGAIN BE LIMITED WITH A LATE
START. STILL EXPECT THE DRY FCST TO CONTINUE OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS
WHERE ATMOS WILL REMAIN CAPPED. HIGHS SHUD AGAIN BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM SATURDAY...MONDAY STILL LOOKS LIKE ONE LAST RELATIVELY
DRY DAY BEFORE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH ISAAC STARTS TO MAKE INROADS
INTO THE CWFA. SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR WILL REMAIN ATOP THE CWFA AT
LEAST EARLY MONDAY...BETWEEN A WEAK COLD FRONT SAGGING SEWD ACRS THE
OH VLY...AND THE CIRCULATION OF T.C. ISAAC AS IT ENTERS THE SERN
GULF OF MEXICO. TROPICAL-LIKE SHWRS LIKELY WILL PINWHEEL IN FROM THE
SE WELL OUT AHEAD OF ISAAC BY TUESDAY. SO HAVE CHC POPS RAMPING UP
STARTING MONDAY EVENING. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL MONDAY UNDER
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...THEN INCREASING CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL KEEP MIN
TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL AND MAX TEMPS BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM SATURDAY...THE 12Z MODEL CYCLE HAS NOT INCREASED
CONFIDENCE ON WHAT ISAAC IS GOING TO DO ONCE IT ENTERS THE NE GULF
OF MEXICO. THE TREND SEEMS TO BE MUCH MORE WESTERLY...WITH A
LANDFALL POSSIBLY WEST OF PENSACOLA...THEN A SLOWING AND GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NNW OVER AL/MS. BASED ON ANALOGS...THIS IS A MORE COMMON
TRACK FOR STORMS CROSSING S FL WITH A NW MOTION. WITH THAT
SAID...THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY...AND EVEN IF ISAAC DOES
END UP IN THE LWR MS VLY...A PERSISTENT E/SE LLVL FLOW WILL KEEP
VERY HIGH PWATS AND UNSETTLED WEATHER ACRS THE REGION FOR MOST OF
NEXT WEEK.

THE  OFFICIAL NHC/HPC FCSTS TAKE ISAAC NNW TO A LANDFALL NEAR PANAMA
CITY FL TUESDAY EVENING AS A CAT 2 HURRICANE. THEN THE SYSTEM
WEAKENS AND SLOWS OVR ERN AL AND CONTINUE TO DRIFT ALMOST N OR NNE
INTO ERN TN WED-THU. SO I STAYED CLOSE TO THE MORNING HPC GUIDANCE
WHICH KEEPS CONTINUITY. POPS STAY IN THE MID-HIGH CHC RANGE FROM TUE
NGT THRU THU...THEN CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN THE LOW-MID CHC RANGE
FRI-SAT. MAX TEMPS WILL BE GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL AND MINS ABOVE
NORMAL IN THE MOIST AIR MASS.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. CU WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THRU
THE AFTERNOON. COULD SEE A VFR CIG THIS EVENING AS CU FLATTENS OUT
TO STRATOCU OR AS MID/HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE MOVE IN FROM THE NE AROUND
A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW. NLY WIND BECOMES LIGHT NELY TO CALM
OVERNIGHT. CU WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON AGAIN SUNDAY WITH DEVELOPING
LIGHT NELY WIND.

ELSEWHERE...CU WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THRU THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE AREA. BRIEF CIGS POSSIBLE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED
CONVECTION POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MTNS AGAIN...ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH
SLOWER TO DEVELOP THAN FRI. WIND BECOMES ELY OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AND
SLY AT AVL DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMES LIGHT NELY TO CALM
OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF DENSE MTN VALLEY FOG WITH MVFR
FOG AT THE NON-TAF SITES AND KHKY BY MORNING. FOG SHUD LIFT WITH
SIMILAR TIMING TO SAT MORNING. EXPECT ANY MTN CONVECTION TO HOLD OFF
UNTIL AFTERNOON SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN ON MONDAY. EXPECT MORNING
VALLEY FOG AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION EACH DAY. THE
PROGRESS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ISAAC WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR ANY
IMPACTS FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

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

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 4:37 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ007>009-012>014-019-262045-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
437 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

AS NEXT WEEK WEARS ON...THERE REMAINS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ISAAC WILL AFFECT THE REGION. THE
MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS OF ISAAC FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>006-
010-011-262045-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
437 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

AS NEXT WEEK WEARS ON...THERE REMAINS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ISAAC WILL AFFECT THE REGION. THE
MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS OF ISAAC FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:23 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

GAZ010-252115-
RABUN-
423 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN RABUN COUNTY THROUGH
515 PM EDT...

AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKEMONT...
  LAKE RABUN...

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

LAT...LON 3488 8340 3487 8332 3475 8332 3474 8338
      3479 8349

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:26 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

NCZ065-252115-
HENDERSON-
426 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY THROUGH
515 PM EDT...

AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MOUNTAIN HOME...
  ETOWAH...

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

LAT...LON 3544 8251 3539 8242 3524 8255 3536 8266

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
449 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

GAZ010-252130-
RABUN-
449 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIGER...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKEMONT...
  LAKE BURTON...
  LAKE RABUN...
  NACOOHE LAKE...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3491 8347 3485 8336 3473 8342 3475 8343
      3473 8346 3475 8355 3481 8358 3483 8362

LANE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun52 min
Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun41 min
Aug 25, 5:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPRabun3 hr
Aug 25, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun20 min

Nearby

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Sources

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