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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2012, 8:09 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 2, 2012, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Abbeville County, SC
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 2, 7:23 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 7:23 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 5:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 3, 2:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon, Swain | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin | 59 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.