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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2012, 4:17 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. 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
- Apr 22, 2012, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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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</html>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 Apr 22, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:47 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 347 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-232000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 347 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS OVER THE REGION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY...POSSIBLY GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP INTO THE MID 30S TO LOW 30S EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE IF WINDS BECOME LIGHT ENOUGH OVERNIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-232000- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 347 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS USHERING IN A MUCH COOLER AIR MASS. MOST AREAS ABOVE ABOUT 3500 ARE EXPECTED TO SEE TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW FREEZING BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER TONIGHT...CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 3500 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...POSSIBLY GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ACROSS THE AREA. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WHILE THERE WILL BE A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR SOME SHELTERED VALLEYS TO SEE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0402 PM HAIL 2 SSE NINE TIMES 34.89N 82.83W
04/22/2012 E0.25 INCH PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
A STORM SPOTTER REPORTS HE HAS HAD AN HOUR OF ALMOST
CONTINUOUS VERY SMALL HAIL...FROM ABOUT THE SIZE OF SALT
TO UP PEA SIZED. HE OCCASIONALLY HAS HAD A STRIKE OF
LIGHTNING AND AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAIN WITH THIS BACK
BUILDING STORM THAT HAS PARKED OVER HIS LOCATION IN
WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY.
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OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Apr 22, 4:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012
SCZ002-005>007-010-012-222100-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-LAURENS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
417 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...CENTRAL
PICKENS...NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON...NORTHERN LAURENS AND SOUTHWESTERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAYWOOD MALL...OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LARGER BAND OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREENVILLE
SPARTANBURG METRO AREA.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.
LAT...LON 3480 8289 3484 8290 3501 8278 3499 8254
3497 8254 3498 8251 3493 8196 3462 8203
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 11:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 2:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 28 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.