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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2012, 11:58 PM EDT for Chester County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 14, 2012, 11:58 PM EDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Chester County, SC, York County, SC
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The text
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 14, 10:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 10:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 10:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 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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| May 14, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 37 min |
| May 14, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 47 min |
| May 14, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 52 min |
| May 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 112 min |
| May 14, 9:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Iredell | 4 hr |
| May 15, 10:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 17 more | 17 hr |
| May 15, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 24 min |
| May 15, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 34 min |
| May 15, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Rutherford | 36 min |
| May 15, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 44 min |
| May 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 51 min |
| May 15, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 80 min |
| May 15, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 29 min |
| May 15, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 50 min |
| May 15, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 28 min |
| May 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 54 min |
| May 14, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 39 min |
| May 14, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 60 min |
| May 14, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 41 min |
| May 14, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 41 min |
| May 14, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 49 min |
| May 14, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 37 min |
| May 14, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 38 min |
| May 14, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 45 min |
| May 14, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 42 min |
| May 14, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 3 hr |
| May 15, 12:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Chester, York | 4 hr |
| May 15, 1:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 42 min |
| May 15, 2:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Chester, Laurens, Union | 4 hr |
| May 15, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 39 min |
| May 15, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 24 min |
| May 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 41 min |
| May 15, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 61 min |
| May 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 35 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.