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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2012, 7:02 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North 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
- May 16, 2012, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 May 16, 2:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 2:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 3:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 310 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-171915- 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- 310 PM EDT WED MAY 16 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING OR STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OR RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 7:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 30 min |
| May 15, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 46 min |
| May 15, 11:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 39 min |
| May 15, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 66 min |
| May 16, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 53 min |
| May 16, 1:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 3 hr |
| May 16, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 67 min |
| May 16, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| May 16, 1:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 53 min |
| May 16, 1:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba | 6 hr |
| May 16, 2:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 39 min |
| May 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 41 min |
| May 16, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| May 16, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 42 min |
| May 15, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 42 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.