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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 16, 2012Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2012, 11:34 PM EDT for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 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, 11:34 PM EDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2012, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Laurens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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.

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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, 10:34 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 10:34 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 3:10 PM EDT, 8 hours 24 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

Local storm report, May 16, 10:54 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 16, 10:55 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 11:00 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 11:14 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 11:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 8:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg3 hr
May 16, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland51 min
May 16, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke44 min
May 16, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell50 min
May 16, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland46 min
May 16, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland44 min
May 16, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland53 min
May 16, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln42 min
May 16, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland45 min
May 16, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland45 min
May 17, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Iredell47 min
May 17, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYancey40 min
May 17, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYancey43 min
May 17, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon48 min
May 17, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe48 min
May 17, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood54 min
May 17, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon24 min
May 17, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson47 min
May 17, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood47 min
May 16, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee47 min
May 16, 10:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCherokee3 hr
May 16, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union54 min
May 16, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee, Pickens34 min
May 16, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville, Spartanburg46 min
May 16, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens67 min
May 17, 12:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg4 hr
May 17, 12:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson52 min
May 17, 1:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens44 min
May 17, 1:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood52 min
May 17, 1:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood64 min
May 17, 11:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester49 min
May 17, 12:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union55 min
May 17, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens31 min
May 17, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester30 min
May 17, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens55 min
May 17, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens61 min
May 17, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood51 min
May 17, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester41 min
May 17, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville32 min
May 17, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester50 min
May 17, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert39 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.