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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 12:41 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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
- Jun 1, 2012, 12:41 PM EDT (16:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 Jun 1, 11:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 11:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:33 AM EDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 433 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-020845- 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- 433 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE STORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY WITH SOME DAYTIME HEATING. SEVERAL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH WIND SHEAR AT LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THAT A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THE STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY ORGANIZE INTO A SQUALL LINE...BUT THIS MIGHT NOT HAPPEN UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. IF A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS...MORE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE RESULT. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT FROM MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST THROUGH SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1241 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-011745-
GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-MACON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-
1241 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...GUSTY WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
AT 1240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DISSIPATING LINE OF SHOWERS AND WEAK THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA FROM TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE WEAKENED GREATLY ALONG THIS LINE...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
MAY ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
LAT...LON 3541 8403 3553 8388 3557 8377 3557 8349
3567 8334 3566 8330 3573 8324 3580 8305
3578 8297 3544 8281 3502 8320 3502 8354
3515 8366 3516 8374 3523 8370 3525 8371
3525 8384 3521 8396 3523 8401 3531 8404
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 46 min |
| May 31, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 31 min |
| May 31, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 24 min |
| May 31, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 39 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in North 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.