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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 12, 2012Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2012, 2:07 PM EDT for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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 12, 2012, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

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The text

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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 Jun 12, 2:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:13 AM EDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-130915-
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-
513 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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, Jun 12, 2:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

GAZ010-NCZ063>065-SCZ001>003-005-121845-
GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-OCONEE
MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
207 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN
OCONEE...NORTHEASTERN RABUN...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...PICKENS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN TRANSLVANIA AND HENDERSON
COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BREVARD...
  LAKE JOCASSEE...
  ETOWAH...
  ROCKY BOTTOM...
  TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...

SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3500 8317 3500 8311 3504 8313 3532 8288
      3532 8283 3538 8279 3546 8270 3544 8261
      3526 8235 3524 8236 3519 8235 3475 8275
      3481 8289 3480 8290 3492 8325

LG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania	40 min
Jun 12, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	50 min
Jun 12, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	58 min
Jun 12, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	55 min
Jun 12, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	44 min
Jun 12, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	38 min
Jun 12, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	51 min
Jun 12, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	44 min
Jun 12, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	47 min
Jun 12, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	38 min
Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	57 min
Jun 12, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Hart	38 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2012 Every 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.