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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2012, 9:24 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 51 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 24, 2012, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 24, 8:30 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 8:30 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-251000- 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- 520 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL OF PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE...AS WELL AS BRIEF BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GERAPETRITIS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 24, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND GST 3 WSW LINCOLNTON 35.46N 81.30W
06/24/2012 E60 MPH LINCOLN NC AMATEUR RADIO
ONE LIMB DOWN.
&&
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 755 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 NCZ068-SCZ008-250045- CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND- 755 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT... AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BOILING SPRINGS NC...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... GAFFNEY... SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3503 8152 3502 8174 3525 8173 3526 8156 JOH
Local storm report, Jun 24, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
820 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0659 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW CHESNEE 35.13N 81.89W
06/24/2012 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE IN ROADWAY.
0723 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE BOILING SPRINGS SC 35.09N 81.93W
06/24/2012 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE IN ROADWAY.
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KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 8:25 PM EDT, 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 8:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rutherford | 107 min |
| Jun 24, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 59 min |
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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.