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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2012, 1:56 AM EDT for Catawba County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2012, 1:56 AM EDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Catawba County, NC
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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 Jul 1, 10:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1258 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-082-509- 510-SCZ001>014-019-030500- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-UNION NC-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- 1258 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA AND ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS COULD HOLD TOGETHER AND MOVE ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BEFORE DAYBREAK. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-501>508-030500- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- 1258 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 453 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA AND ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WORK WEEK. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED 105 IN MANY LOCATIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL ABATE SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY...AS A GRADUAL COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 1, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon, Swain | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 1:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 4:20 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 11 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 11:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Stephens | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 55 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.