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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 5, 2012Franklin County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 9:27 PM EDT for Franklin County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 5, 2012, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Franklin County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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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 Jul 5, 9:21 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 9:21 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 8:58 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
804 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0607 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSE EASLEY            34.80N 82.58W
07/05/2012                   PICKENS            SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS A FEW TREES DOWN NEAR EASLEY.
            LOCATION AND TIME OBTAINED FROM RADAR DATA.

&&

OUTLAW

Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
822 PM EDT THU JUL 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FONTANA VILLAGE         35.44N 83.82W
07/05/2012                   GRAHAM             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ALL OVER GRAHAM COUNTY WITH THE FIRST TREES
            FALLING WITH THE GUST FRONT CROSSING FONTANA LAKE AROUND
            630 PM. GUST FRONT HAD CROSSED THE COUNTY BY 7 PM.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
825 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

SCZ006-010-011-060115-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-
825 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ANDERSON...NORTHEASTERN
ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...

AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON...OR 17 MILES WEST
OF LAURENS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HONEA PATH...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3436 8245 3455 8242 3455 8224 3454 8224
      3449 8231 3447 8231 3445 8229 3441 8225
      3435 8233

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:28 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
828 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

GAZ018-SCZ001-060115-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-STEPHENS-
828 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT STEPHENS AND WESTERN OCONEE
COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...

AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOCCOA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  TOCCOA...
  EASTANOLEE...

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3458 8341 3468 8336 3469 8334 3470 8335
      3473 8334 3470 8319 3448 8322 3454 8343
      3455 8343

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:23 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:27 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	27 min
Jul 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe	62 min
Jul 6, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	38 min
Jul 6, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison	65 min
Jul 6, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	27 min
Jul 6, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	25 min
Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mitchell	115 min
Jul 6, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood	28 min
Jul 6, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	47 min
Jul 5, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Pickens	52 min
Jul 5, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	50 min
Jul 5, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	54 min
Jul 5, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Stephens	47 min
Jul 6, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	51 min
Jul 6, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.