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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2012, 5:47 PM EDT for York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2012, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 546 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>070-501>510-SCZ001>008-010>012-019-091000- 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-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-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- GREENWOOD- 546 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 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 ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS...BUT A FEW OF THEM COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS ON MONDAY...WITH THE CHANCE THAT SOME OF THEM WILL BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-013-014-091000- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 546 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS ON MONDAY...WITH THE CHANCE THAT SOME OF THEM WILL BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. MOORE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
SCZ003-081915-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
252 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF GOWENSVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTH
OF COLUMBUS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3514 8235 3516 8222 3508 8222 3507 8222
3506 8223 3504 8230 3503 8233
NEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 8, 3:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 SCZ007-008-082000- CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG- 316 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF COWPENS...OR 8 MILES EAST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... COWPENS... PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3509 8194 3507 8172 3492 8166 3486 8183 NED
Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E PINEVILLE 35.08N 80.87W
07/08/2012 MECKLENBURG NC PUBLIC
TWO TREES BLOCKING JOHNSTON RD NEAR HWY 51. OTHER TREES
DOWN IN THE SAME AREA. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Jul 8, 5:19 PM EDT, 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:44 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 14 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 35 min |
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Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.