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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 8, 2012Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2012, 6:31 PM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Gaston County, NC

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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 Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:46 AM EDT, 12 hours 45 minutes before

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, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 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, 2 hours 25 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.

&&

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:47 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:31 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 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, 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, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	28 min
Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	35 min

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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.