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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2012, 12:48 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 10, 2012, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 10, 10:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 10:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 515 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-111000- 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- 515 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING....HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY LOCALIZED FLOODING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. 07
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 117 min |
| Jul 10, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison | 106 min |
| Jul 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 5:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 102 min |
| Jul 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 3:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 77 min |
| Jul 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 78 min |
| Jul 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 106 min |
| Jul 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Laurens, Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 89 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.