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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 16, 2012Union County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2012, 12:55 PM EDT for Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 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 16, 2012, 12:55 PM EDT (16:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Union County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 16, 12:05 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:05 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:26 AM EDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 AM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-170830-
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-
426 AM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
THESE SHOWERS WILL BE SLOW MOVING. THIS WILL LEAD TO HEAVY
RAINFALL IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WITH ISOLATED FLOODING POSSIBLE.
IN ADDITION...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1255 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

SCZ013-014-161745-
CHESTER-UNION-
1255 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN UNION AND
WESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...

AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARLISLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION.
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTUC...
  UNION...SEDALIA...MONARCH MILLS...LEEDS...CARLISLE AND BUFFALO.

SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3458 8179 3477 8172 3479 8126 3456 8127
      3456 8141 3456 8142 3450 8141 3450 8142

LG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Mitchell45 min
Jul 16, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell41 min
Jul 16, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, McDowell and 1 more63 min
Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg58 min
Jul 16, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford39 min
Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion42 min
Jul 16, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell49 min
Jul 16, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston45 min
Jul 16, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg66 min
Jul 16, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg48 min
Jul 16, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union60 min
Jul 16, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford55 min
Jul 16, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk63 min
Jul 16, 6:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg2 hr
Jul 16, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania63 min
Jul 16, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville46 min
Jul 16, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester38 min
Jul 16, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville49 min
Jul 16, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Laurens61 min
Jul 16, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg54 min
Jul 16, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York35 min
Jul 16, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens, Spartanburg, Union57 min
Jul 16, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood19 min
Jul 16, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg61 min
Jul 16, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville28 min
Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood34 min
Jul 16, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee25 min
Jul 16, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens38 min
Jul 16, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Pickens63 min
Jul 16, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood44 min
Jul 16, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Laurens55 min
Jul 16, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood61 min
Jul 16, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham52 min
Jul 16, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham23 min
Jul 16, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRabun26 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.