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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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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</html>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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</html>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. 14
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
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, McDowell and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 54 min |
| Jul 16, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 19 min |
| Jul 16, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 26 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.