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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2012, 1:09 PM EDT for 10 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 18, 2012, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 1738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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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</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 18, 10:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 10:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 5:33 AM EDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 533 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-190945- 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- 533 AM EDT WED JUL 18 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 TO NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY DEVELOP. MANY OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING THIS AFTERNOON. THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SATURATED SOILS WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF TREES FALLING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. 14
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
109 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>505-181745-
AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GRAHAM-GREATER
BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON-MADISON-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN
JACKSON-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
109 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF
NORTH CAROLINA...
AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS
OF NORTH CAROLINA. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR CANTON JUST
BEFORE 1:00 PM. ADDITIONAL OCCURRENCES OF SMALL HAIL... ALONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS... ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY... HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE
POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3546 8397 3557 8374 3557 8349 3577 8315
3578 8299 3594 8291 3593 8281 3607 8264
3596 8256 3617 8222 3611 8208 3629 8192
3612 8181 3612 8171 3591 8159 3499 8346
3516 8374 3525 8371 3522 8392 3528 8404
LGLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood, Swain | 78 min |
| Jul 18, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 104 min |
| Jul 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 12 min |
| Jul 18, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens, Union | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 25 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.