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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2012, 8:41 PM EDT for Graham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Graham County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 1133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 18, 8:07 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 8:07 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 407 PM 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>014-019-192015- 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- 407 PM 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...TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. 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. THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SATURATED SOILS WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 19 min |
| Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 95 min |
| Jul 19, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 94 min |
| Jul 19, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Union | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 50 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.