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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT for Polk County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 1, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Polk County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 Aug 1, 3:39 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:39 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 248 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-021900- 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- 248 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .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 OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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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 31, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 44 min |
Nearby
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.