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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 2, 2012Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 11:25 PM EDT for Henderson County, North 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: Aug 2, 2012, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2012, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Henderson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 2, 10:25 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 10:25 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 8:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
833 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-040045-
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-
833 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN
AREA...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

07

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAZ026-028-SCZ004-010-030130-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HART-
847 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HART...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...
SOUTHERN OCONEE AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...

AT 842 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIR PLAY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HARTWELL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  HARTWELL...WHITWORTH...REED CREEK...LAVONIA...HARTWELL...
  BOWERSVILLE...STARR...SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK...OAKWAY AND FAIR
  PLAY.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3450 8316 3454 8311 3455 8312 3456 8312
      3463 8299 3438 8269 3423 8300 3423 8303

07

Local storm report, Aug 2, 9:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EDT THU AUG 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     HAIL             FORT MILL               35.01N 80.94W
08/02/2012  E0.88 INCH       YORK               SC   PUBLIC

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Aug 2, 9:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
918 PM EDT THU AUG 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E FORT MILL           35.01N 80.93W
08/02/2012                   YORK               SC   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON HENSLEY ROAD NEAR
            DOBYS BRIDGE ROAD.

&&

JOH

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 9:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
926 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

SCZ006-007-012-030215-
GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
926 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHERN
LAURENS AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...

AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FIVE FORKS...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PELHAM ROAD
  AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...HAYWOOD MALL...GSP AIRPORT...FIVE
  FORKS...WOODRUFF...TAYLORS...SIMPSONVILLE...ROEBUCK...REIDVILLE...
  MOORE...MAULDIN AND FOUNTAIN INN.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3488 8193 3459 8202 3469 8234 3495 8234

07

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 10:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1001 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

SCZ002-003-005-006-030245-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-
1001 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...

AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PICKENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES GAP
  STATE PARK...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...TRAVELERS
  REST...PUMPKINTOWN...PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MARIETTA...
  DACUSVILLE...CLEVELAND...CAESARS HEAD AND BEREA.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3480 8256 3507 8273 3514 8260 3514 8258
      3516 8255 3494 8231

07

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 11:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	49 min
Aug 2, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	22 min
Aug 2, 8:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Union	106 min
Aug 2, 11:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	2 hr
Aug 3, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	34 min
Aug 3, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	30 min
Aug 3, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	51 min
Aug 3, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	30 min
Aug 3, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg	63 min
Aug 3, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	51 min
Aug 3, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	36 min
Aug 2, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	56 min
Aug 2, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	50 min
Aug 2, 8:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	York	114 min
Aug 2, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	49 min
Aug 2, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	44 min
Aug 2, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	60 min
Aug 2, 11:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville	113 min
Aug 2, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	43 min
Aug 2, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Every 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.