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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 8, 2012Greenville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2012, 2:13 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 8, 2012, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Greenville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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: 713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 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 8, 2:05 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:05 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 4:43 AM EDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
443 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-090845-
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-
443 AM EDT WED AUG 8 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE FRIDAY. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FRONT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

ARK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1232 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

NCZ035-036-081715-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
1232 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL AND SOUTHEASTERN
ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT...

AT 1228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCOTTS...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STATESVILLE...

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

LAT...LON 3587 8070 3578 8073 3561 8085 3579 8113
      3580 8113 3581 8114 3583 8115 3582 8119
      3585 8122 3599 8103

JOH

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1252 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

NCZ064-SCZ002-003-081730-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
1252 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 130
PM EDT...

AT 1249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BALSAM GROVE...OR 9 MILES WEST
OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE TOXAWAY...
  ROSMAN...
  ROCKY BOTTOM...

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

LAT...LON 3519 8297 3521 8296 3528 8282 3505 8259
      3493 8286 3504 8291 3505 8290 3505 8291
      3519 8298

JOH

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
152 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

NCZ064-SCZ002-081830-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
152 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND
SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSMAN...OR 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF LAKE
TOXAWAY...ALSO DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

ROSMAN AND BREVARD...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3528 8285 3523 8261 3522 8260 3515 8259
      3512 8266 3513 8268 3510 8269 3508 8275
      3498 8285 3504 8291 3505 8290 3505 8293
      3512 8300

MOORE

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
213 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

SCZ002-003-005-006-081900-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-
213 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHERN
PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARIETTA...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP INTO NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY BY 3 PM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

MARIETTA...TRAVELERS REST AND LAKE ROBINSON...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3498 8285 3508 8275 3510 8269 3513 8268
      3512 8267 3513 8265 3512 8263 3517 8254
      3516 8253 3517 8250 3507 8223 3485 8245

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	40 min
Aug 7, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	38 min
Aug 7, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	43 min
Aug 7, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	38 min
Aug 7, 10:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	40 min
Aug 8, 6:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	47 min
Aug 8, 6:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	117 min
Aug 8, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	43 min
Aug 8, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	40 min
Aug 8, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	38 min
Aug 8, 1:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Iredell	2 hr
Aug 8, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	63 min
Aug 8, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	38 min
Aug 8, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	62 min
Aug 8, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	45 min
Aug 8, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	49 min
Aug 8, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	60 min
Aug 8, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	37 min
Aug 8, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	55 min
Aug 8, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	43 min
Aug 8, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	55 min
Aug 8, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	36 min
Aug 8, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	24 min
Aug 8, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	33 min
Aug 8, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	47 min
Aug 7, 8:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	York	3 hr
Aug 7, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	39 min
Aug 7, 9:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Chester, York	2 hr
Aug 8, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	88 min
Aug 8, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	41 min
Aug 8, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	36 min
Aug 8, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens	55 min
Aug 8, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	36 min
Aug 8, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	47 min
Aug 8, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	67 min
Aug 8, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	26 min
Aug 8, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	56 min
Aug 8, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Union	58 min
Aug 8, 12:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	45 min
Aug 8, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	46 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South 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.