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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2012, 2:45 AM EDT for Franklin County, Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2012, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2012, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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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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 19, 12:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 12:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1213 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-200415- 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- 1213 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. LATER TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
NCZ057-190645-
ROWAN-
158 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 245
AM EDT...
AT 154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH ROCK
LAKE...SPENCER...SALISBURY...GRANITE QUARRY...FAITH AND CRAVEN.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3554 8050 3564 8059 3576 8048 3576 8047
3574 8045 3573 8042 3573 8034 3571 8032
3568 8033 3566 8030 3563 8028
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Aug 19, 2:45 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-190730-
FRANKLIN-HABERSHAM-HART-RABUN-STEPHENS-
245 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...SOUTHERN
RABUN...STEPHENS AND WESTERN HART COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM EDT...
AT 240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF
CAMP COLEMAN LAKE TO WESTGATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
RABUN...NACOOHE LAKE...WHITWORTH...VANNA...TURNERVILLE...TOCCOA...
TALLULAH FALLS...ROYSTON...MOUNT AIRY...MARTIN...LAVONIA...
LAKEMONT...HOLLYWOOD...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...EASTANOLEE...DEMOREST...
CORNELIA...CLARKESVILLE...CARNESVILLE...CANON...BOYDVILLE...
BOWERSVILLE...BALDWIN AND AVALON.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
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 3422 8308 3426 8312 3424 8319 3426 8331
3422 8335 3426 8334 3432 8340 3446 8340
3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367 3454 8362
3465 8367 3472 8364 3485 8331 3470 8335
3461 8317 3450 8305 3424 8292 3421 8299
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 8:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 102 min |
| Aug 18, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 5:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 6:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 43 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 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.