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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 19, 2012Chester County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2012, 6:17 AM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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, 6:17 AM EDT (10:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Chester County, SC

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 19, 5:57 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 5:57 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 5:36 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 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

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
346 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

GAZ018-026-028-SCZ004-005-010-190830-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-HART-STEPHENS-
346 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN
ANDERSON...NORTHERN HART...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS...SOUTHERN OCONEE
AND SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 430 AM EDT...

AT 342 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF WHITWORTH...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HARTWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  HARTWELL...WHITWORTH...REED CREEK...LAVONIA...HARTWELL...AVALON...
  TOWNVILLE...SIX MILE...SENECA...SANDY SPRINGS...SADLERS CREEK STATE
  PARK...PENDLETON...OAKWAY...FAIR PLAY...CLEMSON...CENTRAL AND
  ANDERSON.

PEA SIZE 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 3431 8299 3443 8313 3448 8318 3453 8324
      3482 8282 3454 8252

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:54 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:17 AM 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 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, 2:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin, Habersham, Stephens	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.