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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2012, 5:47 PM EDT for Macon County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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 25, 2012, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Macon County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 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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</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 25, 5:07 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 5:07 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 437 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ007>009-012>014-019-262045- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 437 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AS NEXT WEEK WEARS ON...THERE REMAINS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ISAAC WILL AFFECT THE REGION. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS OF ISAAC FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>006- 010-011-262045- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- 437 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AS NEXT WEEK WEARS ON...THERE REMAINS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ISAAC WILL AFFECT THE REGION. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS OF ISAAC FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
GAZ010-252115-
RABUN-
423 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN RABUN COUNTY THROUGH
515 PM EDT...
AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LAKEMONT...
LAKE RABUN...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3488 8340 3487 8332 3475 8332 3474 8338
3479 8349
LANESpecial weather statement, Aug 25, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 426 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 NCZ065-252115- HENDERSON- 426 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... MOUNTAIN HOME... ETOWAH... SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3544 8251 3539 8242 3524 8255 3536 8266 LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
449 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
GAZ010-252130-
RABUN-
449 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIGER...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LAKEMONT...
LAKE BURTON...
LAKE RABUN...
NACOOHE LAKE...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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 3491 8347 3485 8336 3473 8342 3475 8343
3473 8346 3475 8355 3481 8358 3483 8362
LANESpecial weather statement, Aug 25, 5:34 PM EDT, 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rabun | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 20 min |
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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.