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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 15, 2012, 9:34 AM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
- Oct 15, 2012, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2012, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Oct 15, 7:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 7:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 447 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-160900- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 447 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. AS THE LINE MOVES EAST...IT COULD INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-160900- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 447 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 15, 7:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 7:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Oct 15, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Oct 15, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 50 min |
| Oct 15, 9:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 48 min |
| Oct 15, 10:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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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.