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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 18, 2012Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 18, 2012, 10:04 PM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 18, 2012, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Rabun County, GA

The radar

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The text

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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 Oct 18, 5:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 5:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 5:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
524 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-192130-
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-
524 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. AS THE
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE TO THE
INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 18, 7:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0714 PM     HAIL             3 W CHERRYVILLE         35.39N 81.43W
10/18/2012  E0.75 INCH       GASTON             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED A TOTAL OF NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES WITH THE
            LARGEST BEING ABOUT DIME SIZED. ALSO HAD GUSTY WIND WHEN
            THE STORM ARRIVED BUT NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW DOWN ANY
            LIMBS AT THEIR RESIDENCE.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 7:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 18, 7:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012

SCZ007-013-190030-
SPARTANBURG-UNION-
758 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG AND
UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PACOLET TO CROSS ANCHOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  JONESVILLE...
  BUFFALO...

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3465 8197 3492 8176 3490 8165 3487 8163
      3489 8158 3487 8154 3488 8153 3487 8153
      3487 8151 3484 8146 3482 8148 3480 8147
      3452 8156

NED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	28 min
Oct 18, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	18 min
Oct 18, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	37 min
Oct 18, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	28 min
Oct 18, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 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.