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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 26, 20124 counties in North Carolina; Chester County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Dec 26, 2012, 8:13 AM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina; Chester County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2012, 8:13 AM EST (13:13 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC, Chester County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 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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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 Dec 26, 7:03 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 7:03 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 4:29 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 26, 6:23 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 26, 8:13 AM EST, 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
Dec 25, 10:27 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	GSP	Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	14 hr
Dec 26, 4:11 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more	29 hr
Dec 26, 6:04 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	3 hr
Dec 26, 7:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	23 hr
Dec 26, 8:04 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell	4 hr
Dec 26, 8:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	54 min
Dec 26, 9:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	44 min
Dec 26, 2:22 PM EST	High Wind Warning	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 6 more	23 hr
Dec 26, 2:22 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 5 more	23 hr
Dec 26, 5:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville	3 hr
Dec 26, 8:58 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York	2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 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.