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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 18, 2013Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2013, 3:25 PM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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: Jul 18, 2013, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Gaston County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 Jul 17, 5:02 PM EDT, 22 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 5:02 PM EDT, 22 hours 23 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
Jul 17, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	42 min
Jul 17, 8:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery	106 min
Jul 17, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell, Yancey	52 min
Jul 18, 3:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	115 min
Jul 18, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	44 min
Jul 18, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	39 min
Jul 18, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	44 min
Jul 18, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	38 min
Jul 18, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	48 min
Jul 18, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	47 min
Jul 18, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Lincoln	54 min
Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	39 min
Jul 18, 6:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	108 min
Jul 17, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

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.