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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 24, 2013Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2013, 4:02 PM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 24, 2013, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 255 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 24, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 2:36 AM EDT, 13 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-250645-
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-
236 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS
AND PIEDMONT REGIONS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

CDG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:23 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
323 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

GAZ017-242015-
HABERSHAM-
323 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTO...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOMER...
MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3454 8363 3457 8353 3448 8349 3449 8354
      3445 8359 3443 8362 3448 8366 3451 8367

07

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
402 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

NCZ064-242045-
TRANSYLVANIA-
402 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALSAM GROVE...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ROSMAN...
  BREVARD...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3531 8288 3525 8261 3514 8258 3512 8263
      3513 8265 3512 8266 3513 8268 3510 8270
      3510 8272 3507 8276 3507 8278 3508 8278
      3508 8281 3515 8297

07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	47 min
Jul 24, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	42 min
Jul 24, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	42 min
Jul 24, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	54 min
Jul 24, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	48 min
Jul 24, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	52 min
Jul 24, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	62 min
Jul 24, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	50 min
Jul 24, 6:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 24, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	63 min
Jul 24, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	44 min
Jul 24, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	41 min
Jul 24, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	63 min
Jul 24, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	40 min
Jul 24, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	67 min
Jul 24, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	50 min
Jul 24, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	47 min
Jul 24, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	56 min
Jul 24, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	49 min
Jul 24, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	63 min
Jul 24, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	43 min
Jul 24, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	41 min
Jul 24, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	43 min
Jul 24, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	42 min
Jul 24, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	60 min
Jul 24, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	39 min
Jul 24, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Stephens	52 min
Jul 24, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.