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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 9, 2013Rowan County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2013, 4:12 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 9, 2013, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1182 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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.

539 
WWUS82 KGSP 092012
SPSGSP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

NCZ057-092100-
ROWAN-
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY
THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAITH...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ROCKWELL...
  HIGH ROCK LAKE...

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

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3550 8053 3568 8054 3570 8033 3568 8033
      3567 8030 3564 8029 3564 8026 3558 8020
      3555 8020 3552 8018 3550 8018

$$
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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 Aug 9, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND.
A SECOND COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE REGION DURING THE
MID WEEK. DEEP MOISTURE MAY LINGER OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
REGION UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM EDT...COVERAGE HAS ONCE AGAIN FILLED IN RAPIDLY THIS
AFTN IN THE MOST UPSLOPE PREFERRED LOCATIONS OF THE SW CWFA. GIVEN
THE DUAL POL RADAR RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...THE
RECENT RAINFALL IN THIS AREA...AND THE APPARENT TRAINING SETTING
UP...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH BEEN POSTED FOR THE MOST PRONE LOCATIONS
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

OTHERWISE...A SURFACE COLD FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ALONG THE OH VALLEY
THIS AFTN...WITH FLAT RIDGING ALOFT IN PLACE FARTHER SOUTH. UPPER
SUPPORT WILL BE HARD TO FIND LATE THIS AFTN THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT
THE AFORE MENTIONED UPSLOPE...ADDITIONAL WESTERLY UPSLOPE NEAR THE
SPINE OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS AND VERY LOW LFC HEIGHTS WILL ALLOW
COVERAGE TO INCREASE AND EXPAND EASTWARD. THE SPC STORM SCALE
ENSEMBLE OF OPPORTUNITY DEPICTS THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS THE MTNS
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH A SECONDARY MAXIMA EXTENDING OUT
ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS INTO THE PIEDMONT TOWARD EVENING. WILL LEAN
THE POP FORECAST IN THIS DIRECTION.

WEAK H5 VORT LOBES RIDING NE OVER THE SHALLOW SE RIDGE WILL BRUSH
THE NRN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SAT...WITH
WESTERLY FLOW IMPROVING VERY SLIGHTLY THROUGH SAT AFTN. LOW LEVEL
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN MORE SW EAST OF THE MTNS TO CREATE A CONVERGENCE
REGION ALONG THE ERN SLOPES. COVERAGE SHOULD BE A BIT BETTER SAT
THAN TODAY AS STEERING WINDS INCREASE SLIGHTLY. IN ADDITION...THE
COLD FRONT WILL SAG SE TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA AND ALLOW ALREADY
HIGH PWAT VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES TO POOL FURTHER ACROSS THE AREA.
ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO START ON SAT AFTN...BUT WILL
JUST ADDRESS THE ONGOING WATCH AT THIS POINT AND LEAVE ANY LATER
POSTING TO LATER FORECASTS. LAPSE RATES MAY ALSO IMPROVE JUST ENOUGH
ON SAT ALONG WITH THE IMPROVING FLOW TO CREATE A SLIGHTLY BETTER
CHANCE OF WET MICROBURSTS OR ISOLD MULTI CELL SEVERE. WILL CONTINUE
TO LEAN TOWARD BIAS CORRECTED GUIDANCE ON TEMPS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT FRIDAY...BY SATURDAY EVENING...CONTINUED WEST
SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN ENHANCING UPSLOPE FLOW
INDUCED CONVECTION...AND MODEST INSTABILITY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT
REGION WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES ELEVATED INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
MEANWHILE...APPROACHING EAST/WEST ORIENTED COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS
KY/VA WILL CONTINUE MIGRATING TO THE SOUTH AND ENTER THE NORTHERN
ZONES BY AROUND NOON SUNDAY.  AS AMPLE MOISTURE THROUGH THE COLUMN
REMAINS IN PLACE...WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.  CARRIED
LIKELY POPS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NC...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER SOLID
CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE.  PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEARING 150
PERCENT OF NORMAL WILL PRESENT SOME THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.  THIS
COMBINED WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW COULD LEAD TO INCREASED THREATS
FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS/MOUNTAINS WERE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL ENHANCE CONVECTION.  AS
THE FRONT SLOWLY MIGRATES SOUTHWARD INTO SUNDAY EVENING...SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL FOLLOW.  BULK SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 20-25KTS ALONG
THE BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATION.
THEREFORE...SOME THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS COULD
REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THE BOUNDARY PUSHES FURTHER INTO AREAS THAT
WILL HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL HEATING...THUS GREATER INSTABILITY.
AS HEATING FADES BEYOND SUNSET...EXPECTING COVERAGE TO SLOWLY
DIMINISH OUTSIDE OF AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE FRONT...WHICH
WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK ON MONDAY.  TEMPERATURES ON
SUNDAY WILL REMAIN AT OR NEAR NORMAL FOR AREAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE ADVANCING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
ELSEWHERE.

AS FOR MONDAY...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL HAVE MOVED INTO THE
MIDLANDS/LOWCOUNTRY BY LATE MORNING ALLOWING FOR SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR
TO BRIEFLY SETTLE IN ACROSS THE REGION.  HOWEVER THAT WONT LAST LONG
AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE FL GULF COAST WILL ADVECT WARM MOIST
AIR INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. MODEL GUIDANCE
SEEMS TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO SHOWERS AND OR
THUNDERSTORMS INITIATING ALONG THE SOUTHWARD FACING SLOPES OF THE
HIGH TERRAIN AS UPSLOPE FLOW REORGANIZES.  THUS...CARRIED HIGH END
CHANCE POPS ALONG THE MOUNTAINS WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER CHANCE POPS
ACROSS NORTHEAST GA...THE UPSTATE OF SC...AND THE NC PIEDMONT WHERE
ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE THERMODYNAMICALLY DEPENDENT.  TEMPERATURES ON
MONDAY WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS BEING 8-10 DEGREES COOLER
THAN PREVIOUS DAYS.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM FRIDAY...MODELS AGREE THAT THE PATTERN FOR THE EXTENDED
PERIOD WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED. THE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
AREA THIS WEEKEND WILL STALL OUT OVER THE CWA MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A LARGE
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AND BOTH
THE EC AND GFS HAVE THE HIGH PUSHING A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH
ON WEDNESDAY TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY AND
OVERNIGHT. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IS ALSO MARKED BY THE PASSAGE OF AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...FURTHER INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY...NORTHWESTERLY FLOW TRANSPORTS
DRIER AIR TOWARDS THE CWA...BUT ALL AREAS EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS
REMAIN QUITE MOIST...ONLY ALLOWING FOR A SLIGHT DECREASE IN POPS.
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE APPEARS TO SWING THROUGH FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY WHILE THE CWA COMES UNDER INCREASING INFLUENCE BY THE
BERMUDA HIGH...SO FEATURE AT LEAST CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE END OF
THE EXTENDED. THE PERIOD STARTS WITH HIGHS SLIGHTLY BELOW
AVERAGE...DECREASING TO AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE BY THE END
OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...WEAK CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY HAS YET TO
PRODUCE MUCH LIGHTNING...BUT CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS ARE
DEPICTING BETTER COVERAGE DEVELOPING AROUND THE AIRFIELD BY 20Z.
HAVE THUS MOVED TEMPO TSRA TIMING UP A BIT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.
ANTICIPATE A FAIRLY RAPID END TO CONVECTION THIS EVENING...WITH
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS UNLESS
TREMENDOUS RAIN FALLS ON THE AIRFIELD. SHOULD SEE MORNING MVFR LEVEL
CUMULUS DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN...WITH SHOWER COVERAGE STEADILY FILLING
IN FROM THE WEST TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY
THUNDER UNTIL AFTER 18Z.

ELSEWHERE...THE BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE HAS FIRED IN THE UPSLOPE
PREFERRED LOCATIONS THIS AFTN. EXPANDING COVERAGE SHOULD PROVIDE
TEMPO TSRA COVERAGE MAINLY DURING 19Z TO 23Z...IF NOT SOONER.
ANTICIPATE A QUICK END TO THE CONVECTION AGAIN THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WEST OF THE MTNS
OVERNIGHT BUT SHOULD STAY N AND W OF KAVL TO KHKY THROUGH SAT
MORNING. EXPECT A RETURN OF MVFR LEVEL CIGS EARLY SAT...WITH BRIEF
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MAINLY KAVL TO KHKY AROUND DAYBREAK. WILL
ONLY MENTION VCSH FOR THE END OF THE TAF CYCLE...BUT ADDITIONAL
THUNDER IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD THROUGH SAT
AFTN. EXPECT STEADY SW FLOW THROUGHOUT...EXCEPT MORE VARIABLE AT
KAVL AND NEAR ANY TSTMS.

OUTLOOK...DEEP MOISTURE AND HIGH COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SWD INTO THE REGION. THE
BOUNDARY MAY LINGER IN THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...YIELDING
DIURNAL SCT TSTMS AND OVERNIGHT RESTRICTIONS.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z
KCLT       HIGH  92%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  93%
KGSP       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   72%
KAVL       HIGH  86%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  91%     MED   74%
KHKY       HIGH  97%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  94%     MED   77%
KGMU       HIGH  92%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     MED   72%
KAND       MED   79%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  85%     MED   67%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR GAZ010-017-
     018.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR NCZ062>065.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR SCZ001>005.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CDG
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...VISIN
AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
221 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ062>065-SCZ001>005-101830-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
221 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
THIS WEEKEND. THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL PEAK DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-068>072-082-501>510-
SCZ006>014-019-101830-
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-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-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
221 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... POSSIBLY RESULTING IN ISOLATED
FLASH FLOODING. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
THIS WEEKEND. THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL PEAK DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

CDG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
306 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

SCZ003-006-007-012-091945-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-
306 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GREENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN LAURENS
AND SOUTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TRAVELERS REST TO
FORK SHOALS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HAYWOOD MALL...
  MAULDIN...
  SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...
  TAYLORS...
  LAKE ROBINSON...
  FIVE FORKS...

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

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3507 8215 3455 8197 3454 8237 3506 8255

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:54 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

SCZ007-008-012-013-092045-
CHEROKEE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
354 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LAURENS...NORTHWESTERN
UNION...SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...

AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF
FINGERVILLE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF WOODRUFF...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  SPARTANBURG...
  CHESNEE...
  MAYO...
  COWPENS...
  PACOLET...
  THICKETTY...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3463 8164 3461 8214 3518 8204 3517 8154

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

NCZ033-501-502-092100-
AVERY-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
410 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN AVERY AND NORTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UPTON...OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOWING
ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  PATTERSON...

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

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3610 8151 3610 8146 3608 8144 3608 8142
      3607 8140 3597 8140 3600 8181 3611 8181
      3613 8173 3613 8155

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

NCZ057-092100-
ROWAN-
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY
THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAITH...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ROCKWELL...
  HIGH ROCK LAKE...

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

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3550 8053 3568 8054 3570 8033 3568 8033
      3567 8030 3564 8029 3564 8026 3558 8020
      3555 8020 3552 8018 3550 8018

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchGSPHenderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania8 hr
Aug 9, 3:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMcDowell2 hr
Aug 9, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell50 min
Aug 9, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba50 min
Aug 9, 4:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCaldwell2 hr
Aug 9, 4:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCaldwell3 hr
Aug 9, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland49 min
Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Lincoln52 min
Aug 9, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPIredell2 hr
Aug 9, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie46 min
Aug 9, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan42 min
Aug 9, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus41 min
Aug 9, 1:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville3 hr
Aug 9, 2:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPOconee2 hr
Aug 9, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville39 min
Aug 9, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Spartanburg51 min

Nearby

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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.