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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2014, 3:25 PM EDT for Rowan 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
- May 27, 2014, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 May 27, 2:36 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:36 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE LINGERS INTO WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN A
TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT
WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY...AND GRADUALLY
SETTLE SOUTH OF THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM...EXPECT BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TO BE ACROSS THE NC
MTNS AND NRN TIER...TAPERING OFF TO THE WRN UPSTATE AND NE GA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MAY STILL SEE A SVR STORM OR TWO GIVEN
THE DECENT LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DCAPE VALUES. CONVECTION SHUD
BE DIURNAL IN NATURE...BUT A FEW LINGERING SHRA COULD REMAIN ACROSS
THE NC MTNS OVERNIGHT. LOWS SHUD BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
WEAK SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW OVER THE SRN PLAINS
TRY TO MOVE THRU THE WEAK RIDGE OVER THE AREA WED. FCST SOUNDINGS
SHOW LESS INSTABILITY THAN THAN TUESDAY...BUT REMAIN UNSTABLE. LEE
TROF WEAKENS BUT REMAINS IN PLACE AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS
HIGH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NC MTNS. GUIDANCE BLEND SHOWS BEST
COVERAGE ACROSS THE MTNS AND I-40 CORRIDOR WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE
SOUTH OF THERE. HAVE FOLLOWED THESE TRENDS WITH POP WHICH IS ALSO
CLOSE TO PREV FCST. SHUD SEE LESS OF A SVR CHC WED WITH LOWER
INSTABILITY AND DCAPE VALUES. HIGHS WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT TUESDAY...AN ANOMALOUS CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE OVER
THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE A LOW
AMPLITUDE RIDGE RESIDES OVER GA AND THE CAROLINAS...AND AND UPPER
TROUGH BE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THE SOUTHEAST RIDGE BREAKS DOWN
ON THURSDAY...WHILE THE UPPER TROUGH AMPLIFIES ALONG THE EAST
COAST...AND THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS NEAR THE NW GULF COAST. AN UPPER
HIGH WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON EXTENDING SE TO THE TN
RIVER VALLEY BY FRIDAY.
OUR AREA WILL REMAIN IN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS ON WEDNESDAY
EVENING...WITH AFTERNOON CONVECTION LINGERING INTO THE EVENING UNTIL
COOLING STABILIZES THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE. LIMITED ELEVATED
INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH OUR
AREA FROM THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...REACHING NC BY THURSDAY
MORNING...AND SC BY THURSDAY EVENING. THIS SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY WILL
SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY FOR PRONOUNCED UPDRAFTS.
THE FRONT WILL SETTLE SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY ON THURSDAY NIGHT...WHILE INSTABILITY GRADUALLY DECREASES.
THE SLOW MOVING FRONT MOVES FARTHER SOUTH THROUGH GA AND SOUTHERN SC
ON FRIDAY. DESPITE SHIFTING WINDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING FRONT...
MOISTURE WILL BE REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH ENOUGH
ELEVATED INSTABILITY FOR CONVECTION DURING DAYTIME HEATING.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE WEAKENING UPPER
RIDGE...WITH A DOWNWARD TREND TOWARD NORMAL AS HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT
AND THE FRONT PASSES BY.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 210 PM TUESDAY...CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTH FROM NOVA SCOTIA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER RIDGE REMAINS FROM SE STATES TO OHIO
VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH OF OUR AREA INTO
FLORIDA THEN DISSIPATES BY MONDAY WHILE HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS SOUTH
ALONG ATLANTIC SEABOARD. TO START THE WEEK...UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST
OVER ATLANTIC AS UPPER RIDGE BROADENS EASTWARD WITH GFS RIDGE AXIS
ALONG APPALACHIANS AROUND 00Z WED. THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE ECMWF
HAS MUCH FLATTER RIDGE OVER SE STATES WITH ANTICYCLONE OVER TEXAS.
GFS HAS A TROPICAL SYSTEM COMING INTO THE GULF FROM WESTERN
CARRIBEAN IN MID WEEK WHILE NOT SHOWN ON EC.
THE FRONT BEING IN THE VICINITY SATURDAY WILL KEEP FOCUS OF
CONVECTION MAINLY MTNS TO WESTERN UPSTATE AND NE GA. CONVECTION AT A
MINIMUM SUNDAY MAINLY SW AREAS NE GA TO SW NC MTNS. MODELS AGREE
THERE WILL BE UPPER ENERGY APPROACHING FROM THE NW IN MID WEEK.
TEMPS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND...NEAR NORMAL MONDAY AND
ABOVE NORMAL BY A CATEGORY OR TWO TUESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION FIRING NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA SHUD SLIDE SE
TOWARD THE AIRFIELD THIS AFTERNOON. PER PREVIOUS COLLABORATION...
HAVE KEPT A TEMPO FOR THUNDER WITH VARIABLE WIND GUSTS IN PLACE.
EXPECT WIND OUTSIDE OF STORMS/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO REMAIN WSW INTO
THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE GOING CALM. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME MVFR VSBY
TOWARD DAYBREAK...ESPECIALLY IF CONVECTION DOES MOVE OVER.
HOWEVER...CHC TOO LOW TO INCLUDE ATTM. SHUD SEE BKN DEBRIS CLOUDS
THRU MUCH OF THE NITE WHICH THEN SCATTER OUT WED MORNING. WNW WINDS
PICK UP WITH MIXING BY MID MORNING WED.
ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO KCLT...EXCEPT EARLIER VCTS AT
KAVL/KHKY AND LATER AT THE SC SITES. AGAIN...MVFR POSSIBLE TOWARD
MORNING AT KGSP/KGMU...BUT TOO LOW TO INCLUDE ATTM WITHOUT KNOWING
IF PRECIP FALLS THERE. OTHERWISE...EXPECT MVFR VSBY NEAR DAYBREAK AT
KHKY/KAND AND IFR VSBY/CIGS AT KAVL. ANY RESTRICTIONS SHUD BURN OFF
QUICKLY WED MORNING. SIMILAR TRENDS TO WIND AS WELL...EXCEPT THE
USUAL NNW WIND AT KAVL.
OUTLOOK...UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OCCUR DAILY THROUGH LATE WEEK. MORNING FOG AND
LOW CLOUDS ARE LIKELY EACH DAY IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND AT
FOOTHILL/PIEDMONT LOCATIONS WHERE APPRECIABLE RAIN FALLS THE
PREVIOUS AFTN/EVENING.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 78% HIGH 82%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 79% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 83% HIGH 95%
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...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...RWHHazardous weather outlook, May 27, 3:09 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 309 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-281930- 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- 309 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:30 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ503>506-271915-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
230 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN BURKE AND CENTRAL
MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE JAMES...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL MCDOWELL AND WESTERN BURKE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATION...
LAKE JAMES...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
LAKE JAMES IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3585 8168 3561 8176 3577 8215 3583 8212
3585 8209 3586 8205
MOORESpecial weather statement, May 27, 3:02 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ070-SCZ009-271945-
GASTON-YORK-
302 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN YORK AND SOUTHERN
GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROWDERS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GASTONIA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CROWDERS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
CLOVER...
SOUTH GASTONIA...
GASTONIA...
CRAMERTON...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3504 8100 3506 8136 3517 8135 3517 8133
3524 8133 3530 8101 3517 8100 3515 8101
3515 8105 3511 8104 3509 8106 3506 8106
3505 8103 3507 8100
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 27, 3:03 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ501>504-272000-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-
303 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BURKE AND SOUTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLLETTSVILLE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
LENOIR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
COLLETTSVILLE...
GAMEWELL...
LENOIR...
LAKE RHODHISS...
CONNELLY SPRINGS...
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3588 8133 3586 8134 3580 8133 3564 8147
3588 8188 3597 8182 3596 8180 3601 8178
3603 8176
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 27, 3:20 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
320 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ064-SCZ002-003-272000-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
320 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN
GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKY BOTTOM...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCKY BOTTOM...
TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3521 8260 3515 8259 3515 8256 3498 8253
3498 8294 3500 8294 3501 8292 3504 8292
3505 8290 3504 8296 3513 8297
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 27, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
324 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ505-506-272015-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
324 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM
EDT...
AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MARION...
LAKE JAMES...
GLENWOOD...
DYSARTSVILLE...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3573 8189 3571 8187 3559 8183 3554 8185
3552 8197 3555 8200 3553 8203 3554 8205
3563 8223 3580 8215
CDGSpecial weather statement, May 27, 3:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
NCZ057-272015-
ROWAN-
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 415
PM EDT...
AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRANITE QUARRY...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 RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3550 8033 3558 8053 3574 8046 3572 8032
3568 8033 3567 8030 3564 8028 3564 8026
3558 8020 3550 8018
CDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 45 min |
| May 27, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 36 min |
| May 27, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 36 min |
| May 27, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 43 min |
| May 27, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 57 min |
| May 27, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 53 min |
| May 27, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 40 min |
| May 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 41 min |
| May 27, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 57 min |
| May 27, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 38 min |
| May 27, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 52 min |
| May 27, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 27, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 63 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 56 min |
| May 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 67 min |
| May 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 66 min |
| May 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 63 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 53 min |
| May 27, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 41 min |
| May 27, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 64 min |
| May 26, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 51 min |
| May 26, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 67 min |
| May 27, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 60 min |
| May 27, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 49 min |
| May 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 62 min |
| May 27, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 58 min |
| May 27, 7:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 109 min |
| May 27, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 52 min |
| May 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 42 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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.