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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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 22, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 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 Aug 22, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 11:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1122 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001>014-019- 231530- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1122 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT A WEAKENING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE NORTH LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. GUSTY WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT IF THAT MATERIALIZES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-501>510- 231530- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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- 1122 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AN ORGANIZED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY OR EASTERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. STEERING WINDS COULD BRING THE STORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. IF THIS SCENARIO DEVELOPS...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS AND POSSIBLY THE PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
NCZ082-222100-
UNION-
400 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
MARSHVILLE...
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 3482 8031 3481 8032 3481 8033 3518 8051
3519 8049 3517 8044 3518 8037 3517 8035
3520 8029 3519 8027
CDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 48 min |
Nearby
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.