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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 5, 2015Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2015, 8:51 PM EDT for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2015, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Laurens County, SC

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The text

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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 5, 8:06 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 8:06 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:37 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-061945-
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-
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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
337 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2015

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING
WINDS.

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

..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.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

HG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
728 PM EDT WED AUG 05 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0708 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 WSW INMAN             35.03N 82.18W
08/05/2015                   SPARTANBURG        SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS TREES DOWN IN THIS AREA...ALONG
            HOLLY SPRINGS ROAD NORTH OF LYMAN.

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE INMAN             35.04N 82.08W
08/05/2015                   SPARTANBURG        SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A TREE IN ROADWAY NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 176 AND
            BLOOMWOOD HEIGHTS.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:03 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:27 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion35 min
Aug 6, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus36 min
Aug 6, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion50 min
Aug 6, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion41 min
Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan41 min
Aug 6, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk32 min
Aug 6, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie25 min
Aug 6, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie24 min
Aug 5, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson57 min
Aug 5, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg59 min
Aug 5, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens, Spartanburg50 min
Aug 5, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion51 min
Aug 5, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson33 min
Aug 5, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork53 min
Aug 5, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens35 min
Aug 5, 11:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens28 min
Aug 6, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee49 min
Aug 6, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville29 min
Aug 6, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester, Union24 min
Aug 6, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester45 min
Aug 6, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens26 min
Aug 6, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee23 min
Aug 6, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Pickens54 min
Aug 6, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Pickens57 min
Aug 6, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg66 min
Aug 6, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York74 min
Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens35 min
Aug 6, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens55 min
Aug 6, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson47 min
Aug 6, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Chester, Union, York71 min
Aug 6, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee23 min
Aug 6, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood38 min
Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens31 min
Aug 6, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville, Pickens, Spartanburg40 min
Aug 6, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert, Franklin, Hart49 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.