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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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
The outline as issued.
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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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 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.
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OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Union | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York | 74 min |
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 71 min |
| Aug 6, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 49 min |
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Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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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.