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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 5:35 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 6, 2015, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 6, 4:36 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 4:36 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ009- 014-071945- 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- YORK-CHESTER- 345 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. WHILE THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS...AND PERHAPS BRIEF LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..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. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>008-010>013-019-071945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 345 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 475 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..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. ..WEDNESDAY...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. LANE
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Local storm report, Aug 6, 4:45 PM EDT, 50 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, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 39 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, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 49 min |
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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.