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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 6, 2015Davie County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 6:05 PM EDT for Davie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Davie County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2015-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 248 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2015-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 6, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:35 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:05 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, 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, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens39 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 North 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.