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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2016, 4:02 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- May 3, 2016, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 145 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 3, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 336 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510- SCZ001>007-010-041945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-ANDERSON- 336 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009-014-041945- IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION-YORK-CHESTER- 336 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 140 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA 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. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY WHERE THE GROUND REMAINS NEARLY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ029-NCZ035-068-SCZ008-011>013-019-041945- ELBERT-ALEXANDER-CLEVELAND-CHEROKEE-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION- GREENWOOD- 336 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FAR WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA...AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ALONG A PASSING COLD FRONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. HG
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
NCZ036-037-031915-
DAVIE NC-IREDELL NC-
248 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN IREDELL
AND NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 248 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTH OF YADKINVILLE...OR NEAR COURTNEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERMUDA RUN AND FARMINGTON.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3599 8076 3605 8076 3605 8050 3604 8049
3605 8047 3606 8047 3606 8046 3603 8044
3600 8041 3599 8042 3598 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 270DEG 28KT 3603 8067
TDPSpecial weather statement, May 3, 3:18 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
NCZ035-036-031945-
IREDELL NC-ALEXANDER NC-
318 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IREDELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 318 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES EAST OF TAYLORSVILLE...OR NEAR STONY POINT...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATESVILLE...STONY POINT...HARMONY...TURNERSBURG...OLIN...COOL SPRINGS...
SCOTTS AND HIDDENITE.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3595 8070 3585 8071 3570 8076 3581 8112
3599 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 284DEG 27KT 3589 8101
TDPSpecial weather statement, May 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016 NCZ036-037-057-032015- DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC-IREDELL NC- 345 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ROWAN...NORTHEASTERN IREDELL AND DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 345 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARMONY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOCKSVILLE...STATESVILLE...COOLEEMEE...HARMONY...TURNERSBURG...OLIN...COOL SPRINGS...FARMINGTON AND SHEFFIELD. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC DEVICES. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3578 8048 3579 8093 3598 8094 3605 8051 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 265DEG 23KT 3590 8085 TDP
Special weather statement, May 3, 4:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
402 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
NCZ070-071-SCZ009-032030-
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
402 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN GASTON AND NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTIES
UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 402 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTH OF GASTONIA...OR NEAR SOUTH GASTONIA...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GASTONIA...UPTOWN CHARLOTTE...CENTRAL CHARLOTTE...SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE...
NORTHWEST CHARLOTTE...BELMONT...PINEVILLE...SOUTH GASTONIA...CLOVER AND
CRAMERTON.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3505 8088 3508 8091 3507 8091 3506 8090
3505 8091 3506 8126 3524 8128 3532 8082
3505 8079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 264DEG 26KT 3516 8119
TDPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 30 min |
| May 2, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 31 min |
| May 2, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 67 min |
| May 2, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell | 44 min |
| May 2, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 50 min |
| May 2, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 3, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 50 min |
| May 3, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 23 min |
| May 3, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 47 min |
| May 3, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 32 min |
| May 3, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 27 min |
| May 3, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 27 min |
| May 3, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 30 min |
| May 3, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 28 min |
| May 3, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 45 min |
| May 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 28 min |
| May 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 14 min |
| May 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 3, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 25 min |
| May 3, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 3, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 53 min |
| May 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.