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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 31, 2016Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 31, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Rabun County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 31, 2:05 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:05 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:52 AM EDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 2:13 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	33 min
May 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	51 min
May 31, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	45 min
May 31, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	41 min
May 31, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	29 min
May 31, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	26 min
May 31, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	27 min
May 31, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	30 min
May 31, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	46 min
May 31, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	47 min
May 31, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	52 min
May 31, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	48 min
May 31, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	31 min
May 31, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	52 min
May 31, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	49 min
May 31, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee	116 min
May 31, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	24 min
May 31, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	47 min
May 31, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	17 min
May 31, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	33 min

Nearby

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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.