Alert archive / South Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2016

Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 29, 2016York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2016, 7:49 PM EDT for York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 29, 2016, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County York County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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 Jun 29, 4:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 4:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:21 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:24 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

SCZ002-003-006-300000-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-
724 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 724 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES NORTH OF PICKENS...OR NEAR CAESARS HEAD STATE PARK...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SLATER-MARIETTA...PLEASANT RIDGE STATE PARK...JONES GAP STATE PARK...
CAESARS HEAD STATE PARK...TRAVELERS REST AND CLEVELAND.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

LAT...LON 3495 8252 3496 8253 3497 8253 3497 8256
      3504 8269 3511 8269 3516 8244 3491 8246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 278DEG 18KT 3506 8263

LANE

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:26 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:30 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

NCZ082-300000-
UNION NC-
730 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM EDT...

AT 730 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES WEST OF MONROE...OR NEAR WAXHAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONROE...WEDDINGTON...WESLEY CHAPEL...WAXHAW...LAKE PARK...MINERAL
SPRINGS...MARVIN...INDIAN TRAIL...HEMBY BRIDGE AND JAARS.

HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 8059 3484 8079 3494 8078 3499 8083
      3510 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 246DEG 14KT 3494 8077

LANE

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:34 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
734 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

NCZ508-300000-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-
734 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 734 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
BOSTIC...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNSHINE AND UNION MILLS.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

LAT...LON 3535 8171 3544 8196 3553 8196 3554 8185
      3555 8184 3558 8171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 266DEG 14KT 3547 8188

LANE

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
749 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

SCZ009-300015-
YORK SC-
749 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL YORK COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM EDT...

AT 749 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES EAST OF ROCK HILL...OR NEAR FORT MILL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT MILL.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

LAT...LON 3493 8087 3494 8091 3502 8094 3503 8090
      3501 8091 3501 8090 3497 8088 3496 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 268DEG 6KT 3498 8089

LANE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	41 min
Jun 29, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	30 min
Jun 29, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Burke	57 min
Jun 29, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	34 min
Jun 29, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba	54 min
Jun 29, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	24 min
Jun 29, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	38 min
Jun 29, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	33 min
Jun 29, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell, Mecklenburg	53 min
Jun 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	31 min
Jun 29, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	47 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	34 min
Jun 29, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell	34 min
Jun 29, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	13 min
Jun 29, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	32 min
Jun 29, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan	35 min
Jun 29, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	23 min
Jun 29, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	29 min
Jun 29, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	26 min
Jun 29, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	39 min
Jun 29, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	30 min
Jun 29, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	26 min
Jun 29, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	56 min
Jun 29, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	36 min
Jun 29, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lancaster	15 min
Jun 29, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	36 min
Jun 29, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.