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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 13, 2016Greenville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2016, 8:10 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 35 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: Jul 13, 2016, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Greenville County, SC

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 253 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 13, 8:03 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 8:03 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
344 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-
SCZ001>003-141945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
344 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING
THROUGH LATE EVENING. COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
GREATEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE BORDER BETWEEN
NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND GEORGIA. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE
STORMS...BUT THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEFLY GUSTY
WINDS. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

..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.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-
510-SCZ004>014-019-141945-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL-
GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
344 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING THROUGH
LATE EVENING. COVERAGE WILL BE GREATEST IN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE
MOUNTAINS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS...BUT THE STRONGER
STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS. ONE OR TWO OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

..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.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GERAPETRITIS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

NCZ502-132045-
GREATER CALDWELL NC-
417 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN
CALDWELL COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 417 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR...OR OVER SAWMILLS...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAWMILLS...GRANITE FALLS...RHODHISS...HUDSON AND LAKE RHODHISS.

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 3586 8140 3577 8139 3577 8144 3579 8145
      3578 8149 3578 8152 3584 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 265DEG 7KT 3581 8147

LANE

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
424 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

NCZ052-132100-
HAYWOOD NC-
424 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 424 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE...OR NEAR CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANTON AND CLYDE.

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 3552 8278 3551 8279 3550 8289 3554 8292
      3560 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 255DEG 5KT 3554 8286

LANE

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:38 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:10 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
Jul 14, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	49 min
Jul 14, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	27 min
Jul 14, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	38 min
Jul 14, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	26 min
Jul 14, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	28 min
Jul 14, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	31 min
Jul 14, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	26 min
Jul 14, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	26 min
Jul 14, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	15 min
Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	27 min
Jul 14, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	17 min
Jul 14, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	34 min
Jul 14, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	27 min
Jul 14, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	26 min
Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	23 min
Jul 14, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	32 min
Jul 14, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	29 min
Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	13 min
Jul 14, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	39 min
Jul 14, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Yancey	21 min
Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	15 min
Jul 14, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	24 min
Jul 14, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	48 min
Jul 14, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	37 min
Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.