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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 30, 2016Union County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2016, 2:49 PM EDT for Union 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
Jul 30, 2016, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Union County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 2016-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 280 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 2016-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 30, 2:33 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:33 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:50 AM EDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
450 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003-
310900-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
450 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..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.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-310900-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
450 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

IN ADDITION...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 97 TO
103 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..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.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:49 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
Jul 29, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Mitchell35 min
Jul 29, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander40 min
Jul 30, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson28 min
Jul 30, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania34 min
Jul 30, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford28 min
Jul 30, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk, Rutherford44 min
Jul 30, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland35 min
Jul 30, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk32 min
Jul 30, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Lincoln27 min
Jul 30, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Lincoln47 min
Jul 30, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Lincoln2 hr
Jul 30, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville29 min
Jul 30, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg37 min
Jul 30, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg51 min
Jul 30, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg41 min
Jul 30, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens25 min
Jul 30, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens, Union52 min
Jul 30, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion39 min
Jul 30, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016Every 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.