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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 1, 2016Davie County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2016, 12:41 AM EDT for Davie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 1, 2016, 12:41 AM EDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Davie County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 537 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 31, 10:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 10:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 10:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 9:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
905 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016

GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-010130-
HART GA-ELBERT GA-ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
905 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT
SOUTHEASTERN HART...CENTRAL ELBERT...SOUTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 904 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH
INTENSE LIGHTNING 6 MILES NORTH OF ELBERTON...OR 4 MILES WEST OF
RUSSELL STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELBERTON...CALHOUN
FALLS...IVA...LAKE SECESSION...STARR...LOWNDESVILLE...
MIDDLETON...LAKE RUSSELL...RUSSELL STATE PARK AND ANTREVILLE.

IN ADDITION TO INTENSE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

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.

LAKE RUSSELL IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3405 8287 3428 8291 3451 8254 3411 8243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 259DEG 16KT 3419 8282

07
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 10:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1025 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016

NCZ036-056-057-010300-
ROWAN NC-IREDELL NC-CATAWBA NC-
1025 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT
SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1024 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING 11 MILES SOUTH OF STATESVILLE...OR NEAR LAKE
NORMAN STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANNAPOLIS...MOORESVILLE...LANDIS...ENOCHVILLE...TROUTMAN...CLEVELAND
... LAKE NORMAN STATE PARK...LAKE NORMAN...SHERRILLS FORD AND DOOLIE.

IN ADDITION TO INTENSE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

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 3551 8060 3553 8086 3553 8095 3554 8094
      3555 8096 3555 8098 3571 8101 3578 8063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 265DEG 18KT 3563 8092

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 12:41 AM 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 31, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell23 min
Jul 31, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie24 min
Jul 31, 10:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell35 min
Jul 31, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan30 min
Jul 31, 11:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan23 min
Aug 1, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell29 min
Aug 1, 1:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan54 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion32 min
Aug 1, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland30 min
Aug 1, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland31 min
Jul 31, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg35 min
Jul 31, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMadison29 min
Jul 31, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert, Hart28 min
Jul 31, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North 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.