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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 5, 2016Iredell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2016, 7:13 PM EDT for Iredell County, North Carolina. 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: Aug 5, 2016, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Iredell County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 Aug 5, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 8:06 AM EDT, 11 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
806 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-061215-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
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-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
806 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY
THREATS WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED FLOODING MAY
DEVELOP IN ANY LOCATIONS REPEATEDLY AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS...OR
WHERE HEAVY RAIN FALLS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
340 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

NCZ052-064-052015-
HAYWOOD NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-
340 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 340 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES EAST OF WAYNESVILLE...OR NEAR MOUNT PISGAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PISGAH...LOOKING GLASS AND CRUSO.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL
CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3546 8278 3544 8278 3543 8276 3543 8275
      3536 8267 3535 8267 3528 8278 3543 8289
      3548 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 324DEG 14KT 3542 8282

08

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

NCZ504-052145-
GREATER BURKE NC-
508 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM EDT...

AT 508 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES EAST OF MORGANTON...OR NEAR VALDESE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALDESE...ICARD...DREXEL...HILDEBRAN...CONNELLY SPRINGS...RUTHERFORD
COLLEGE...LAKE RHODHISS...HICKORY REGIONAL AIRPORT...RHODHISS AND
LONGVIEW.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL
CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3578 8155 3578 8153 3579 8145 3577 8144
      3577 8142 3575 8138 3569 8142 3561 8151
      3557 8153 3556 8155 3570 8169 3580 8158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 310DEG 13KT 3572 8155

08

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:13 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
Aug 4, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	115 min
Aug 4, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	41 min
Aug 4, 9:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	4 hr
Aug 5, 12:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	116 min
Aug 5, 1:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	6 hr
Aug 5, 5:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	3 hr
Aug 5, 8:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	55 min
Aug 5, 9:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	35 min
Aug 5, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	35 min
Aug 5, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	37 min
Aug 5, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	48 min
Aug 5, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	35 min
Aug 4, 10:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Elbert, Hart	116 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.