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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2016, 1:42 AM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 8, 2016, 1:42 AM EDT (05:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 8, 1:18 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 1:18 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 337 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510- SCZ001>007-010-081945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-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-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON- 337 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. MOISTURE ALONG A STALLED FRONT WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ON MONDAY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC AND THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAIN FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ..WEDNESDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ..THURSDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ..FRIDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ..SATURDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-081945- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-CHEROKEE-YORK- 337 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. MOISTURE ALONG A STALLED FRONT WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ON MONDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC AND THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAIN FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. ..WEDNESDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. ..THURSDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. ..FRIDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. ..SATURDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ029-SCZ011>014-019-081945- ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 337 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ASSOCIATED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. MOISTURE ALONG A STALLED FRONT WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ON MONDAY. MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC AND THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAIN FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. ..WEDNESDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. ..THURSDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. ..FRIDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. ..SATURDAY...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. ARK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
815 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
SCZ007-008-013-080100-
SPARTANBURG SC-CHEROKEE SC-UNION SC-
815 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT
NORTHWESTERN UNION...EAST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
AT 815 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH
INTENSE LIGHTNING 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPARTANBURG...OR NEAR CROFT
STATE PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARTANBURG...PACOLET...COWPENS...ROEBUCK...JONESVILLE...PACOLET
MILLS... CEDAR SPRINGS...CROFT STATE PARK...THICKETTY AND PAULINE.
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...
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.
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 3478 8163 3474 8187 3493 8201 3501 8191
3503 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 160DEG 7KT 3484 8180
MOORELocal storm report, Aug 7, 9:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 110 min |
| Aug 7, 9:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 108 min |
| Aug 7, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 1:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 2:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 116 min |
| Aug 8, 3:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 114 min |
| Aug 8, 4:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 6:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 8:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 109 min |
| Aug 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 9:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 118 min |
| Aug 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 47 min |
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