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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 14, 2016Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2016, 4:17 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2016, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 1331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 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 Aug 14, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 6:01 AM EDT, 10 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
601 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-151015-
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-
601 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE STORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS...BUT ISOLATED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND UPSTATE. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD HAVE STRONG WIND GUSTS
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY
LATE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

PM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

NCZ053-141845-
BUNCOMBE NC-
222 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY
UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 222 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...OR NEAR ENKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...WEST
ASHEVILLE...LEICESTER...ENKA...UNC-ASHEVILLE...WOODFIN...NORTH
ASHEVILLE AND CANDLER.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

LAT...LON 3560 8253 3547 8269 3550 8279 3553 8278
      3554 8277 3556 8278 3557 8277 3558 8278
      3559 8278 3569 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 212DEG 13KT 3556 8272

LANE

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

NCZ048-141900-
MADISON NC-
232 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 231 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...OR 5 MILES EAST OF HOT SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOT SPRINGS...ALLENSTAND AND WALNUT.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
THESE AREAS.

LAT...LON 3603 8259 3600 8261 3599 8260 3597 8261
      3596 8258 3596 8257 3581 8269 3585 8283
      3592 8281 3597 8278 3599 8279 3600 8277
      3600 8276 3605 8267 3606 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 202DEG 23KT 3590 8274

LANE

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 3:48 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:17 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 14, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	32 min
Aug 14, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	23 min
Aug 14, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	30 min
Aug 14, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	30 min
Aug 14, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	24 min
Aug 14, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	34 min
Aug 14, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	26 min
Aug 14, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	23 min
Aug 14, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	28 min
Aug 14, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	25 min
Aug 14, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	25 min
Aug 14, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	35 min
Aug 14, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	27 min
Aug 14, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	28 min
Aug 14, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	25 min
Aug 14, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	31 min
Aug 14, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	27 min
Aug 14, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	29 min
Aug 14, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	33 min
Aug 13, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	44 min
Aug 13, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	43 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North 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.