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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 12, 2016Oconee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 12, 2016, 7:21 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 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: Sep 12, 2016, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 12, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Oconee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 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 Sep 12, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 4:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
424 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-
082-501-503>510-SCZ001>014-019-132030-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-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-
424 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ035>037-502-132030-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-GREATER CALDWELL-
424 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

CDG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 3:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

SCZ007-008-013-122015-
SPARTANBURG SC-CHEROKEE SC-UNION SC-
350 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL UNION...EAST
CENTRAL SPARTANBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
EDT...

AT 350 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTH OF GAFFNEY...OR NEAR PACOLET MILLS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY...DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY WESTWARD.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PACOLET AND PACOLET MILLS.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3496 8164 3488 8164 3484 8179 3498 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 090DEG 3KT 3492 8169

08

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 5:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

NCZ064-122130-
TRANSYLVANIA NC-
506 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 505 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER BREVARD. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER STORMS WERE
GROWING OVER NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...AND MAY DEVELOP THE
SAME CHARACTERISTICS.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... BREVARD...LOOKING GLASS...DUPONT
STATE FOREST...MOUNT PISGAH...NORTH TRANSYLVANIA...LITTLE RIVER IN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...CEDAR MOUNTAIN... PENROSE AND CONNESTEE.

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

LAT...LON 3530 8262 3529 8261 3526 8262 3526 8260
      3517 8259 3514 8258 3514 8261 3513 8263
      3518 8287 3540 8277 3541 8275 3542 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 019DEG 2KT 3523 8272

08

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
527 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

SCZ010-011-122200-
ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
527 PM EDT MON SEP 12 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT FAR NORTHERN ABBEVILLE AND EAST
CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17
MILES WEST OF LAURENS...OR NEAR HONEA PATH...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELTON...HONEA PATH AND DONALDS.

HALF INCH HAIL AND 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3453 8250 3454 8238 3451 8236 3451 8235
      3450 8234 3449 8232 3448 8231 3447 8231
      3443 8226 3433 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 067DEG 7KT 3447 8233

08

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 12, 7:08 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 7:21 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
Sep 12, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	24 min
Sep 12, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	44 min
Sep 12, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	34 min
Sep 12, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	37 min
Sep 12, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	35 min
Sep 12, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	31 min
Sep 12, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	25 min
Sep 12, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South 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.