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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Nov 30, 2016, 10:47 AM EST for Madison County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- Nov 30, 2016, 10:47 AM EST (15:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Madison County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 Nov 30, 9:52 AM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:52 AM EST, 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>064-505-011000- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS UNTIL A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN...IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE AREAS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>504-506>510-SCZ008-009-014- 011000- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. BANDS OR LINES OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT COULD KNOCK DOWN TREES AND LIMBS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-011000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. BANDS AND LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST. A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND LIMBS. ENOUGH WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT TO PROVIDE FOR SOME ORGANIZATION OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SUCH THAT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 7:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 73 min |
| Nov 30, 9:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 53 min |
| Nov 30, 12:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 1:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 2:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon | 29 min |
| Nov 30, 2:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 3:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Transylvania | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 4 more | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 4 more | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan, Union | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 4:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 2:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 23 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.