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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2017, 8:57 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 19, 2017, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2017, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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, 1.0 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
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 19, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 853 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-210100- 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- 853 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A cold front will continue to slowly cross the area and into the Piedmont tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will continue this evening. Very heavy rainfall will be possible and isolated flash flooding may develop in areas repeatedly affected by thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be strong with small hail and brief gusty winds, especially across the North Carolina Piedmont. .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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 857 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 SCZ006-007-012-013-200145- Laurens SC-Union SC-Spartanburg SC-Greater Greenville SC- 857 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LAURENS... SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT... At 856 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles northwest of Laurens, or 4 miles south of Fountain Inn, moving northeast at 30 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Simpsonville, Fountain Inn, Woodruff, Roebuck, Gray Court, Croft State Park, Moore, Cedar Springs, Buffalo and Pauline. Wind gusts up to 40 mph and heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible over 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 3448 8221 3470 8234 3495 8185 3466 8166 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 240DEG 25KT 3463 8219 JPT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 9:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 11:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 12:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 12:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, York | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 12:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Chester, York | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 3 hr |
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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.