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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2017, 4:05 PM EDT for Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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
- Jul 19, 2017, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 326 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
- 1203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Jul 19, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 629 AM EDT Wed Jul 19 2017 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201030- 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- 629 AM EDT Wed Jul 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop again across the area this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be from cloud to ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall. However, a few storms could become severe, with damaging winds being the primary threat. .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... None. JPT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:56 AM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 405 PM EDT WED JUL 19 2017 NCZ036-056-192030- Iredell NC-Catawba NC- 405 PM EDT WED JUL 19 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA AND WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... At 405 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southwest of Statesville, or 4 miles east of Catawba, moving south at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Catawba, Lake Norman State Park, Troutman, Lake Norman, Bandys and Sherrills Ford. Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail will be possible in these areas. LAT...LON 3576 8109 3579 8094 3565 8086 3561 8108 TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 351DEG 7KT 3573 8100 CDG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 9:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 112 min |
| Jul 18, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 68 min |
| Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Stephens | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 7:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Stephens | 114 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.