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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this areal flood advisory at Apr 15, 2018, 6:57 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2018, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Apr 15, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ003-006>009-161630- Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-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- Greenville Mountains-Greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Cherokee-York- 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 52 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Flash Flood Watch. .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. GAZ010-NCZ064-065-SCZ001-002-161630- Rabun-Transylvania-Henderson-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains- 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .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. GAZ017-018-026-028-029-SCZ004-005-161630- Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Greater Oconee- Greater Pickens- 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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. SCZ010>014-019-161630- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union-Chester-Greenwood- 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 ...TORNADO WATCH 52 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. .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. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-161630- Madison-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-Northern Jackson- 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Freeze Watch. .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. NCZ049-050-161630- Yancey-Mitchell- 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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. NCZ033-161630- Avery- 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .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. NCZ062-063-161630- Macon-Southern Jackson- 1217 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Freeze Watch. .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.
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Local storm report, Apr 15, 5:59 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:38 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 15 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 10:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 10:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 12:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 42 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 5:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 113 min |
| Apr 15, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 12:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 46 min |
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Areal Flood Advisories in South Carolina, 2018Every areal flood advisory in 2018
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.