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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Mar 20, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT for Oconee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 20, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2018, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Oconee County, SC
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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 Mar 20, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 20, 3:42 PM EDT, 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 11:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 4:31 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:31 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Davie, Iredell and 4 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:32 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens, Union | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.