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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2018, 1:27 AM EDT for Cherokee 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
- Aug 2, 2018, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2018, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Cherokee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 1:26 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:26 AM EDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 553 PM EDT Wed Aug 1 2018 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-021200- 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- 553 PM EDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...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. Additionally, scattered thunderstorms will be capable of dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning. A few storms could producing damaging wind gusts, primarily in the evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Even following the end of the Flash Flood Watch, conditions will remain favorable for localized heavy rainfall each afternoon into Sunday. Meanwhile, the thunderstorms will be capable of dangerous cloud to ground lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of hail, damaging winds, or flash flooding to our office. ACS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 10:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 1049 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2018 SCZ006-010>012-019-020315- Laurens SC-Anderson SC-Abbeville SC-Greenwood SC- Greater Greenville SC- 1049 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL LAURENS...SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE...EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON...NORTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT... At 1048 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles north of Abbeville, or near Donalds, moving north at 20 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Honea Path, Ware Shoals, Due West, Donalds, Shoals Junction, Princeton and Hickory Tavern. Wind gusts up to 40 mph and very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... The combination of gusty winds and saturated soil conditions will cause scattered trees and power lines to fall. Seek shelter inside an interior room. && LAT...LON 3429 8231 3435 8252 3465 8244 3455 8213 TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 200DEG 16KT 3439 8239 HG
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 11:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1119 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2018
SCZ006-012-020400-
Laurens SC-Greater Greenville SC-
1119 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LAURENS AND
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...
At 1119 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles west of Laurens, or 7 miles northeast of Honea Path, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
Locations to be impacted include...
Simpsonville, Fountain Inn, Gray Court, Fork Shoals, Princeton and
Hickory Tavern.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches
per hour will be possible in these areas.
LAT...LON 3443 8228 3445 8228 3447 8231 3448 8231
3449 8232 3450 8234 3451 8235 3451 8236
3453 8237 3477 8230 3468 8202 3466 8201
3442 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 203DEG 18KT 3450 8228
SGLSpecial weather statement, Aug 2, 12:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Union | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 10:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 3 days |
| Aug 2, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 12:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 6:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Gaston | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 110 min |
| Aug 2, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Iredell, Mecklenburg | 9 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 9:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens | 22 min |
| Aug 2, 12:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 1:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 9:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 48 min |
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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.