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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 3:12 AM EDT for Macon County, North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 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 3, 2018, 3:12 AM EDT (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2018, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Rabun County, GA, Macon County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 Aug 2, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:29 PM EDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 329 PM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-068>071- 082-507>510-SCZ001>014-019-031930- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Madison-Swain-Haywood- Buncombe-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania- Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Union- 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- 329 PM EDT Thu Aug 2 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...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. In addition to the flash flood threat, scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening will be capable of dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning. A couple of the storms could also produce severe weather, in the form of a brief damaging wind gust, mainly over the Piedmont. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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 Friday morning, conditions will remain favorable for localized heavy rainfall each afternoon Friday through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of damaging winds or flash flooding to our office. NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-072-501>506-031930- Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Yancey-Mitchell-Catawba-Rowan-Cabarrus- Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke- McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell- 329 PM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for piedmont North Carolina and 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. In addition to the flash flood threat, scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening will be capable of dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning. A couple of the storms could also produce severe weather, in the form of a brief damaging wind gust, mainly over the Piedmont. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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 Friday morning, conditions will remain favorable for localized heavy rainfall each afternoon Friday through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of damaging winds or flash flooding to our office. ARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 8 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 33 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Iredell | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 6:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:32 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 44 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 113 min |
| Aug 3, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Jackson | 97 min |
| Aug 3, 11:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Habersham | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 101 min |
Nearby
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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.