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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North 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
- Aug 7, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 7, 10:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 10:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 502 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-080915- Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham- Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson- Caldwell Mountains-Burke Mountains-McDowell Mountains- Rutherford Mountains-Polk Mountains- 502 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the mountains of western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and evening. Any of these thunderstorms may produce cloud-to-ground lightning, locally heavy rainfall, and briefly gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Thunderstorm coverage will increase from Wednesday onward, especially during the afternoon and evening periods. Primary impacts will include cloud-to-ground lightning, heavy rainfall, and gusty winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-080915- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell- Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus- Union-Greater Caldwell-Greater Burke-Eastern McDowell- Greater Rutherford-Eastern Polk-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains- Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens- Greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville- Laurens-Chester-Greenwood- 502 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, Upstate South Carolina, and the foothills and piedmont of western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and evening. Any of these thunderstorms may produce cloud-to-ground lightning, locally heavy rainfall, and briefly gusty winds. In addition, Heat Index values will rise to between 95 and 100 degrees for much of the area this afternoon. | .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Thunderstorm coverage will increase from Wednesday onward, especially during the afternoon and evening periods. The main impacts will include cloud-to-ground lightning, heavy rainfall, and gusty winds. Heat Index values of 95 to 100 will be likely once again on Wednesday and Thursday. A few lower piedmont locations may see values as high as 102 on Wednesday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 7, 10:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 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 6, 8:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham, Stephens | 24 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.