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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 10, 2018Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT for Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Pickens County, SC

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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 10, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 4:45 AM EDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 3:40 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 4:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NW CARNESVILLE        34.44N 83.33W
08/09/2018                   FRANKLIN           GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPT/RESCUE REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN ALONG THE 7000
            BLOCK OF GA 320.

&&

JMP

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018

SCZ002-102045-
Pickens Mountains SC-
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles northwest of Pickens, or 4 miles north of Jocassee Gorges,
moving east at 5 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Jocassee Gorges, Lake Jocassee, Keowee Toxaway State Park, Sunset,
Nine Times, Rocky Bottom and Sassafras Mountain.

Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail 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.

Torrential rainfall may flood areas with poor drainage, such as
ditches and underpasses. Avoid these areas and do not cross flooded
roads. Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly. Seek
higher ground if threatened by flood waters.

Lake Jocassee is in the path of this storm. Cloud to ground
lightning and gusty winds will create dangerous boating conditions.
Move to shore immediately.

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LAT...LON 3501 8293 3501 8291 3502 8292 3504 8292
      3506 8289 3507 8286 3506 8276 3505 8275
      3489 8281 3495 8291 3497 8292 3498 8294
      3499 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 287DEG 6KT 3502 8286

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	36 min
Aug 10, 7:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell	110 min
Aug 10, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	39 min
Aug 10, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	46 min
Aug 10, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.