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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2019, 4:14 PM EDT for Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 2019, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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 7, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 414 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019 GAZ017-018-026-SCZ001-072045- Franklin GA-Stephens GA-Habersham GA-Oconee Mountains SC- 414 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN... STEPHENS...CENTRAL HABERSHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... At 413 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4 miles east of Clarkesville, moving southeast at 15 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Toccoa, Clarkesville, Demorest, Mount Airy, Cornelia, Hollywood, Boydville, Eastanolee and Turnerville. Wind gusts up to 35 mph and pea size hail will be possible in these areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Gusty winds can blow down trees that are dead, or that have weakened root systems. Outdoor furniture and similar items can be tossed around if not anchored. Seek shelter indoors. && LAT...LON 3471 8348 3465 8315 3440 8328 3454 8356 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 293DEG 12KT 3461 8344 HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 24 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.