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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 9, 2020Cherokee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2020, 3:04 AM EDT for Cherokee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 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 9, 2020, 3:04 AM EDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

County Cherokee County, SC

The radar

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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 9, 1:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 10:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 9:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:04 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk32 min
Aug 9, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford26 min
Aug 9, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland37 min
Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston31 min
Aug 9, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion29 min
Aug 9, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion36 min
Aug 9, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg25 min
Aug 9, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg, Union2 hr
Aug 9, 3:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCherokee, Spartanburg4 hr
Aug 9, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee25 min
Aug 9, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens24 min
Aug 9, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion27 min
Aug 9, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg27 min
Aug 9, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee34 min
Aug 9, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester33 min
Aug 9, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson24 min
Aug 9, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester35 min
Aug 9, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville29 min
Aug 9, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee, Union26 min
Aug 9, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg, Union39 min
Aug 9, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Union, York43 min
Aug 9, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood24 min
Aug 9, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens36 min
Aug 9, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood36 min
Aug 9, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens32 min
Aug 9, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens, Union48 min
Aug 9, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham42 min
Aug 9, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStephens24 min
Aug 9, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStephens23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2020Every special weather statement in 2020

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.