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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2020, 2:06 PM EDT for Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 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, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2020, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 9, 1:36 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:36 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 557 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101000- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander- Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Catawba- Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania- Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC- Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke- McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-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-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood- 557 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across the region again this afternoon and evening. Any of the thunderstorms may produce cloud to ground lightning, heavy downpours, and gusty winds. Isolated flash flooding may be possible if storms train over specific locations. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. JPT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:18 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
206 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020
SCZ002-003-091830-
Pickens Mountains SC-Greenville Mountains SC-
206 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE AND
NORTH CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
At 206 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Pickens, or near Table Rock State Park, moving
southeast at 15 mph.
Locations to be impacted include...
Caesars Head State Park, Table Rock State Park, Pumpkintown,
Sassafras Mountain and Rocky Bottom.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph, pea size hail and very heavy rainfall rates
up to 2 inches per hour 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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3494 8267 3506 8281 3508 8278 3507 8278
3507 8275 3508 8275 3508 8274 3509 8273
3510 8270 3510 8269 3511 8270 3512 8268
3509 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 311DEG 12KT 3505 8270
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 3:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Union, York | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 23 min |
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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.