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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 10, 2020Cleveland County, Lincoln County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 10, 2020, 4:11 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Lincoln County, North Carolina; Cherokee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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: Oct 10, 2020, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: Oct 10, 2020, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Cherokee 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 Oct 10, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 10, 4:46 AM EDT, 11 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 10, 4:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
411 PM EDT Sat Oct 10 2020

NCZ068>070-SCZ008-102045-
Gaston NC-Cleveland NC-Lincoln NC-Cherokee SC-
411 PM EDT Sat Oct 10 2020

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT WESTERN
LINCOLN...CLEVELAND...WESTERN GASTON AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

At 411 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with torrential
rainfall along a line extending from 12 miles northwest of York to 9
miles southwest of Lincolnton, and moving northeast at 25 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Shelby, Gaffney, Lincolnton, Kings Mountain, Cherryville, Bessemer
City, Boiling Springs NC, Blacksburg, Belwood and Grover.

Very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in
these areas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3556 8121 3555 8120 3516 8127 3517 8137
      3514 8140 3509 8141 3502 8174 3548 8164
      3557 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 213DEG 21KT 3510 8143 3541 8139

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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
Oct 10, 4:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more	42 hr
Oct 10, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	36 min
Oct 10, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan	29 min
Oct 10, 7:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Oconee	48 min
Oct 10, 7:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun, Stephens	47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2020 Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2020 Every 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.