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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 27, 202111 counties in North Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 27, 2021, 3:04 AM EDT for 11 counties in North Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2021, 3:04 AM EDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Buncombe County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 266 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 853 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Aug 26, 7:51 PM EDT, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 7:51 PM EDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 3:59 AM EDT, 23 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
359 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-SCZ001>003-
270800-
Rabun-Habersham-Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-
Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-
Henderson-Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-
Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-
Rutherford Mountains-Polk Mountains-Oconee Mountains-
Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
359 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the mountains of northeast
Georgia, the mountains and northern foothills of western North
Carolina, and the mountains of Upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across the area this
afternoon and evening. The primary threats with these thunderstorms
will be dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, locally heavy rainfall,
and briefly gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-
019-270800-
Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-
Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-
Greater Rutherford-Eastern Polk-Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-
Greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville-
Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood-
359 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, the Piedmont
and southern foothills of western North Carolina, and Upstate South
Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop across the area
this afternoon and evening. The primary threats with these
thunderstorms will be dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, locally
heavy rainfall, and briefly gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood34 min
Aug 27, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood23 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in North Carolina, 2021Dense Fog Advisories in Georgia, 2021Every dense fog advisory in 2021

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.