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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 28, 20214 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 6:35 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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: Mar 28, 2021, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Rowan County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 357 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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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 Mar 28, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 2:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
237 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-291845-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell-
Davie-Madison-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-
237 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

NCZ033-049-050-291845-
Avery-Yancey-Mitchell-
237 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1249 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

SCZ011-012-019-281730-
Laurens SC-Abbeville SC-Greenwood SC-
1249 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN
ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

At 1248 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles northwest of Abbeville, moving east at 55 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Greenwood, Abbeville, Ninety Six, Joanna, Due West, Cross Hill,
Cokesbury, Waterloo, Hodges and Lake Greenwood State Park.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail will be possible in these
areas.

LAT...LON 3406 8244 3408 8248 3435 8247 3448 8169
      3437 8178 3430 8190 3424 8191 3420 8194
      3418 8191 3416 8191 3413 8187 3408 8192
      3406 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 259DEG 49KT 3424 8243

WJM

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 1:09 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 28, 3:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 28, 3:35 PM EDT, 3 hours before

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Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
635 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-508-282315-
Rowan NC-Davie NC-Greater Rutherford NC-Gaston NC-Iredell NC-
Cleveland NC-Lincoln NC-Cabarrus NC-Mecklenburg NC-Catawba NC-
635 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS...
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHERN DAVIE...
LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL...NORTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHERN
CLEVELAND...ROWAN AND GASTON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 635 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain showers along a
line extending from 8 miles northeast of Statesville to 7 miles south
of Forest City, and moving east at 40 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Gastonia, Huntersville, Salisbury, Shelby, Lincolnton, Mocksville,
Kannapolis, Statesville, Cornelius and Mooresville.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible in these areas.

LAT...LON 3523 8111 3521 8189 3589 8060 3592 8037
      3589 8037 3588 8042 3586 8039 3584 8039
      3585 8042 3583 8043 3583 8046 3584 8047
      3583 8049 3577 8045 3574 8046 3572 8038
      3572 8034 3571 8032 3568 8033 3566 8031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 264DEG 40KT 3584 8074 3523 8188

RM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	29 min
Mar 28, 4:00 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	22 hr
Mar 28, 8:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood, Swain	49 min
Mar 28, 10:05 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	23 hr
Mar 28, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan	68 min
Mar 28, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	21 min
Mar 28, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	20 min
Mar 27, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	43 min
Mar 28, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	41 min
Mar 28, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	50 min
Mar 28, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	41 min
Mar 28, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, Union, York	51 min

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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.