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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT for Alexander County, North 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
- May 26, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Alexander County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
203
WWUS82 KGSP 262321
SPSGSP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
721 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
NCZ035-502-262345-
Greater Caldwell NC-Alexander NC-
721 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT ALEXANDER AND EAST CENTRAL
CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
At 720 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles northwest of Taylorsville, moving east at 25 mph.
Locations to be impacted include...
Taylorsville, Stony Point, Hiddenite, Little River In Alexander
County, Vashti, Millersville and Ellendale.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3599 8100 3596 8100 3586 8104 3582 8107
3589 8138 3602 8134 3600 8133 3601 8129
3603 8127 3604 8119 3603 8117 3604 8113
3603 8107 3604 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 274DEG 23KT 3597 8125
$$
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 35 min |
| May 26, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 36 min |
| May 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 37 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.