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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 29, 2021Catawba County, Lincoln County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT for Catawba County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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 29, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Catawba County, NC, Lincoln County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 May 29, 1:48 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 1:48 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:52 AM EDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
452 AM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009-014-300900-
Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-
Union NC-York-Chester-
452 AM EDT Sat May 29 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of the Piedmont of
North Carolina and South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. Any of these
storms will be capable of cloud-to-ground lightning and brief heavy
downpours. There is a small chance of a storm producing damaging
winds. A tornado cannot be entirely ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-068-
501>510-SCZ001>008-010>013-019-300900-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-
Cleveland-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-Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Greenwood-
452 AM EDT Sat May 29 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

Wimberley

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 10:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1030 AM EDT SAT MAY 29 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0926 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EASLEY                  34.82N 82.59W
05/28/2021                   PICKENS            SC   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN BY STORM WIND.

&&

OUTLAW

Local storm report, May 29, 11:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1110 AM EDT SAT MAY 29 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0937 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S BEREA               34.85N 82.47W
05/28/2021                   GREENVILLE         SC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            AT LEAST 2 TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR AND SOUTH OF BEREA.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
245 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

NCZ036-056-057-068-069-504-508-291930-
Rowan NC-Greater Rutherford NC-Iredell NC-Cleveland NC-Lincoln NC-
Greater Burke NC-Catawba NC-
245 PM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CATAWBA...EAST CENTRAL
RUTHERFORD...LINCOLN...SOUTHERN IREDELL...NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND...
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...

At 244 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated the leading edge of a cluster
of thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles east of Forest
City to 10 miles north of Huntersville, and moving north at 20 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Newton, Lincolnton, Statesville, Mooresville, Conover, Maiden,
Westport, Troutman, Claremont and Belwood.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and 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 3553 8080 3541 8133 3542 8145 3539 8143
      3531 8180 3562 8171 3583 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 197DEG 23KT 3539 8170 3557 8087

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	26 min
May 28, 11:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	36 min
May 28, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln	43 min
May 29, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln	44 min
May 29, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rowan	26 min
May 29, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Rowan	37 min
May 28, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	36 min
May 28, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	44 min
May 28, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	51 min
May 28, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg	47 min
May 28, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	33 min
May 28, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	51 min
May 28, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Laurens	41 min
May 28, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee, Union	36 min
May 28, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Union	30 min
May 28, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham, Stephens	25 min
May 28, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	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.