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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 7, 20214 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2021, 5:59 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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: Jun 7, 2021, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Davie County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Union County, NC

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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 Jun 7, 2:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:44 AM EDT, 14 hours 15 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
344 AM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-080745-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-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-
344 AM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected again today. The
main impacts are cloud-to-ground lightning and heavy downpours.
Isolated flash flooding is possible with any slow moving storm that
produces locally heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:18 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:30 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:37 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
537 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

SCZ006-007-012-072215-
Laurens SC-Spartanburg SC-Greater Greenville SC-
537 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES UNTIL
615 PM EDT...

At 537 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles southeast of Greenville Downtown, or near Simpsonville, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Mauldin, Simpsonville, Five Forks, Fountain Inn, Woodruff, Duncan,
Reidville, GSP Airport, Donaldson Center and Greenville Eastside.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph, pea size hail and very heavy rainfall rates
up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

The combination of gusty winds and saturated soil conditions will
cause scattered trees and power lines to fall. Seek shelter inside an
interior room.

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 3456 8233 3464 8244 3474 8245 3498 8217
      3477 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 231DEG 20KT 3472 8232

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:43 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
543 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

NCZ037-072215-
Davie NC-
543 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTY UNTIL 615
PM EDT...

At 543 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Mocksville, or 5 miles southeast of Courtney, moving
east at 25 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Bermuda Run, Advance and Farmington.

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...

The combination of gusty winds and saturated soil conditions will
cause scattered trees and power lines to fall. Seek shelter inside an
interior room.

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 3592 8037 3594 8061 3605 8066 3605 8050
      3604 8049 3606 8047 3606 8046 3603 8044
      3600 8041 3599 8042 3596 8038 3593 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 255DEG 24KT 3600 8056

HG

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:54 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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
Jun 6, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	35 min
Jun 6, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	25 min
Jun 7, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	23 min
Jun 7, 2:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	74 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	30 min
Jun 7, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	35 min
Jun 7, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	29 min
Jun 7, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	27 min
Jun 7, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	23 min
Jun 7, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	35 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	31 min
Jun 7, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	31 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	23 min
Jun 7, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Mecklenburg, Rowan	30 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan, Union	30 min
Jun 7, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie	32 min
Jun 7, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jun 7, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Union	27 min
Jun 7, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	32 min
Jun 6, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Laurens	32 min
Jun 6, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	36 min
Jun 7, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	26 min
Jun 7, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	24 min
Jun 7, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Union, York	47 min
Jun 7, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	25 min
Jun 7, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	26 min
Jun 7, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	23 min
Jun 7, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	36 min
Jun 7, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	34 min
Jun 7, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	25 min
Jun 7, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	33 min
Jun 7, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	34 min
Jun 7, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	27 min
Jun 7, 5:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville	2 hr
Jun 7, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	38 min
Jun 7, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	36 min
Jun 7, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	27 min
Jun 7, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	29 min
Jun 7, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	34 min
Jun 7, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	27 min
Jun 7, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	34 min
Jun 7, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.