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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2021, 2:18 PM EDT for Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 9, 2021, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 9, 2:00 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:00 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:48 AM EDT, 10 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 348 AM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-100800- 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- 348 AM EDT Wed Jun 9 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 are likely again this afternoon and evening. The main impacts that can be expected are cloud-to- ground lightning, gusty winds, and heavy downpours. Localized flooding is possible with any storms that produce high rainfall rates. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:39 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 139 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021 NCZ053-065-091800- Buncombe NC-Henderson NC- 139 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT... At 138 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with torrential rainfall 10 miles northwest of Hendersonville, or near Asheville Airport, moving east at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Arden, Mills River, Fletcher, Mountain Home, Blue Ridge Parkway between Mount Pisgah and The NC Arboretum, Asheville Airport, Skyland, Bent Creek, and Biltmore Forest. Wind gusts up to 40 mph 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. && LAT...LON 3537 8269 3550 8269 3553 8246 3534 8246 TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 269DEG 8KT 3543 8259 8
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
218 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
NCZ048-049-053-091845-
Buncombe NC-Yancey NC-Madison NC-
218 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL MADISON...
NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
EDT...
At 218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles north of Downtown Asheville, or 4 miles northeast of
Weaverville, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Locations to be impacted include...
Burnsville, Weaverville, B.R. Parkway-East Asheville To Craggy
Gardens, Mount Mitchell State Park, Mars Hill, B.R. Parkway-Craggy To
Little Switzerland, Busick, Barnardsville, Flat Creek and Swiss.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail 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 3579 8216 3579 8217 3578 8216 3577 8216
3561 8247 3575 8262 3599 8237
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 228DEG 11KT 3573 8248
RWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 21 min |
| Jun 9, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 103 min |
| Jun 8, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 10:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 23 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.