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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 10, 2021Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT for Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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: Jul 10, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 10, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 7:04 AM EDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
704 AM EDT Sat Jul 10 2021

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-111115-
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-
704 AM EDT Sat Jul 10 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop across the region this
afternoon. One or two of the thunderstorms will be strong to severe
with damaging wind gusts and large hail possible. Frequent lightning
and heavy downpours will also accompany any storms.

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

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:52 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
Jul 10, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood, Madison	31 min
Jul 10, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	31 min
Jul 10, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mitchell	30 min
Jul 10, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	23 min
Jul 10, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	24 min
Jul 10, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe	24 min
Jul 10, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	23 min
Jul 10, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	26 min
Jul 10, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	27 min
Jul 10, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	26 min
Jul 10, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.