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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 12, 2021Abbeville County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 8:48 PM EDT for Abbeville County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 12, 2021, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Elbert County, GA, Hart County, GA, Abbeville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 446 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 12, 7:59 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 7:59 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:54 AM EDT, 14 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
554 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-131000-
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-
554 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop again this afternoon and
evening across the area. Storms should be most numerous across the
mountains and the western part of the Upstate, and scattered over the
remainder of Upstate South Carolina, the western Piedmont, and northeast
Georgia. Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and heavy downpours are
the main threats from the storms, which could result in localized
flooding where storms persist. One or two of the storms could
become strong enough to produce damaging wind gusts and large hail.
The thunderstorms should diminish by late evening.

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

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

PM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
503 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

SCZ009-014-122130-
York SC-Chester SC-
503 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CHESTER AND
EASTERN YORK COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

At 503 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Rock Hill, or 4 miles east of Mcconnells, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Tega Cay, Newport, Lesslie, Mcconnells, Lake
Wylie and Edgemoor.

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.

LAT...LON 3474 8111 3485 8128 3514 8107 3512 8103
      3510 8103 3509 8106 3506 8106 3504 8104
      3508 8098 3503 8090 3501 8091 3499 8089
      3497 8088 3496 8087 3493 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 219DEG 19KT 3486 8114

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
534 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

NCZ071-SCZ009-122200-
Mecklenburg NC-York SC-
534 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG AND
NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

At 533 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of Indian Land, or near Carowinds, moving northeast
at 20 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Uptown Charlotte, Central Charlotte, South Charlotte, Southwest
Charlotte, East Charlotte, Northwest Charlotte, Mint Hill, Fort Mill,
Pineville and Tega Cay.

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.

LAT...LON 3502 8086 3507 8090 3503 8090 3501 8091
      3500 8089 3496 8095 3508 8111 3515 8106
      3515 8102 3516 8100 3521 8101 3535 8090
      3517 8065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 221DEG 17KT 3508 8098

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
600 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

NCZ071-072-122230-
Cabarrus NC-Mecklenburg NC-
600 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CABARRUS AND
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

At 559 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Uptown Charlotte, or near Freedom Park, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Uptown Charlotte, Huntersville, Central Charlotte, Northeast
Charlotte, Southwest Charlotte, East Charlotte, Northwest Charlotte,
Harrisburg, Freedom Park and University City.

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.

LAT...LON 3506 8084 3518 8100 3519 8100 3545 8079
      3527 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 221DEG 18KT 3518 8087

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
633 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

NCZ057-071-072-122315-
Rowan NC-Cabarrus NC-Mecklenburg NC-
633 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CABARRUS...NORTHEASTERN
MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 633 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles southwest of Downtown Concord, or over Charlotte Motor
Speedway, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Kannapolis, Downtown Concord, Northeast Charlotte, West Concord,
Harrisburg, China Grove, Landis, Enochville, University City and
Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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.

LAT...LON 3523 8064 3534 8082 3551 8077 3551 8074
      3557 8075 3567 8072 3551 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 214DEG 25KT 3536 8069

KRENTZ
Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:50 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2021

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNE HARRISBURG        35.35N 80.65W
07/12/2021                   CABARRUS           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            911 CALL CENTER REPORTED TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON GLEN
            EAGLES LN.

&&
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
848 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

GAZ026-028-029-SCZ004-010-011-130130-
Elbert GA-Hart GA-Franklin GA-Greater Oconee SC-Anderson SC-
Abbeville SC-
848 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN FRANKLIN...ELBERT...
HART...SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL OCONEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

At 848 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 9 miles southeast of Carnesville to 13 miles
northeast of Washington, and moving north at 50 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...
Abbeville, Elberton, Hartwell, Royston, Calhoun Falls, Reed Creek,
Lavonia, Gumlog, Iva and Bowman.

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.

LAT...LON 3399 8265 3397 8278 3400 8290 3417 8310
      3423 8308 3427 8311 3426 8315 3452 8313
      3454 8310 3461 8312 3416 8224 3411 8226
      3406 8233 3406 8244 3408 8248 3407 8253
      3401 8260 3396 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 201DEG 41KT 3427 8311 3388 8259

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson, Polk31 min
Jul 12, 11:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell, Rutherford40 min
Jul 12, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey43 min
Jul 12, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie, Rowan34 min
Jul 12, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell39 min
Jul 13, 12:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Caldwell, Mitchell38 min
Jul 12, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville, Anderson45 min
Jul 12, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville32 min
Jul 12, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester47 min
Jul 12, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Pickens19 min
Jul 12, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville29 min
Jul 12, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork31 min

Nearby

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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.