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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 8:13 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 24, 2021, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
863
WWUS82 KGSP 250013
SPSGSP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
813 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021
NCZ068-508-250045-
Greater Rutherford NC-Cleveland NC-
813 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
At 813 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 7 miles northeast of Forest City to 4 miles
southwest of Shelby. These storms were nearly stationary.
Locations to be impacted include...
Shelby, Forest City, Boiling Springs NC, Ellenboro, Lattimore,
Mooresboro, Bostic, Kingstown, Patterson Springs and Spindale.
Wind gusts up to 35 mph 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 3525 8150 3517 8161 3517 8163 3539 8195
3552 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 034DEG 4KT 3543 8181 3525 8161
$$
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 31 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.