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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2021, 6:54 PM EDT for Jackson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 25, 2021, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Jackson County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 25, 6:17 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 6:17 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 409 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 NCZ036-037-057-260600- Iredell-Davie-Rowan- 409 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Northwest Piedmont of North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the area by evening. The potential impacts are cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall. Isolated flooding or flash flooding is possible, especially in areas that have received heavy downpours the last few days. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065- 068>072-501>510-SCZ001>011-260600- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander- Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Catawba-Graham- Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson- Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-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- 409 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will occur across the region through evening, mainly over the mountains and foothills but also continuing into the upper Piedmont. The main impacts will be cloud- to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall. Isolated flooding or flash flooding is possible, especially for areas that have received heavy downpours the last few days. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. NCZ082-SCZ012>014-019-260600- Union NC-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood- 409 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for upstate South Carolina and Union County North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. Wimberley
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
529 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021
GAZ017-018-252200-
Stephens GA-Habersham GA-
529 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS AND
CENTRAL HABERSHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
At 528 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northeast of Clarkesville, or 4 miles south of Lake Rabun,
moving south at 5 mph.
Locations to be impacted include...
Toccoa, Clarkesville, Demorest, Tallulah Falls, Tallulah Gorge State
Park, Hollywood and Turnerville.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph 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.
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 3474 8357 3474 8353 3473 8349 3473 8346
3475 8343 3473 8341 3473 8338 3472 8335
3468 8334 3468 8332 3467 8331 3457 8326
3453 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 350DEG 4KT 3469 8346
ARKSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 536 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 NCZ502-504-252200- Greater Burke NC-Greater Caldwell NC- 536 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL CALDWELL AND CENTRAL BURKE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... At 535 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles east of Morganton, or over Drexel. This storm was nearly stationary. Locations to be impacted include... Morganton, Valdese, Drexel, Connelly Springs, Rutherford College, Lake Rhodhiss and Sawmills. Very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour 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 3582 8164 3581 8148 3566 8148 3569 8172 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 012DEG 4KT 3576 8161 ARK
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 32 min |
| 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, 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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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.