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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
851
WWUS82 KGSP 071803
SPSGSP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
203 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
NCZ052-064-065-SCZ002-003-071845-
Transylvania NC-Haywood NC-Henderson NC-Pickens Mountains SC-
Greenville Mountains SC-
203 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Transylvania,
central Henderson, southeastern Haywood, northwestern Greenville and
northeastern Pickens Counties through 245 PM EDT...
At 203 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Brevard, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Hendersonville, Brevard, Flat Rock, Etowah, Slater-Marietta, Mountain
Home, Laurel Park, Rosman, Graveyard Fields and Looking Glass.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3522 8296 3522 8294 3526 8292 3530 8293
3536 8290 3538 8235 3499 8247 3498 8252
3497 8255 3517 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 281DEG 18KT 3522 8278
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
JPTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin, Hart | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rabun | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 43 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.