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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:07 PM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2021, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Rabun County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Wsw Dillard, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ON DAROM LN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.
662
WWUS82 KGSP 072007
SPSGSP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
407 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
GAZ010-NCZ062-072045-
Rabun GA-Macon NC-
407 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Rabun and south
central Macon Counties through 445 PM EDT...
At 407 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northwest of Clayton, or 4 miles northwest of Black Rock
Mountain State Park, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and up to half inch 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...
Clayton, Mountain City, Tiger, Dillard, Sky Valley, Lakemont, Black
Rock Mountain State Park, Lake Rabun, Tallulah Falls and Scaly
Mountain.
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 3494 8357 3495 8355 3497 8355 3499 8353
3500 8348 3500 8352 3501 8352 3507 8347
3497 8318 3473 8341 3492 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 304DEG 13KT 3495 8346
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 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, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 42 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, 4:47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.