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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:17 PM EDT for Cleveland County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Cleveland County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
851
WWUS82 KGSP 072017
SPSGSP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
417 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
NCZ068-508-SCZ008-072100-
Greater Rutherford NC-Cleveland NC-Cherokee SC-
417 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Rutherford, Cleveland and northwestern Cherokee Counties through 500
PM EDT...
At 417 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles east of Forest City, or over Ellenboro, moving southeast 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...
Shelby, Gaffney, Forest City, Rutherfordton, Spindale, Boiling
Springs NC, Lawndale, Patterson Springs, Polkville and Ellenboro.
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 3532 8136 3531 8137 3530 8136 3528 8136
3527 8134 3500 8169 3534 8199 3548 8186
3555 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 311DEG 17KT 3532 8175
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, 2:03 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, 4:20 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.