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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 147 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 139 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.
155
WWUS82 KGSP 072020
SPSGSP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
420 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
NCZ035-501-502-072045-
Caldwell Mountains NC-Greater Caldwell NC-Alexander NC-
420 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of western Alexander
and eastern Caldwell Counties through 445 PM EDT...
At 420 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of Lenoir, or 4 miles north of Cedar Rock, moving
southeast at 25 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...
Lenoir, Taylorsville, Sawmills, Hudson, Cajah's Mountain, Cedar Rock,
Granite Falls, Bethlehem, Little River In Alexander County and
Millersville.
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 3610 8152 3610 8150 3609 8147 3609 8145
3607 8144 3607 8141 3605 8139 3604 8140
3602 8135 3600 8133 3601 8129 3585 8110
3580 8155 3607 8163 3612 8162 3612 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 334DEG 22KT 3601 8148
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, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 43 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.