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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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 9, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Buncombe County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
839
WWUS82 KGSP 092152
SPSGSP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
552 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
NCZ053-092215-
Buncombe NC-
552 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Buncombe
County through 615 PM EDT...
At 551 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northwest of Downtown Asheville, or near Woodfin, moving
southeast at 15 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...
Downtown Asheville, East Asheville, Arden, West Asheville, North
Asheville, Woodfin, Swannanoa, Weaverville, Biltmore Forest and Bent
Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3558 8233 3544 8253 3545 8253 3543 8254
3544 8256 3543 8257 3544 8261 3544 8262
3565 8277 3577 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 320DEG 14KT 3566 8263
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 48 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.