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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2021, 7:19 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
- Sep 1, 2021, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 1, 7:17 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 7:17 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 342 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510-SCZ002-003-005>014- 019-021945- Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston- Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-Greater Caldwell-Greater Burke- Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-Greater Rutherford- Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Pickens-Greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Cherokee-York- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood- 342 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms will continue through early this evening. A few storms could be strong with cloud-to- ground lightning and damaging wind. Activity should come to an end this evening as daytime heating dies off. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503- 505-SCZ001-004-021945- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Madison-Yancey- Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon- Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-Caldwell Mountains- Burke Mountains-McDowell Mountains-Oconee Mountains-Greater Oconee- 342 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 12:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 119 min |
| Sep 1, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 29 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.