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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2021, 9:21 PM EDT for Franklin County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 7, 2021, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Franklin County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
591
WWUS82 KGSP 080121
SPSGSP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
921 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021
GAZ026-080145-
Franklin GA-
921 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Franklin County
through 945 PM EDT...
At 920 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Commerce, or 5 miles north of Ila, moving north 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...
Carnesville, Canon, Victoria Bryant State Park and Franklin Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3425 8334 3426 8334 3433 8339 3439 8338
3444 8339 3447 8338 3447 8329 3441 8310
3435 8310 3424 8318 3425 8320 3424 8325
3426 8330 3423 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 201DEG 14KT 3425 8332
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
ARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 6:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 6:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 7:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 8:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 39 min |
| Sep 8, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 27 min |
| Sep 8, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 5:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 39 min |
| Sep 8, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 1:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 27 min |
| Sep 8, 4:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Hart | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rabun | 107 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.