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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2021, 5:47 PM EDT for McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2021, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County McDowell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 8, 2:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 2:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 434 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-SCZ001-002- 004-005-010-011-019-092045- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Madison-Swain-Haywood- Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania- Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens- Anderson-Abbeville-Greenwood- 434 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western North Carolina, and the western Upstate of South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop through the evening hours, and possibly overnight. The main threats will be cloud-to-ground lightning, heavy downpours, and gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ003- 006>009-012>014-092045- Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Yancey-Mitchell-Buncombe-Catawba-Rowan- Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC- Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke- McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains- Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Greenville Mountains- Greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Cherokee-York-Laurens-Union SC- Chester- 434 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina, and the central and eastern Upstate of South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible through the evening hours, with additional scattered storms possibly redeveloping overnight. The main threats will be cloud-to-ground lightning, damaging wind gusts, and isolated large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. HG
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Special weather statement, Sep 8, 5:00 PM EDT, 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 5:54 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 7, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin | 24 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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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.