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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 3, 2021Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 3, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT for Oconee County, Pickens County, South 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: Oct 3, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

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 Oct 2, 7:55 PM EDT, 21 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 7:55 PM EDT, 21 hours 37 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	29 min
Oct 3, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	44 min
Oct 3, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	26 min
Oct 3, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham	24 min
Oct 3, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	32 min
Oct 3, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham, Stephens	44 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.