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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 29, 2021Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 29, 2021, 6:46 AM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 29, 2021, 6:46 AM EDT (10:46 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2021, 7:30 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Gaston County, NC

The radar

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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 28, 6:17 PM EDT, 12 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 6:17 PM EDT, 12 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 4:10 PM EDT, 14 hours 36 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 29, 5:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	50 min
Oct 29, 5:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	42 min
Oct 29, 6:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln	43 min
Oct 29, 6:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	45 min
Oct 29, 6:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln	37 min
Oct 29, 7:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln	26 min
Oct 29, 7:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	30 min
Oct 29, 7:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie, Iredell	27 min
Oct 29, 8:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie, Rowan	45 min
Oct 29, 4:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	37 min
Oct 29, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	27 min
Oct 29, 5:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	26 min
Oct 29, 5:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	51 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.