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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 23, 2022Elbert County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2022, 9:21 AM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
May 23, 2022, 9:21 AM EDT (13:21 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2022, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Elbert County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2022-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2022-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 304 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 May 23, 7:18 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 7:18 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
554 AM EDT Mon May 23 2022

GAZ010-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-241000-
Rabun-Avery-Alexander-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-
Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-
Henderson-Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-
Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-
Rutherford Mountains-Polk Mountains-
554 AM EDT Mon May 23 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the mountains and foothills of
North Carolina and extreme northeast Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A weak low pressure system will bring widespread showers and
thunderstorms to the mountains and foothills today and tonight. The
main threat across the higher terrain will be heavy rain that could
result in localized flash flooding, especially in the few areas that
have had heavy rain in the past few days. Cloud-to-ground lightning
and a few strong wind gusts are also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-508-510-
SCZ008>014-019-101>109-241000-
Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-
Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-
Greater Rutherford-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville-
Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood-Oconee Mountains-
Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee-
Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-Southern Greenville-
Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-
554 AM EDT Mon May 23 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A weak low pressure system will bring widespread showers and
thunderstorms to the region today and tonight, raising the
possibility of flash flooding and severe thunderstorms. The threat
for heavy rain and localized flash flooding is probably the more
likely of the two because of uncertainty in the amount of instability
we will be able to develop in the atmosphere in the afternoon. Urban
areas will have a higher chance of flash flooding because of the
recent dry spell. If we manage to see any sunshine, particularly
along and south and east of I-85, the prospects for severe
thunderstorms will increase with damaging wind gusts the main threat.
However, if this happens, an isolated tornado will not be ruled out
because of increasing wind shear. Any thunderstorms will bring heavy
downpours of rain and cloud-to-ground lightning. The storms should
taper off by late evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 9:21 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
921 AM EDT Mon May 23 2022

GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-231400-
Elbert GA-Hart GA-Abbeville SC-Anderson SC-
921 AM EDT Mon May 23 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Elbert,
southeastern Hart, south central Anderson and southwestern Abbeville
Counties through 1000 AM EDT...

At 921 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles south of Elberton, or near Nancy Hart State Park, moving north
at 45 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...
Elberton, Iva, Lake Secession, Starr, Lowndesville, Russell State
Park, Nancy Hart State Park, Middleton, Lake Russell and Fortsonia.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3399 8283 3399 8284 3398 8284 3398 8286
      3400 8288 3401 8290 3441 8283 3437 8252
      3398 8267 3398 8273 3397 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 194DEG 39KT 3395 8280

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

LANE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania45 min
May 22, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain42 min
May 22, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus48 min
May 22, 8:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPTransylvania3 hr
May 23, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg48 min
May 23, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion37 min
May 23, 1:44 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus31 min
May 23, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus36 min
May 23, 2:13 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPRowan22 min
May 23, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan30 min
May 23, 4:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson6 hr
May 23, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion30 min
May 23, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford32 min
May 23, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPUnion25 min
May 23, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford18 min
May 23, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens45 min
May 23, 11:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York30 min
May 23, 11:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion32 min
May 23, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork38 min
May 23, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson28 min
May 23, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAnderson35 min
May 23, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville, Pickens27 min
May 23, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood36 min
May 23, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester36 min
May 23, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester29 min
May 23, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPChester25 min
May 23, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg27 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.