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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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
LANEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 45 min |
| May 22, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 42 min |
| May 22, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 48 min |
| May 22, 8:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| May 23, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| May 23, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 37 min |
| May 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 31 min |
| May 23, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 36 min |
| May 23, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rowan | 22 min |
| May 23, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 30 min |
| May 23, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 25 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 18 min |
| May 23, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 45 min |
| May 23, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York | 30 min |
| May 23, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 32 min |
| May 23, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 28 min |
| May 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 35 min |
| May 23, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 27 min |
| May 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 36 min |
| May 23, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 36 min |
| May 23, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 29 min |
| May 23, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 25 min |
| May 23, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 27 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.