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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 4, 2022Avery County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2022, 8:09 PM EDT for Avery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Aug 4, 2022, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2022, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Avery County, NC

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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 Aug 4, 7:43 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 7:43 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:42 AM EDT, 14 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
542 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-051-056>059-062>065-068>072-
082-507>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-050945-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell-
Davie-Swain-Catawba-Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-
Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-
Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-Rutherford Mountains-
Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-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-
542 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, the western
Piedmont, southern foothills, and southern mountains of North
Carolina, and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop again this afternoon
and evening. The main threats from the storms will be gusty winds,
frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, small hail, and torrential
downpours. Some of the storms may become severe and produce damaging
wind gusts that will knock down trees and power lines. Localized
flooding cannot be ruled out in places where storms move slowly and
repeatedly. The thunderstorms should diminish gradually during the
mid to late evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

NCZ033-048>050-052-053-501>506-050945-
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Haywood-Buncombe-Caldwell Mountains-
Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-
Eastern McDowell-
542 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the northern foothills and the
central and northern mountains of North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop again this afternoon
and early evening. The main threats from the storms will be gusty
winds, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, small hail, and torrential
downpours. Some of the storms may become severe and produce damaging
wind gusts that will knock down trees and power lines. Localized
flooding cannot be ruled out in places where storms move slowly and
repeatedly. The thunderstorms should diminish gradually during the
mid evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is an increased potential for excessive rain on Friday which
will raise the risk of localized flash flooding, especially in
locations that experience rain today.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:12 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:22 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:22 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:28 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:48 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 8:09 PM EDT, 0 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
Aug 4, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	26 min
Aug 4, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	28 min
Aug 4, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Watauga	34 min
Aug 5, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	28 min
Aug 5, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	29 min
Aug 5, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery	26 min
Aug 5, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Swain	24 min
Aug 5, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	33 min
Aug 5, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	24 min
Aug 5, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rutherford	30 min
Aug 5, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	44 min
Aug 5, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	34 min
Aug 5, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	31 min
Aug 5, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	27 min
Aug 5, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Jackson	26 min
Aug 5, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	McDowell	31 min
Aug 5, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	24 min
Aug 5, 6:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	2 hr
Aug 5, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.