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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 20, 2023Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 20, 2023, 1:19 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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 20, 2023, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2023, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

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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 20, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison, Yancey	31 min
Oct 20, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham	33 min
Oct 20, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, McDowell, Yancey	36 min
Oct 20, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	27 min
Oct 20, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	34 min
Oct 20, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	32 min
Oct 20, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Haywood	34 min
Oct 20, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	29 min
Oct 20, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Caldwell	27 min
Oct 20, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	29 min
Oct 20, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	29 min
Oct 20, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	28 min
Oct 20, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford	34 min
Oct 20, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	43 min
Oct 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	58 min
Oct 20, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	36 min
Oct 20, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	53 min
Oct 20, 9:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	27 min
Oct 20, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	33 min
Oct 20, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	23 min
Oct 20, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	31 min
Oct 20, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	49 min
Oct 20, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	37 min
Oct 20, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	25 min
Oct 20, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	39 min
Oct 20, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	44 min
Oct 20, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	42 min
Oct 20, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York	44 min
Oct 20, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	26 min
Oct 20, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	31 min
Oct 20, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	28 min
Oct 20, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2023 Every special weather statement in 2023

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.