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Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 10, 2025Burke County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2025, 8:12 PM EDT for Burke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2025, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2025, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Burke County, NC

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 10, 7:36 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 7:36 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 5:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
507 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025

NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-501>510-
SCZ008>014-019-102-103-105>109-112115-
Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Haywood-
Buncombe-Catawba-Rowan-Transylvania-Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-
Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-Caldwell Mountains-
Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-
Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-Greater Rutherford-
Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-
Chester-Greenwood-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-Southern Greenville-
Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-
507 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Piedmont North Carolina,
western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms will cross the area this evening. A few of
the thunderstorms strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts as the
main threat.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ101-104-112115-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Swain-Graham-
Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Oconee Mountains-
Greater Oconee-
507 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 137 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

 Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
645 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025

NCZ051-052-058-102330-
Haywood NC-Graham NC-Swain NC-
645 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SWAIN...NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

At 644 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 13 miles southeast of Newport to 12 miles north
of Robbinsville. Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Waterville, Smoky Mountains, Cherokee, Fines Creek, Deals Gap,
Balsam Mountain, and Fontana Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
western North Carolina.

&&

LAT...LON 3552 8388 3556 8377 3558 8360 3556 8358
      3556 8350 3566 8335 3566 8330 3573 8324
      3572 8320 3576 8316 3579 8308 3574 8292
      3564 8288 3551 8318 3552 8324 3547 8332
      3547 8334 3544 8336 3535 8356 3547 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 291DEG 41KT 3579 8310 3550 8387

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MPR

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:22 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:24 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:42 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:46 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:49 PM EDT, 23 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
Apr 10, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson, Polk	43 min
Apr 10, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	32 min
Apr 11, 3:38 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 6 more	4 hr
Apr 11, 2:47 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	GSP	Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 3 more	13 hr
Apr 11, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	26 min
Apr 10, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	42 min
Apr 10, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	31 min
Apr 10, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood	55 min
Apr 10, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	45 min
Apr 10, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	43 min
Apr 10, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	37 min
Apr 10, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood, Union	30 min
Apr 11, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	36 min
Apr 11, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	27 min
Apr 11, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	36 min
Apr 11, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	33 min
Apr 11, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	26 min
Apr 11, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	23 min
Apr 11, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	35 min
Apr 11, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	28 min
Apr 11, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	33 min
Apr 11, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	46 min
Apr 11, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	37 min
Apr 11, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	32 min
Apr 11, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	24 min
Apr 11, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	33 min
Apr 11, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	34 min
Apr 11, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	36 min
Apr 11, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	52 min
Apr 11, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	46 min
Apr 10, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Elbert	38 min
Apr 10, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert	23 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.