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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 9:19 PM EDT for Macon County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 29, 2005, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 10:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Macon County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KGSP 300119 TORGSP NCC113-300215- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0025.050830T0119Z-050830T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 919 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST WEST OF... FRANKLIN AROUND 935 PM EDT... TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS. IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK. THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES. LAT...LON 3496 8361 3493 8339 3529 8331 3530 8360 $$ JONES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 300142 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 943 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 NCC113-300215- /O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050830T0215Z/ MACON NC- 943 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR WESTERN MACON COUNTY... AT 937 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO. IT WAS LOCATED WEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT SINCE 925 PM...BUT MAY REGAIN STRENGTH INTO ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER CYCLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3496 8361 3493 8339 3529 8331 3530 8360 $$ JONES
000 WWUS52 KGSP 300206 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1006 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 NCC113-300215- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050830T0215Z/ MACON NC- 1005 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MACON COUNTY IS CANCELED... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MACON COUNTY...BUT HAVE WEAKENED AND STRONG ROTATION IS NO LONGER INDICATED. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING INCLUDES WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3496 8361 3493 8339 3529 8331 3530 8360 $$ JONES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning 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 tornado warning went out at Aug 29, 7:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 7:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
742 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
UPDATING PACKAGE FOR TORNADO WATCH 757...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10Z.
FIRST SPIRAL BAND MOVING NE INTO SW NC...AND UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY...ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERAL RORTAING STORMS.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 302 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005)
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA ARE STILL PROJECTED TO PASS WELL TO OUR WEST
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...IT HAS A LARGE CIRCULATION AND WE
WILL STILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS. HAVE GENERALLY
DISCOUNTED THE NAM FOR THIS PACKAGE AS IT CONTINUES TO BE AN OUTLIER
WITH ITS HANDLING OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NE GA WL BE
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE CIRCULATION
OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE IS QUITE LARGE...AND BANDS OF STRONG
CONVECTION HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AROUND 300 MILES EAST OF THE
CIRCULATION CENTER. AS IT MOVES NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST OVER THE
NEXT 24 HRS...MUCH OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWFA WL BE THAT SAME
DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER. THE GFS SHOWS STRONG LLVL CONVERGENCE
DEVELOPING OVER WRN ZONES BETWEEN 00 AND 06 UTC AS THE CIRCULATION
BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH THE DEEP LARGE RIDGE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST. DURING THIS TIME THE 0-1KM HELICITY VALUES INCREASE TO OVER
200 WEST OF A GREENWOOD TO GREENVILLE AND ASHEVILLE LINE. WHILE THE
INSTABILITY WL BE MARGINAL...SILL EXPECT THE TORNADO THREAT TO
INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER ABOUT THE WRN
HALF OF THE CWFA.
LLVL FLOW SHOULD BEGIN TO VEER AROUND MORE TO THE SOUTH TMRW.
HOWEVER...AS SYSTEM BEGINS TO RIDE NE ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT OVER
THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...THE FLOW ALOFT WL VEER A COMMISERATE AMOUNT
AND LLVL HELICITY VALUES WL REMAIN HIGH AND TORNADO THREAT WL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AND EXPAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA.
THE OTHER CONCERN IS FLOODING. INHERITED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL
OF OUR MTN ZONES...A SMALL PART OF THE UPSTATE...MOST OF NE GA AND
NC WRN NC FOOTHILLS. CERTAINLY THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN
EXISTS...BUT SUSPECT THAT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WL BE CONFINED TO THE
FAR SRN NC MTNS...THE NE GA MTNS AND THE WRN MOST UPSTATE. AS THE
REMNANTS OF KATRINA WILL BE MOVING QUITE QUICKLY...THE LLVL FLOW
ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE REGION WL LIKELY VEER TOO QUICKLY FOR
FLOODING RAIN TO DEVELOP. HOWEVER...WL NOT CUT BACK THE WATCH ANY
ATTM. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD EXPAND ACROSS THE REGION WITH
DAYTIME HEATING TUE...AND IF ANY OF THESE BANDS TRAIN FOR ANY LENGTH
OF TIME...THEN WE COULD SEE A FLASH FLOOD DEVELOP JUST ABOUT
ANYWHERE. HOWEVER THE THREAT SHOULD BE LARGELY ISOLATED WITH THE
WEAK FORCING.
LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
AS THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA MOVES
RAPIDLY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT...THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS
GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS WILL DRY OUT RAPIDLY FROM THE TOP
DOWN....AS FLOW CONTINUES TO VEER TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
THEREFORE...COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH
TUESDAY EVENING. WILL REDUCE POPS TO THE CHANCE RANGE IN ALL
AREAS...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING. FOR WEDNESDAY...WILL LIMIT CHANCE
POPS TO THE MNTNS...AS NW FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
TO PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS...MAINLY ALONG THE TENN BORDER.
OTHERWISE...POPS WILL BE REDUCED TO SLIGHT CHANCE EAST AND SOUTH OF
THE BLUE RIDGE.
UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO THE REGION BY LATE IN
THE WEEK...ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD REMAIN TOO DRY TO SUPPORT
MUCH IN THE WAY OF DIURNAL CONVECTION. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...A
STRONG SW TROUGH MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA BECOMES PHASED WITH
THE EXTRA-TROPICAL REMNANTS OF KATRINA OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.
THE RESULT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RATHER DEEP TROUGH ACROSS THE
EASTERN CONUS...WHICH WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO SAG INTO THE AREA
OVER THE WEEKEND. THEREFORE...WILL DECREASE TEMPS TO NEAR
CLIMATOLOGY BY LATE IN THE PACKAGE. ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE WEEKEND...IT
APPEARS THE AIRMASS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
WILL BE TOO DRY TO SUPPORT MENTIONABLE POPS THROUGH THE
EXTENDED.
AVIATION...
MAIN CHALLENGE WITH THE TAFS IS TIMING OF LOWERING CIGS AND
INCREASING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. WL FAVOR THE MAV
MOS...AND PERSISTENCE WITH THE PREVIOUS TAFS...AS THE GFS IS DOING A
BETTER JOB WITH KATRINA THAN THE MET. CIGS WL GRADUALLY LOWER
OVERNIGHT AND HAVE MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT...WITH IFR CIGS DEVELOPING A
FEW HRS AFTER THE MVFR CIGS. WL INTRODUCE PREVAILING SHRA AT ALL
SITES EXPECT KCLT WHICH WL SEE LESS UPSLOPE INDUCED PCPN. WL CARRY A
TEMPO GROUP FOR TSTMS ALL TAFS BEGINNING LATE TMRW AS CONVECTIVE
BANDS WL BECOME STRONGER AND MORE NUMEROUS WITH A LITTLE HEATING.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...TORNADO WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 AM
TUESDAY.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067 UNTIL
8 AM WEDNESDAY.
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NCZ051-058-059-062-063 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>005 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY.
...TORNADO WATCH FOR SCZ001-004 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...JATHazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 6:13 AM EDT, 15 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-SCZ001>005- 301015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-CALDWELL-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN LOCAL AREAS MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ006>014-019- 301015- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE EFFECTS OF KATRINA WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PLEASE SEND PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS. IN ADDITION LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WITH SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE UPROOTED TREES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY FOR FALLEN TREES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT NIGHT. DICARLO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 349 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ006>014-019-300900- HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MCDOWELL-BURKE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY... COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 349 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... HURRICANE KATRINA WILL MOVE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING...AND MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS EAST OF THE CIRCULATION WILL RESULT IN DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE OVERSPREADING THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THIS WILL ALLOW COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SOME OUTER RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA POSSIBLY MOVING OVER THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. AS WIND FIELDS STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO KATRINA...THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNAODES EMBEDDED WITHIN THESE RAIN BANDS WILL INCREASE. ALTHOUGH THE GREATER THREAT FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT...TROPICAL RAIN BANDS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AS WELL. FOR TONIGHT...THE MAIN THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL EXIST ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER...THE THREAT WILL SHIFT EAST TO INCLUDE THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT ON TUESDAY. GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>005- 300900- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 349 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND GUSTY HIGH ELEVATION WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... HURRICANE KATRINA WILL MOVE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING...AND MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS EAST OF THE CIRCULATION WILL RESULT IN DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE OVERSPREADING THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THIS WILL ALLOW COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SOME OUTER RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA POSSIBLY MOVING OVER THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. AS WIND FIELDS STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO KATRINA...THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNAODES EMBEDDED WITHIN THESE RAIN BANDS WILL INCREASE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND TORNADOES...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING... MAINLY ALONG PEAKS AND RIDGE TOPS. LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 732 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-062-SCZ001-004-300145- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN 732 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... ...TORNADO THREAT INCREASING QUICKLY ACROSS THE EXTREME WESTERN PART OF THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH...BUT THE BANDS OF STORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING EAST TOWARD THE AREA. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE WESTERN MOST PART OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. JONES
Local storm report, Aug 29, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
805 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0759 PM HAIL CORNELIA 34.51N 83.53W
08/29/2005 0.75 INCH HABERSHAM GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER REPORTED LARGE HAIL AT THE BYPASS
&&
JONESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:06 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 95 days |
| Aug 30, 10:06 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | 5 hr | |
| Aug 30, 10:06 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Mitchell, Transylvania and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk | 22 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.