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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 30, 2005Polk County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2005, 2:08 PM EDT for Polk County, North Carolina. It was in force for 22 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 30, 2005, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2005, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Polk County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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 30, 1:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 229 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 470 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 301808
TORGSP
NCC149-301900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0027.050830T1808Z-050830T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
208 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  TRYON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  COLUMBUS AROUND 215 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY
FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3527 8235 3519 8235 3522 8202 3535 8210
      3540 8226

$$
MCAVOY/JONES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 301817
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

NCC149-301900-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050830T1900Z/
POLK NC-
216 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR POLK COUNTY...

AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
SALUDA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE ADGER AROUND 225 PM EDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3527 8235 3519 8235 3522 8202 3535 8210
      3540 8226

$$

MCAVOY

000 
WWUS52 KGSP 301830
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
229 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

NCC149-301839-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050830T1900Z/
POLK NC-
229 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR POLK COUNTY IS CANCELED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND HAS WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3527 8235 3519 8235 3522 8202 3535 8210
      3540 8226

$$
MCAVOY/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 30, 10:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 10:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1036 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

.SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE HIGH WIND WARNING/WIND ADVISORY
HEADLINES FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NC/EXTREME NE GA AND UPSTATE
ZONES OF SC ADJACENT TO NC. HAVE HAD REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS
MOUNTAIN ZONES AS WINDS HAVE INCREASED IN RESPONSE TO TIGHTENING
PRESSRUE GRADIENT. ALSO ADJUSTED WIND FOPRECASTS FOR TODAY.
&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 313 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005)

SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

CIRCULATION AROUND TROPICAL STORM KATRINA SHIFTING A BIT MORE
EASTWARD IN RECENT SATELLITE IMAGERY...SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS
OFFICIAL TRACK FOR THE REMNANT LOW AND MUCH MORE EASTWARD THAN
INDICATED BY EITHER OF OUR SHORT RANGE MODELS. CONVECTION IS
REALLY FILLING IN NOW IN BETTER SHEAR AND FORCING AXIS ON EASTERN
PERIPHERY OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM PROPER. AS THIS DEEPER MOISTURE
GETS THROWN UP AGAINST OUR HIGHER TERRAIN ON STRENGTHENING
SOUTHERLY WINDS...WE STILL ANTICIPATE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR
MOST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IT MAY
TAKE A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE WE SEE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN THE
EASTERN ZONES. WILL HIGHLIGHT CATEGORICAL POPS EARLY AND LIKELY TO
CHANCE EAST...AND HOLD ON TO THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT. WE
WILL CHANGE THE MONIKER TO FLOOD WATCH SINCE MOST AREAS THAT HAVE
BEEN RECEIVING RAINFALL OVERNIGHT ARE THE SAME LOCATIONS THAT
RECEIVED RAIN SHOWERS MONDAY EVENING...AND THE RAIN LOOKS TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING.

WITH THE FORWARD SPEED OF KATRINA INCREASING...CHANGES IN OUR
SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BE FASTER AND MORE VARIABLE THAN
PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED. THE EASTWARD SHIFT WILL MAKE IT LIKELY THAT
SOME HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS WILL SEE SOME RATHER HIGH WIND
GUSTS. UPSTREAM...THE 88-D AT KBMX AND KHTX STILL SHOW 40 TO 50
KTS OF WIND JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE PROFILE OVER OUR REGION MUCH
LIGHTER AT PRESENT BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE AN INCRASE IN THE WIND.
AN UNUSUAL WIND PHENOMENON OVER NORTH ALABAMA HAS RESULTED IN
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THERE EVEN WITH MUCH LIGHTER OBSERVED WINDS
FROM METAR SITES THAT HAVE MANAGED TO REMAIN ONLINE. THERE COULD
BE POCKETS WHERE THE HIGHER RADAR-INDICATED WINDS HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT DOWN TO THE SURFACE OR A GRAVITY WAVE IS POSSIBLE. IF
WIND SPEEDS NEED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED FOR THE WESTERN
CWFA THIS MORNING...THERE IS STILL TIME TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
UPSTREAM AS WIND PROFILES STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE PREDAWN AND AS
THOSE STRENGTHENING PROFILES IMPACT NORTH GEORGIA. FOR NOW...WE
WILL HOIST A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF
THE CWFA...MENTIONING SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR SO AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

CWFA HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY BY THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER...SLIGHT RISK WEST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE FAR SOUTHERN UPSTATE...MODERATE RISK
INDICATED NOW FOR THE CENTRAL UPSTATE THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS DUE STRONGER 0-1 KM FLOW AND
BETTER POTENTIAL FOR ANY SURFACE HEATING TO ENHANCE SURFACE BASED
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND IN THE LEE TROF EAST OF
APPALACHIANS. INTERESTING THAT FORECAST SOUNDINGS BRING
SIGNIFICANT INTRUSION OF DRY MID LEVEL AIR INTO THE WESTERN CWFA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS EASTERN SOUNDINGS REMAIN QUITE MOIST. WE
ALSO LOSE A LOT OF OUR DIRECTIONAL SHEAR THIS
AFTERNOON..ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WIND SPEEDS OVERALL ARE
PROGD TO STRENGTHEN EVEN MORE WITH SURAFCE CIRCULATION AROUND
KATRINA MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH AND UPPER TROF APPROACHING
WITH POTENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION LATE.
WITH MODERATE RISK IN PLACE FOR THE AFTERNOON...WE WILL INCLUDE
THE SEVERE WORDING IN THE ZONE TEXT.

IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT HERE TO MENTION THAT A TORNADO WATCH DOES
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN CWFA UNTIL 6 AM. AS
SIGNIFICANT ECHOES UPSTREAM APPROACH THE REGION...WE MAY SEE
ADDITIONAL WATCHES POSTED TO THE NORTH AND EAST.

PLAN TO TONE DOWN POPS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR THE CWFA BUT
MAINTAIN DECENT CHANCES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE RESIDUAL
MOISTURE MAY GET TRAPPED AND CLOSER TO BETTER FORCING WITH
APPROACH OF NOT ONLY THE UPPER LOW REPRESENTING THE MID LEVEL PART
OF KATRINA BUT ALSO THE OVERALL APPROACH OF THE TROF IN WHICH THE
SYSTEM IS ENVELOPED. LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE PROGD TO SWING AROUND TO
A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION THIS EVENING AND TO WESTERLY...DOWNSLOPE
DIRECTION...BY MORNING. MODELS BRING A DRY SLOT INTO THE AREA ALSO
WITH THE FEATURE...AND SATELLITE IMAGERY APPEARS TO SUPPORT THAT
IDEA FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST. MODELS SUGGEST A RAPID DRYING OUT
AND A BOUNDARY CROSSING THE REGION DURING WEDNESDAY. WE WILL KEEP
CHANCES GOING THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A MOSTLY DRY WEDNESDAY
PROGD...EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

HAVE NOT WORKED ON TEMPERATURES YET BUT EXPECT BELOW NORMAL WEST
TODAY...WARMER EAST WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATER.

LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
ADJUSTED WIND SPEEDS AND POPS SLIGHTLY FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES WITH THIS PACKAGE.

AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING EASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND EXPECT THAT TREND TO
CONTINUE...WITH KCLT DEVELOPING A LOW CLOUD CEILING BEFORE SUNRISE.
ONCE IN THE MVFR...EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE AS A PREVAILING CONDITION
THROUGH AT LEAST THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. MODELS SHOW A LARGE SWATH OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z. HOWEVER...
EXPECT PRECIP TO BE OFF AN ON AND SHOWERY...WITH STRETCHES OF GOOD
VISIBILITY IN TROPICAL AIR. THE TEMPO GROUP IS TAILOR MADE FOR THIS
SCENARIO SO I WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT...AND MOVE THE PRECIP
FORECAST TO TEMPO CONDITIONS AT MOST TAF SITES. EXPECT BULK OF
PRECIP TO MOVE NORTH AND FADE WITH SUNSET...SO HAVE OPTED FOR A VCSH
AFTER 00Z WITH A LOW CLOUD CEILING HANGING ON. LOOKING AHEAD...
GUIDANCE SHOWS CEILINGS DROPPING INTO IFR RANGE IN SOME CASES TOWARD
12Z WEDNESDAY...SO THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEXT ISSUANCE.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GAZ010-017 UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY.
  ...FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY.
  ...TORNADO WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 2 PM
     TUESDAY.
  ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067 UNTIL 8 AM
     WEDNESDAY.
  ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-065>072-082 UNTIL
     4 PM TUESDAY.
  ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-048>050-053-064-065 UNTIL 4 PM
     TUESDAY.
  ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ034-054-055-066-067 UNTIL 6 PM
     TUESDAY.
  ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064 UNTIL 2 PM
     TUESDAY.
  ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063 UNTIL 4 PM
     TUESDAY.
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>005 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY.
  ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SCZ001>014-019 UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY.
  ...WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>003 UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY.
  ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ004>007-010-011 UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...LG

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 6:45 AM EDT, 7 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED SPELLING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

GAZ010-017-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-311045-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA WILL CONTINUE STREAMING INTO THE
AREA TODAY. RAINFALL COULD BE EXTREMELY HEAVY THIS MORNING...WITH
RAINFALL EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR HIGHER ELEVATION
LOCATIONS WITH A SOUTHERN EXPOSURE...WHERE ADDITIONAL LOCAL
RAINFALL COULD SURPASS 3 INCHES A FEW LOCATIONS. A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD
WATCH...ISSUED UNDER THE HEADER CAEFFAGSP...FOR DETAILS.

IMPRESSIVE SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTION. DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD AFFECT THE REGION
THIS MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 2 PM
EDT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST THIS
AFTERNOON.

COINCIDENT WITH THE STRONG WIND PROFILES WILL BE GUSTY WINDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND A FEW
HIGHER ELEVATION SPOTS COULD SEE BRIEF GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH UNTIL
EARLY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES HAS BEEN POSTED
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AT SOME POINT TODAY.

GAZ018-026-SCZ004-005-311045-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF
HURRICANE KATRINA WILL AFFECT THE AREA AGAIN TODAY. RAINFALL OF 1
TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH RAIN IS
FORECAST TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE THE FLOOD WATCH
ISSUED UNDER THE HEADER CAEFFAGSP FOR DETAILS.

IMPRESSIVE SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTION. DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD AFFECT THE REGION
THIS MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 2
PM EDT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST THIS
AFTERNOON.

COINCIDENT WITH THE STRONG WIND PROFILES WILL BE GUSTY WINDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A WIND
ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES HAS BEEN POSTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AT SOME POINT TODAY.

GAZ028-029-NCZ066-067-SCZ006-007-010>012-019-311045-
HART-ELBERT-POLK-RUTHERFORD-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF
HURRICANE KATRINA WILL AFFECT THE AREA AGAIN TODAY. WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR SO IS EXPECTED ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED
SPOTS MAY RECEIVE SLIGHTLY MORE. THERE COULD BE SOME URBAN
FLOODING IN ANY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

IMPRESSIVE SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTION. DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD AFFECT THE REGION
THIS MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA
UNTIL 2 PM EDT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DECREASE FROM THE
WEST THIS AFTERNOON.

COINCIDENT WITH THE STRONG WIND PROFILES WILL BE GUSTY WINDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A WIND
ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES HAS BEEN POSTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AT SOME POINT TODAY.

NCZ033>037-049-050-054>057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-311045-
AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-MCDOWELL-
BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAINFALL WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE
MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE
KATRINA EDGE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS WITH A SOUTHERN
EXPOSURE. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES FOR THE PIEDMONT...BUT MUCH LESS THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED
OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD
WATCH...UNDER THE HEADER CAEFFAGSP...FOR FLOOD WATCH DETAILS.

STRENGTHENING VERTICAL WIND PROFILES THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER
TODAY...ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO
WARM UP A BIT. THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS IS IN A
MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
THE REAL POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...ISSUED UNDER THE
HEADER CAESPSGSP...FOR DETAILS.

SURFACE WINDS COULD INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS...WHERE A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES HAS BEEN ISSUED.
HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. WIND SPEEDS FOR THE
PIEDMONT ARE GENERALLY FORECAST IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE...THOUGH
GUSTS NEAR ANY STRONG STORMS COULD BE MUCH HIGHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AT SOME POINT TODAY.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 30, 9:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
953 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKESVILLE            34.61N 83.52W
08/30/2005                   HABERSHAM          GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES BLOCKING ROADS ACROSS THE
            COUNTY.

0700 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BRYSON CITY             35.43N 83.45W
08/30/2005                   SWAIN              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TRESS AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0700 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FRANKLIN                35.18N 83.38W
08/30/2005                   MACON              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN IN HIGHLANDS AND COUNTYWIDE.

0700 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SYLVA                   35.37N 83.22W
08/30/2005                   JACKSON            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TRESS DOWN ALL OVER COUNTY.

0700 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROBBINSVILLE            35.32N 83.81W
08/30/2005                   GRAHAM             NC   AIRPLANE PILOT

            TREES DOWN IN SNOWBIRD AREA AND AROUND THE COUNTY.

0700 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BRYSON CITY             35.43N 83.45W
08/30/2005                   SWAIN              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN ALL OVER COUNTY.

&&

SBK

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1000 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-302000-
ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CABARRUS-
CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-ELBERT-
FRANKLIN GA-GASTON-GRAHAM-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART-
HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-IREDELL-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-
MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK NC-RABUN-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD-
SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-UNION NC-
UNION SC-YANCEY-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ASHEVILLE...
BREVARD...CHARLOTTE...CHEROKEE...CHESTER...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...
CONCORD...ELBERTON...FRANKLIN...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE...
GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HENDERSONVILLE...HICKORY...LAURENS...
LINCOLNTON...MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON...NEWLAND...
ROCK HILL...RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG...
SPRUCE PINE...STATESVILLE...SYLVA...TOCCOA...TRYON...UNION...
WAYNESVILLE
1000 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

...TORNADO WATCH 758 CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM FOR NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...AND OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA WEST OF
ASHEVILLE...

...TORNADO WATCH 759 IS IN AFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE SOUTHERN AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BETWEEN ASHEVILLE AND BEECH MOUNTAIN...INTO THE
NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...AND FOR ALL OF THE
UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 4 PM...

TROPICAL STORM KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH AND NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. A HUMID AND UNSTABLE TROPICAL
AIR MASS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWEST PART OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.

THE INGREDIENTS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A FEW TORNADOES.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A TORNADO WARNING
IS ISSUED.

TJB

Local storm report, Aug 30, 12:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1226 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1219 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG JONAS RIDGE             35.97N 81.89W
08/30/2005                   BURKE              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR JONAS RIDGE. RESPONDING OFFICER
            REPORTED HIGH WINDS ON SITE.

&&

CED

Local storm report, Aug 30, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1234 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG NEWLAND                 36.09N 81.93W
08/30/2005                   AVERY              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY.

&&

CED

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:36 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
136 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

NCZ051-058-301830-
GRAHAM-SWAIN-
136 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REMOVED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
FROM THE TORNADO WATCH...

IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

GRAHAM AND SWAIN.

ONLY GRAHAM AND SWAIN COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH...
ALL OTHER COUNTIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REMAIN UNDER A TORNADO
WATCH UNTIL 9 PM.

LANE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 9:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Macon	47 min
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

Nearby

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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.