A strong pressure gradient developed as a strong cold front crossed the region, followed by a prolonged period of cold advection. A 50-knot low-level jet contributed to the damage.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A strong pressure gradient developed as a strong cold front crossed the region, followed by a prolonged period of cold advection. A 50-knot low-level jet contributed to the damage.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Oct 13, 8:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 925 PM EDT SAT OCT 13 2001 MAIN CONCERN FOR TONIGHT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHING THE WESTERN CAROLINAS BEFORE 12Z. HAVE NOTICED A DECREASE IN THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL/NRN AL IN THE PAST HOUR WHICH HOPEFULLY BODES WELL. CURRENT ZONES HAVE A CATEGORICAL PRECIP FCST FOR TONITE. THINK THIS WILL WORK OUT ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA AS LEADING EDGE OF SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE NW CORNER OF GA COULD REACH GRAHAM COUNTY AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT...BUT MOST LIKELY THE WESTERN ZONES WILL GET THE SHOWERS IN THE 06Z TO 10Z TIME FRAME. AM CONCERNED THAT RAIN MIGHT NOT REACH THE EASTERN ZONES BY SUNRISE...BUT I AM NOT ABOUT TO LOWER THE POP AT THIS POINT. WILL JUST MASSAGE THE WORDING TO INDICATE THE RAIN MOVING IN AROUND DAYBREAK. FORECAST LOW TEMPS LOOK TOO COOL OVER WEST IN LIGHT OF THE WARM ADVECTION EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...DEWPOINTS THAT SHOULD STAY THE SAME OR RISE A FEW DEGREES...AND INCREASING CLOUD COVER. WILL BUMP UP TEMPS A CATEGORY IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT MIGHT LEAVE THEM ALONE OVER THE EASTERN ZONES. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind began blowing hard around midnight, causing numerous trees to fall. Widespread power outages occurred in some areas.
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