1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 9:38 AM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1038 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001 FEW CHANGES NEEDED TO GOING FORECAST...OTHER THAN REMOVING MORNING WORDING. WILL MAKE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT UP IN SURFACE DEWPOINTS...ESPECIALLY EAST WHERE MID 70S DOMINATE. WITH SLIGHT INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND BETTER FORCING FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE VORT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD MAX OUT AT...OR A LITTLE BELOW...LEVELS REACHED THURSDAY. LARGE CONVECTIVE CLUSTER IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN TENNESSEE PUSHING SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF VORT AND ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE...SO HIGHEST POPS IN OUR WESTERN ZONES STILL LUKS GOOD. AGAIN TODAY...WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...BUT MEAN FLOW TODAY IS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN ON PREVIOUS DAYS. FCSTID = 44 GSP 92 72 90 71 / 40 30 40 40 AND 93 73 90 72 / 40 30 40 40 CLT 95 72 91 72 / 40 30 40 40 HKY 90 70 90 70 / 50 40 50 50 AVL 86 69 84 67 / 60 60 60 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. BURRUS
The Greer radar (KGSP), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
3 or 4 power poles snapped and other power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. A few trees were blown down.
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