1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 23, 1:25 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC ISSUED BY NWS COLUMBIA SC 225 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001 500 MB SHORT WAVE IN THE SRN GT LKS REGION FCST TO RAPIDLY PUSH SOUTH INTO THE AREA TNGT. 850 MB THERMAL BOUNDARY MOVES S THRU THE MTNS INTO THE UPSTATE OF SC BY 12Z FRI. THESE FEATURES ALONG WITH WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY AND AN INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE WILL COMBINE TO YIELD A CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION TNGT. WILL GO WITH A 40 TO 50 POP TNGT WITH HIGHEST POPS IN NRN PART OF CWA. THE UPPER SHORTWAVE AND 850 MB THERMAL BOUNDARY MOVE S THROUGH SC ON FRI. WITH LINGERING LO LVL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ON FRI WILL KEEP A SMALL CHC POP. HI PRES RIDGES INTO AREA ON SAT WITH ANOTHER UPPER SHORT WAVE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM WEST LATE SUN. WILL NOT HAVE A POP FOR FRI NGT THRU SAT NGT. WILL BRING BACK CHC FOR AFTN SHWRS AND TSTMS SUN AFTN NWRN ZONES WITH APPROACHING SHORT WAVE. WILL KEEP A CHC FOR MAINLY DIURNAL SHWRS/TSTMS IN EXTENDED AS WEAKNESS IN UPPER LVL PATTERN JUST UPSTREAM PERSISTS THRU PERIOD. GUIDANCE TEMPS APPEAR REASONABLE AND WILL BE GENERALLY ACCEPTED. PRELIM NUMBERS: GSP BB 069/089 067/087 067 33- AND BB 068/090 068/088 068 33- CLT BB 069/087 067/087 066 43- HKY BB 065/085 064/084 064 43- AVL BB 063/086 061/083 063 441 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. 04
NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-240200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 315 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...AND VIRGINIA...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS COLD FRONT SHOULD APPROACH NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE LACKING TO ANY GREAT DEGREE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS MOISTURE MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL AS THEY MOVE IN FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...DURING THE HOURS FROM 6 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE LESS ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. MOORE
NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-240200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 334 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...AND VIRGINIA...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS COLD FRONT SHOULD APPROACH NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE LACKING TO ANY GREAT DEGREE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS MOISTURE MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL AS THEY MOVE IN FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...DURING THE HOURS FROM 6 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE LESS ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. MOORE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees blown down in town. Marble-sized hail (1/2 inch) also observed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2001
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