1 lightning, 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 May 24, 2:16 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2001 UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN US IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO ROTATE DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE AREA INTO FRIDAY EVENING. DEEPER MOISTURE JUST TO OUR WEST WILL ADVECT OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY LESSEN WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA LATE FRIDAY. GOOD Q FORCING...OMEGA UPLIFT AND UPPER DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER JET THAT WILL MOVE IN... SHOULD SPREAD ACROSS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL PROVIDE GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE INSTABILITY SHOULD HELP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. WITH WET BULB ZEROES NEAR 8000 FEET AND THE UPPER JET MOVING ACROSS THERE COULD EVEN BE A FEW SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP. I WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON EVEN THOUGH OVER ALL MOISTURE LESSENS AND COLD FRONT WILL BE EAST OF THE CWA. SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE AND LAPSE RATES AGAIN BECOME QUITE STEEP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. ALSO UPPER TROF NOT THROUGH YET. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT BEST MOISTURE AND THE DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL LIFT NORTH OF THIS CWA FOR THE LAST PORTION OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. FCSTID = 69 GSP 62 78 56 79 / 60 50 40 30 AND 62 78 55 78 / 60 50 40 30 CLT 60 78 58 80 / 30 50 40 3Z0 HKY 60 77 54 77 / 50 50 40 30 AVL 57 72 50 72 / 60 60 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning was suspected to have caused a fire which destroyed a plastic recycling plant.
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, May 2001
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