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 31, 2:45 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001 VORT MAX IN WSW FLOW PRESENTLY PUSHING CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA...WITH UPSTREAM STRONGER SHORTWAVE OVER ARKLATEX SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE LATER TONIGHT COINCIDENT WITH INCREASING SUPPORT FROM THE UPPER JET ENTRANCE REGION. TIME SECTIONS ARE SATURATED THROUGH THE COLUMN...SO PRECIP SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD OVER MOUNTAINS WITH DECENT COVERAGE EXTENDING INTO PIEDMONT. MODELS STILL LACK AGREEMENT ON FRONTAL TIMING...BUT TREND IS TOWARD SYSTEM STALLING ACROSS THE CAROLINAS BY SATURDAY NIGHT. DEEPENING CUTOFF LOW OVER THE MS VALLEY BY SUN NIGHT SHOULD SEND RETURN FLOW WITH MOISTURE BACK OVER THE BOUNDARY. SPECTRAL RUNS FROM LAST NIGHT APPEARED TO HAVE THE BOUNDARY TOO FAR S BY SUNDAY WITH TOO MUCH DEEP LAYER DRYING OVER THE CAROLINAS. LATEST RUNS ALONG WITH EXTENDED ENSEMBLES POINTING TOWARD MUCH MORE PRECIP IN DYNAMICS AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING LOW FOR SUN NIGHT INTO MON. WILL KEEP THE EARLY EXTENDED WETTER AND COOLER THAN MEX MOS. FCSTID = 33 GSP 70 82 67 82 / 60 60 40 30 AND 70 82 67 82 / 60 60 40 30 CLT 70 82 64 81 / 60 50 30 20 HKY 68 78 62 78 / 60 50 30 20 AVL 65 77 62 78 / 80 60 40 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines blown over from western Pickens County, to just east of the city of Pickens. 3000 homes were without power after the storm.
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