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 Dec 17, 3:00 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EST MON DEC 17 2001 AREA OF RAIN MOVING INTO WRN MOUNTAINS OF NC IS OF PRIMARY CONCERN. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH BRINGING THE MAIN FORCING FOR PRECIP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND MAKING A QUICK EXIT BY 06Z TUESDAY. SEE NO REASON TO DISPUTE THIS WITH THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIP ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER MIDDLE TN AS OF 20Z. WILL GO WITH AN 80 PERCENT RAIN CHANCE ACROSS ALL ZONES EVEN THOUGH THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WILL BE WORKING INTO THE WESTERN ZONES AT 6 PM. WORDING WILL BE MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN MOST AREAS EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN ZONES. WILL KEEP THE WIND ADVISORY GOING UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES IN THE MID EVENING SINCE THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS TO BRING SOME HIGHER WIND GUSTS DOWN TO RIDGETOP LEVEL. SHORT WAVE SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY OFF THE E COAST TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT LINGERING SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS IN THE MORNING AS WRAPAROUND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS FORCED UP THE WESTERN SLOPES...OTHERWISE A GRADUAL CLEARING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...CLEARING WILL BE MORE PRONOUNCED AND RAPID BY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY AS A STRONG DOWNSLOPE WIND DEVELOPS. THE DOWNSLOPE WIND SHOULD COUNTER THE COLD ADVECTION AT LOW LEVELS. WILL STICK CLOSE TO NUMERICAL GUIDANCE. UPPER RIDGING WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TUESDAY AND MOST OF WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD SPELL FAIR WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND GUIDANCE IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED. THE ETA AND AVN ARE CONSISTENT BRING A SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE EFFECT ON OUR WEATHER WILL BE MINIMAL AS THIS UPPER SYSTEM WILL REMAIN CUT OFF FROM GULF AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE. QUIET AND SEASONABLY COOL WEATHER WILL DOMINATE DAYS 3-5 AS A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ON THURSDAY GIVES WAY TO HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE REGION FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. EXTENDED RANGE MODELS INDICATE SOME INCREASING HIGH LVL RH SATURDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A DEEPENING RETURN FLOW ON SUNDAY OUT AHEAD OF STRONG S/WV MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS. BEST COMBINATION OF DEEP MOISTURE & LIFT LOOKS TO BE SUN NITE INTO MONDAY & FOR NOW...WILL CONFINE SHOWER MENTION TO DAY 7. FCSTID = 10 GSP 45 62 33 60 / 80 0 0 0 AND 46 63 33 61 / 80 0 0 0 CLT 50 63 33 60 / 80 0 0 0 HKY 45 60 31 57 / 80 0 0 0 AVL 43 56 30 56 / 80 10 0 0 .GSP... GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONE GAZ010. NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ033...NCZ048>053...NCZ058>059...NCZ062>065. SC...NONE. MOORE/55
The Greer radar (KGSP), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
3 trees were blown down across roads. Trees also reported down in other parts of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, December 2001
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