Severe thunderstorms developed in Anderson County as a strong cold front crossed western South Carolina on the afternoon of the 9th.
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Severe thunderstorms developed in Anderson County as a strong cold front crossed western South Carolina on the afternoon of the 9th.
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 Jul 9, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 323 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001 SW HALF OF THE CWA IS CURRENTLY UNDER A SVR TSTM WATCH. A COUPLE CLUSTERS OF TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE THETA-E AXIS OVER SE TN...NE GA AND WRN SC. THE ETA SEEMS TO HAVE A REASONABLY GOOD HANDLE ON LOCATION OF H5 VORT CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL KY. THIS FEATURE IS PROGGED TO DROP ALMOST DUE S AROUND THE RETROGRADING H5 RIDGE. IN FACT...BEST FORCING MAY MISS THE CWA TO THE W. THIS MAKES SENSE AS THE BEST H8 THERMAL RIDGE WAS LOCATED A LITTLE SW OF CWA BASED ON 12Z HAND ANALYSIS. STILL...THERE SHOULD BE GOOD COVERAGE OVER THE WRN ZONES UNTIL THE VORT SWINGS BY. AFTER THAT THINGS BEGIN TO SLOWLY DRY OUT AS A L/W TROF BEGINS TO DEEPEN OVER THE E. LOOKS LIKE TUE WL BE THE FIRST DAY IN A WHILE WHERE WE WON/T HAVE MCS DEBRIS OVER MOST OF THE CWA. WHILE THE WND FIELDS BECOME EVEN WEAKER THAN TDA...AND H5 TEMPS RISE TO AROUND -4...DWPTS WL REMAIN HIGH...AND ADDED SUN MEANS JUST ABOUT ANYONE COULD SEE SOME TSRA...JUST NOTHING ORGANIZED OR VERY LONG LIVED. HENCE...30 POPS. DRIER YET ON WED AS FRONT COMES THROUGH THE AREA. PRETTY GOOD THICKNESS PACKING ON THE ETA...AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN THE BNDRY LAYER DRIES OUT BY AFTN. HOWEVER...WED MAY BE OUR HOTTEST DAY OF THIS WHOLE RECENT STRING OF DAYS. AT LEAST M90S...AND MAYBE A DEGREE OR TWO MORE. A VERY IFFY...BUT DRY...EXTENDED. FRONT STALLS QUITE CLOSE TO THE AREA WED NGHT AND THU. SOME SIGN THAT AN MCS WL JUST CLIP THE WRN ZONES WED NGHT...AND MAYBE AGAIN LATE THU. AFTER THAT LOOKS LIKE THE TROF DEEPENS AND COOLER...DRY CONDITIONS WL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL DAYS (STILL NEVER A COMPLETELY SAFE BET W/NW FLOW IN JULY). FCSTID = 14 GSP 71 93 70 94 / 40 30 20 20 AND 71 93 70 94 / 60 30 30 20 CLT 71 93 70 94 / 30 30 20 20 HKY 67 90 67 91 / 30 30 20 20 AVL 65 86 65 86 / 490 30 20 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1147 AM EDT MON JUL 09 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 AM BRYSON CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01 SWAIN 4 REPORTS OF TREES ON
ROADS IN BRYSON CITY BY
SWAIN EOC.
605 PM MARSHALL NC WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MADISON TREE FELL ON HOUSE OFF
US-23 NEAR TN BORDER.
NUMEROUS TREES ON ROADS
ACROSS COUNTY. REPORTED
BY MADISON EOC.
715 PM 3 S CANTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 HAYWOOD 2 TRrEES BLOCKING ROADWAYS
REPORTED BY HAYWOOD EOC.
LAMBGAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>066-SCZ001>007- 010>012-019-092245- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1258 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. IN PARTICULAR...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE WEST OF GREENVILLE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY. AREAS FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE TOO MUCH CLOUD COVER TO BECOME UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE STRONGER THAN ORIGINALLY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...AN ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP SOMEWHERE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. IF THE COMPLEX DOES DEVELOP...A RATHER LARGE AREA OF DAMAGING WINDS WOULD RESULT. EVEN IF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE SCATTERED...INDIVIDUAL CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOR THE MOST PART...LARGE HAIL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
241 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
140 AM SPRING CREEK NC WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01 MADISON GAS STATION REPORTED
NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ON
ROADWAYS.
240 AM FONTANA VILLAGE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/09/01 GRAHAM MURPHY DISPATCH REPORTED
SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES
DOWNED ON ROADS IN
FONTANA VILLAGE.
LAMBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines brought down by the wind. Widespread power outages. Some trees fell onto cars.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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