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 May 21, 1:38 PM EST, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 238 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE REACHES AREA THIS EVENING IN RUC...CROSSING AREA TONIGHT. THIS FEATURE ACCOMPANIED BY UPPER DIVERGENCE...OMEGA AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. CAPES REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE EVENING... MID LEVELS TO BE SOMEWHAT DRY. DIRECTIONAL SHEAR DECREASES HOWEVER. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO PEAK AROUND 06Z...WITH MOUNTAINS MOST FAVORED. MODELS DIFFER ON FROPA...BUT GENERALLY CLUSTER AROUND AN AFTERNOON FROPA AT GSP AND EARLY EVENING AT CLT. OMEGA/UL DIVERGENCE/LL CONVERGENCE PEAK AGAIN NEAR FROPA...WHEN COLUMN MOIST SFC-400 MB. DRYING FROM W BEGINS TUE AFTERNOON IN MOUNTAINS. DOWNSLOPE DOES NOT LAST LONG ENOUGH TO SAVE LEE OF MOUNTAINS FROM COLD ADVECTION WED. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE UPPER LOW REACHES TN LINE THU. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DIFFER REGARDING SURFACE LOW AND ITS MOISTURE...AS WELL AS ANY COASTAL DEVLOPMENT ON A SECONDARY FRONT DOWNSTREAM. STUCK WITH THE MAIN FACTS FOR EXTENDED: LARGE CLOSED LOW AND MOISTURE TO NW...WITH SOME AMOUNT OF UPSLOPE COMPONENT ON TN LINE. WITH THAT IN MIND...KEPT CLOUDS/SHOWERS/COLD NC MOUNTAINS THU-SUN...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOL E OF MOUNTAINS...MODERATING TOWARD WEEKEND. ONE EXCEPTION WAS FRI WHEN MODELS BRING SECONDARY FRONT ACROSS FROM W...WHICH HAS CONSISTENCY FROM YESTERDAYS RUNS. CARRYING POPS ALL LOCATIONS FRI. FCSTID = 7 GSP 67 77 52 75 / 60 70 20 10 AND 68 78 53 76 / 60 70 20 10 CLT 66 76 51 74 / 60 70 30 10 HKY 65 75 50 72 / 60 70 10 10 AVL 63 71 46 68 / 70 70 10 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm survey found area of downed trees 2 miles west of the highway 11/14 interchange.
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, May 2001
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