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 Jul 10, 2:26 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 326 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 AT 19Z...SYNOPTIC SCALE SFC BNDRY LOOKS TO BE ACRS SRN KY WITH SVRL SMALLER SCALE BNDRYS LOCATED SE OF THIS FEATURE. TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG THESE AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES THRU THE EVENING. LOOKS LIKE AN ISOLATED PULSE SVR THREAT WILL CONTINUE THRU EARLY EVENING AS WE WAIT FOR SYNOPTIC SCALE BNDRY OVER SRN KY ATTM...TO SINK SWD. SOME DIFFERENCES STILL EXIST WRT TIMING OF THE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF COLD FRONT ACRS THE CWFA...WITH AVN STILL ABT 6 OR SO HRS LATER WITH WIND SHIFT & HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THIS SOLUTION. BASED OF CVRG OF DIURNALLY FIRED DEEP CONVECTION ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG LLVL BNDRYS ...PROBABLY CAN GET AWAY WITH LIKELYS EVERYWHERE FOR THE 12 HR POP FOR TONIGHT...BUT WILL FINE TUNE THIS CLOSER TO ZFP RELEASE TIME. ALL MDLS STILL IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WRT TO LOCATION OF HEAVIEST PCPN...ALONG & EAST OF VORT EMBEDDED IN NW FLOW...MAINLY EAST OF THE CWFA. ON THURSDAY...STILL UNCERTAIN ON HOW FAR SW LLVL DRY AIR ADVECTS IN WAKE OF FRONT...BUT CONSENSUS FCST IS ADVERTISING MOST IF NOT ALL OF CWFA REMAINING UNDER A CONSIDERABLE AMNT OF LLVL RH THRU THE DAY...WITH EVEN AVN GENERATING PCPN AS FAR NORTH AS MY NORTHERN NC TIER. SO PLAN ON KEEPING CHC POPS GOING...WHICH IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MRX/RNK ZONES. A SIMILAR DILEMMA ARISES FOR FRIDAY AS A STRGR NORTHERN STREAM S/WV DIVES SE TOWARD THE CWFA... DEVELOPING/ENHANCING WAVE ALONG OLD FRONTAL BNDRY. THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SCALE LIFT OUT AHEAD OF THE UPPER WAVE & INCREASED LLVL UPGLIDE/UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD NOTABLY INCREASE PCPN CVRG ACRS THE REGION. BUT AGAIN...THE DEGREE OF LLVL DRY AIR WEDGED INTO THE CWFA REMAINS UNCERTAIN...WITH AVN ONCE AGAIN MORE AGGRESSIVE IN SPREADING PCPN BACK NWD ACRS THE CWFA. WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS TREND WHICH SUPPORTS THE GOING FCST & IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ADJACENT ZONES. LTL CHANGE IN THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN FOR SATURDAY WITH A COMBO OF UVVS FROM NORTHERN STREAM WAVE & SE LLVL FLOW KEEPING CHC FOR PCPN GOING CWFA WIDE. UPPER PATTERN ACRS THE SE US WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION BACK TO TYPICAL SUMMERTIME REGIME THRU DAYS 4-7 WITH SW FLOW ALOFT GIVING WAY TO BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE. FCSTID = 55 GSP 71 83 67 81 / 50 30 30 40 AND 71 85 68 82 / 50 30 30 40 CLT 70 82 66 80 / 50 30 30 30 HKY 68 80 64 79 / 50 20 20 30 AVL 66 78 63 78 / 50 30 30 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
210 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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205 PM HARTWELL GA .88 INCH HAIL
07/10/02 HART NICKEL SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY COUNTY 911 ON
SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN.
HANDELThe Greer radar (KGSP), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and powerlines were blown down. A fence was also blown down.
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