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 2, 2:04 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 304 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 SCT CONVECTION ONGOING ATTM. BEST COVERAGE OVER MTNS...BUT WILL EXPAND OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. SOME OF THE CELLS ARE STRONG AND CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM THIS EVENING. POP IN THE ZONES WILL BE HIER THAN CCF POP BELOW...BUT STILL SCT. AFTER THIS EVENING MOISTURE DECREASES OVER THE AREA. THETA-E VALUES DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. EVEN WITH CONTINUED COOL MID LEVEL TEMPS ATMOS REMAINS STABLE SATURDAY. MOISTURE GREATER TO OUR NORTH SO FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH NO PRECIP. SUNDAY COULD BE INTERESTING. AVN LONE MDL INDICATING TREMENDOUS MOISTURE AND LIFT INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH...SPREADING PRECIP ACROSS ALL CWFA. WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT SCENARIO FOR NOW...BUT WILL INCREASE CLOUDS OVER THE AREA AS ETA DOES SHOW UPSLOPE FLOW AND A LITTLE MOISTURE INCREASE. TEMPS SAT MAYBE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. TRENDED A LITTLE COOLER SUNDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS...BUT NOT AS COOL AS THE MAV. GSP 70 93 68 88 / 20 10 10 20 AND 70 93 69 88 / 20 10 10 20 CLT 70 93 69 89 / 20 10 10 20 HKY 68 91 68 88 / 20 20 10 20 AVL 65 88 63 84 / 20 10 10 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Some 6" diameter trees were blown down near the intersection of Interstate 77 and Harrison Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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