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 Jun 1, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002 UPPER TROUGH TO E AND CUTOFF LOW IN GULF PRODUCING NW FLOW AND UPPER DIFFLUENCE OVER AREA. STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL IMPULSE TRACKING SE THROUGH VA MAY JUST CLIP OUR AREA...BUT ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH EVENING...ESPECIALLY NC. ANOTHER IMPULSE SCHEDULED FOR 06Z...BUT WITH LOSS OF HEATING WILL JUST PLAY UP MOUNTAINS WITH THIS ONE. YET ANOTHER IMPULSE CROSSES AREA SUN...AND OTHER THAN SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS/DEW POINTS...FORECAST LOOKS SIMILAR TO TODAY. NO VORT MAX SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WILL ALLOW CONVECTION TO ASSUME A REGUALR DIURNAL PATTERN OF AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS INTO EXTENDED. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT APPEARS TO HALT JUST NE OF AREA MON. WITH A FEW MORE CLOUDS AROUND...WILL FOLLOW GUIDANCE AND COOL AREA A FEW DEGREES FROM SUN TO MON. MEANWHILE...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL COME UP WITH THE DEW POINTS...APPROACHING 70 LEE OF MOUNTAINS. LATEST MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SLOWING DOWN PROGRESSION OF UPPER TROF AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY LATE IN THE WEEK...TO THE POINT WHERE IT REMAINS TO OUR WEST THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL KEEP THE FORECAST AREA IN A RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH GUIDANCE POPS ABOVE CLIMO EACH DAY. ALTHO THE FORECAST IS LOOKING LIKE A BROKEN RECORD...FEEL LIKE THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE EACH DAY. LITTLE CHANGE NEEDED TO KEEP TEMPS IN LINE WITH LATEST GUIDANCE. FCSTID =07 GSP 67 95 69 93 / 30 30 30 30 AND 66 96 68 94 / 30 30 30 30 CLT 66 94 68 92 / 40 40 40 40 HKY 65 93 67 91 / 40 40 40 40 AVL 62 90 64 88 / 40 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. JAT/PDM
The Greer radar (KGSP), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down, knocking over other trees and some powerlines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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