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 Nov 10, 9:31 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 931 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 OVERALL...ZFP AND GRIDS IN GOOD SHAPE AND WILL PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL 10-11 PM...CLOSER TO EXPIRATION TIME OF WW 749...TO ADJUST SVR WX WORDING AND ALSO TO CLEAN UP EVENING PCPN MENTIONS. SINCE EARLY EVENING...HAVE SEEN INCREASING CVRG OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDER ACRS UPSLOPE AREAS...PROGGED WELL BY 18Z ETA TO EXPAND AND SHIFT NWD THRU LATE EVENING. UPSTREAM...SUPERCELLS IN THE HIGHLY SHEARED AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT FROM ERN TENN BACK INTO MS...HAVE CONTINUED TO TREK NE. EASTWARD EVOLVING SQUALL LINE COINCIDENT WITH COLD FRONT LOOKS TO BE CATCHING UP TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CELLS...AND AWAITING POSSIBILITY OF WHOLE AREA DEVELOPING IN LINEAR SVR MCS OVER NEXT SVRL HOURS AND THEN SWEEP INTO NC MTNS. 00Z AREA SNDGS INDICATING A LESSER DEGREE OF INSTABILITY...ON THE ORDER OF 600-1200 J/KG...THAN WHAT SVR CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN...BUT AN EXPECTEDLY STG SHEAR ENVIRONMENT IS PRESENT WITH 0-3 KM SRH VALUES OF AROUND 400-450 M2/S2 TO AID IN LLVL ORGANIZATION. STG UVVS SHOULD EASILY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED STG-SVR DEEP CONVECTION INTO THE NC MTNS...BUT LARGE SCALE LIFT DOES SEEM TO WEAKEN THEREAFTER. WELL HAVE TO WAIT & SEE HOW MUCH AND HOW STRONG OF A COOL POOL DEVELOPS TO SUPPORT ACTIVITY EAST OF THE MTNS DURING THE LATE NITE HOURS. FCSTID = 55 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR NC/NE GA MTNS. SC...NONE.
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-101300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHERN GEORGIA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT TONIGHT...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ON TUESDAY...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1000 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 ...SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY OVERNIGHT IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. THIS STORM SYSTEM... WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY TORNADOES...WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE...ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP THIS STORM SYSTEM TOGETHER AS IT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH 5 AM. IF THE SQUALL LINE HOLDS TOGETHER... THEN THE SEVERE THREAT WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET IN CASE ANY WATCHES OR WARNING ARE ISSUED. HG
NCZ051-058-110600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1208 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SMOKIES SHORTLY AFTER 1 AM. AREAS FROM AROUND ROBBINSVILLE TO BRYSON CITY WILL EXPERIENCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. IF STORMS CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH AS THEY APPROACH THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 55
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down and power outages occurred across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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