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 17, 9:53 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1053 AM EDT SAT AUG 17 2002 UPDATED PRIMARILY TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING. ISOLATED BAND OF SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE UPSTATE THIS MORNING AS FORECAST. SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST TODAY...EXPECT STRATO CU FIELD TO CONTINUE INCREASING. LIKELY POPS SHOULD HANDLE SITUATION WELL. OPENED UP TEMP RANGE ACROSS UPSTATE AS TEMPS MAY VARY MORE WITH A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HANDEL
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-172345- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 115 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2002 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS...WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE SAME THING WILL OCCUR AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AN UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION DURING THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE A LITTLE STRONGER AND A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE IS A LITTLE TOO WARM AND MOIST FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO TONIGHT...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND DIME SIZED HAIL. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. WHILE THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY TODAY...A FEW LOCATIONS MAY STILL SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...AND RISK OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A sign was blown out of a store, the roof of a fire station was damaged, and several trees were blown down on the east side of Greenville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2002
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