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 27, 8:10 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 910 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 RADAR/SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE MCS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GA MAKING STEADY PROGRESS TOWARD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. ALTHOUGH CLOUD TOP TEMPS CONTINUE TO WARM IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS COMPLEX...MCS WILL HOLD TOGETHER TO AFFECT NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN UPSTATE...AND PROBABLY SOUTHERN NC MOUNTAINS. WILL ISSUE UPDATE TO BUMP POPS TO LIKELY IN ABOVE AREAS. WITH WANING INSTABILITY...AM NOT CONFIDENT ON HOW FAR NORTHEAST INTO OUR CWA MCS WILL TRACK...AND WILL KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE RANGE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. OTHERWISE...FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Some trees were blown down along Interstate 85 near mile marker 14.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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