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 30, 2:53 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 353 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2002 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWFA TODAY. WILL DETERMINE JUST BEFORE ISSUANCE WHETHER TO INCLUDE ISOLATED OR SCT EVENING CONVECTION. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. CWFA REMAINS JUST EAST OF THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WITH A SURFACE TROF MEANDERING ACROSS THE AREA. WEAK IMPULSES ROTATE SOUTH DOWN THE RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH WITH SOMEWHAT DEEPER MOISTURE RETURNING TUESDAY. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND TROF TO PROVIDE THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. ATMOS REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH NO APPRECIABLE MID LEVEL WARMING NOTED. HARD TO PINPOINT WHERE AFT CONVECTION WILL OCCUR...SO WILL MENTION LOW CHC POP ACROSS ALL CWFA. NOTHING TO INDICATE MUCH ORGANIZATION...SO WILL JUST INCLUDE FOR AFT. SFC FNT MOVES SOUTH OF THE CWFA SATURDAY. ATMOS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE UNTIL THEN. WILL INCLUDE CHC AFT POP ALL AREAS THRU FRI. WILL KEEP SAT AND SUN DRY FOR NOW AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN. GSP 69 91 70 91 / 20 30 20 30 AND 69 91 70 91 / 20 30 20 30 CLT 69 90 70 92 / 10 30 20 30 HKY 68 89 68 90 / 10 30 20 30 AVL 64 85 65 86 / 20 30 20 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
The Greer radar (KGSP), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Powerlines were blown down near Memorial Hospital and along Augusta Road. Trees were also blown onto houses.
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