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 Jul 17, 9:16 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1016 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003 STRONG TSTMS CONTINUING OVER THE SOUTHERN MTNS LATE THIS EVENING WITH STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF UPSTATE SC ATTM. STILL EXPECT MOST OF THEM TO DISSIPATE AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH COOLING...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON UPDATE UNTIL THEN. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-171200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY...MAINLY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY IN THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MICROBURST TYPE WIND DAMAGE. THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 427 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ON ANY GIVEN DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MOORE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
957 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
950 PM 1 N SENECA SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/03 OCONEE 3/4 INCH HAIL AND TREES
DOWN REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
RBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1010 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1009 PM SENECA SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/03 OCONEE SPOTTER REPORT.
JATThe Greer radar (KGSP), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
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