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 22, 12:43 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 143 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED FOR NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 798. WILL ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WORDING TO ALL REMAINING ZONES NOT IN WW798 IN ANTICIPATION OF ANOTHER WATCH FARTHER EAST IN SC/NC. A FEW TWEAKS WILL ALSO BE MADE BASED ON TRENDS IN OBSERVATIONS...MAINLY TO BUMP UP POPS TO CATEGORICAL TO THE WEST AND TO RAISE CLOUD COVER ACCORDINGLY. TEMPS WILL BE RAISED A FEW DEGREES ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT WHERE ADDITIONAL HEATING WILL TAKE PLACE...AND LOWERED ACROSS THE SC LOWER PIEDMONT WHERE CLOUDS/EARLIER PRECIP WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM RECOVERING ALL THE WAY. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 1120 AM... WILL ISSUE LATE MORNING UPDATE TO CLEAN UP WORDING... BUT FORECAST FOR THE REST OF TODAY IS GOING TO REMAIN ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED. LIKELY AND HIGH CHANCE POPS WILL CONTINUE. THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN TIP OF OUR CWA NOW. MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES FAIRLY WELL-DEFINED REGION OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND UPWARD MOTION WILL AFFECT AREA... CERTAINLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. LATEST LAPS AND MSAS INDICATE MOST UNSTABLE AIR IS ACTUALLY JUST TO OUR EAST AND SOUTHEAST. EARLIER RUC AND 12Z ETA FORECAST DOWNWARD MOTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS DURING AFTERNOON... SO CURRENT STRONG CONVECTION JUST TO OUR WEST WILL BE MOVING INTO A LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVERE... AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM. LGL
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 607 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH DAMAGING WIND THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DURING THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED DURING THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AGAIN TONIGHT...AND WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TONIGHT...AND THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SCATTERED FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. BURRUS
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-222000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1127 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...NORTHERN GEORGIA...AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE LATE THIS MORNING. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SHIFT EAST...AFFECTING EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE WESTERN UPSTATE...AND THE NC MOUNTAINS BY MID AFTERNOON. THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE UPSTATE COULD SEE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ALSO AFFECT THE REGION. ALL LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA COULD SEE SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME HAIL OF DIME-SIZE OR LARGER...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT...AS SOMEWHAT COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND AND HAIL POTENTIAL...THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE FLOODING THREAT WILL BE AMPLIFIED IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL OVER OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS AND MOVES ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THEREFORE...SEVERE WEATHER COULD ALSO OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. JRL
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-221915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 215 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING RAPIDLY FROM NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. IF THE LINE HOLDS TOGETHER...IT WILL REACH THE COUNTIES OF RABUN...HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...AND HART BY 230 PM TO 245 PM. EVENTUALLY...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ALL OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND INTO WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 230 PM AND 3 PM. RESIDENTS IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE MEDIA FOR UPCOMING WEATHER WARNINGS AND PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MOORE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down.
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