1 flash flood, 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 9, 2:30 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 330 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 TEMPS AGAIN RUNNING FROM THE L90S OVER M70S DWPTS EAST OF THE MTNS...NATURALLY LESSER AMOUNTS WEST. LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWING CAPES GENERALLY 2700-3000 J/KG EAST TO 1400-2000 J/KG WEST. ATTENTION GIVEN TO LARGE CONVECTIVE LINE JUST NORTH OF THE CWA...MOVEMENT AS BEEN ESE. CORFIDI VECTORS PRESENTLY SE...BY 6Z GFS/NOGAPS SO VECTORS MORE OUT OF THE WSW. WILL EXPECT LINE TO INVADE THE NRN MTNS...FTHILLS...AND PIEDMONT BEFORE FAVORING A WESTERLY DIRECTION. AS SLOW MOVING TS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...SOME CONCERNING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAVE DEVELOPED. WILL ISSUE SPS TO HIGHLIGHT THREAT OF SLOW MOVING TS AND TRAINING OVER THE NORN TIER THIS EVENING. THROUGH THURSDAY MOISTURE DEEPENS OVER THE FA...WITH AMP TROF AND INSTABILITY RUNNING HIGH WILL EXPECT IMPROVING COVERAGE THROUGH THE DAY. POPS WILL TREND FROM LIKELY MTNS TO HIGH CHC EAST. AS FRONT AND UPPER SUPPORT SWEEP ACROSS THE FA THURS NIGHT WILL PEAK POPS THURS NIGHT AS FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE MTNS. ETA/MM5 SHOW FRONT BREAK UP A LITTLE WITH THE PASSAGE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...BUT FRONT WILL SHARPEN AS IT MOVES EAST. WILL TAKE POPS UP TO HIGH CHC FOR NOW...BUT LIKELY COVERAGE MAY BE NEED AND FROPA TIMING AND STRENGTH COME BETTER INTO VIEW. WILL TREND POP AND WX OUT OF FA FRI AND FRONT MAKE SLOW PROGRESS TO THE EAST. THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD A LONG WAVE TROF WILL REMAIN OVER THE EAST COAST...IN BETWEEN DESERT SW AND ATLANTIC H5 HIGHS. AFTER INITIAL DRY SATURDAY...AIR MASS WILL UNDERGO A GRADUAL DESTABILIZATION. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WILL CARRY DIURNAL SH/TS ACROSS THE CWA WITH FAVOR GIVEN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE CLIMO MEX/HPC TEMPS. FCSTID = 16 GSP 71 89 69 87 / 40 40 50 50 AND 71 88 69 88 / 40 50 50 50 CLT 72 90 70 88 / 40 40 50 50 HKY 70 87 69 83 / 60 40 50 50 AVL 66 84 66 80 / 50 60 60 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-091230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 627 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH INTO THE UPPER 90S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WITH ONLY SMALL CHANCES OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
NCZ033>037-048>059-062>065-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 333 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DROPPED ONE TO AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...MAINLY JUST NORTH AND WEST OF ASHEVILLE NEAR INTERSTATE 40. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY INCREASE THE FLOODING THREAT. A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM SOUTHERN VIRGINIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BEFORE SUNSET. RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATCH FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING FLOODING IF PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AT YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. TRA
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Fines Creek and Wesley Creek overflowed their banks and flooded adjacent roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2003
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