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 15, 9:00 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1000 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 CURRENTLY A LARGE BATCH OF RAIN IS DRIFTING OVER EASTERN KY AND WV...MOVING NE. UPPER ANALYSIS SHOWS VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF WIND FIELDS...IN FACT...WIND DIRECTIONS ARE PARALLEL TO THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THE GFS...RUC...AND ETA ARE SHOWING THE FRONT SLIPPING SOUTH AND GENERATING QPF ALONG THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE FA THIS AFTERNOON. WITH TROPICAL AIR IN PLACE AND CAPES AGAIN RUNNING >1500 J/KG ATMOSPHERE WILL EASILY SUPPORT SH/TS. WITH PWS CALCULATED TO BE OVER 1.8 @ GSO AND WITH STM MOTION AROUND 11KTS...HEAVY RAIN WILL AGAIN POSE A CONCERN. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS TO THE NORTH WHERE COVERAGE WILL BE BEST AS S/W ARE EVIDENT IN THE WV AND POSSIBLE PRESSING FRONT. WILL DROP POPS BACK TO HIGH CHC OVER THE WESTERN TIP OF NC AD WILL MAKE SOME PRECIP TIMING CHANGES. WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE T/TD GRID AND WILL USE LATEST WIND DATA. FCSTID = 16 GSP 85 68 82 67 / 40 40 40 60 AND 86 69 81 68 / 40 40 40 60 CLT 85 68 82 66 / 40 50 60 60 HKY 81 67 77 62 / 60 60 60 60 AVL 80 64 79 63 / 60 60 50 60 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-151145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAINS VERY MOIST...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MAY DEVELOP IN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. IF THIS HAPPENS...THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE. OUR OFFICE WILL ISSUE A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK CAESPSGSP LATER TODAY IF IT APPEARS THAT THIS HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH...CROSSING THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AS THE FRONT INTERACTS WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEESFGSP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS...PARTICULARLY ON WEDNESDAY...MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. MCAVOY
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree, several large tree limbs, and power lines were blown down
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