1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 2:41 AM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...
A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
APPALACHIANS WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET STREAK AND THE INFLUX OF DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRECEDE THE CIRCULATION OF THE
REMNANTS OF BONNIE WITH A DEEP UPSLOPE FLOW OF TROPICAL MOISTURE
DEVELOPING. BANDED SHOWERS AROUND BONNIE WILL ADD TO THE TOTALS...
WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES STILL LIKELY.
THE WINDS FROM BONNIE SHOULD STEADILY DIMINISH ACROSS GA AND IN SC
BY TONIGHT...BUT WINDY CONDITIONS CLOSE TO ADVISORY MAY PERSIST
ACROSS THE EXTREME ERN PIEDMONT SECTIONS OVERNIGHT. THIS AREA WILL
NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR A WIND ADVISORY WITH LATER ISSUANCES.
&&
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
A VERY BRIEF RESPITE IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF
BONNIE AND AHEAD OF THE REMNANTS OF CHARLEY. LATEST GFS CONTINUES TO
BRING CHARLEY FARTHER INLAND INTO THE CAROLINAS. WILL NUDGE THE
FORECAST TOWARD HIGHER RAIN CHANCES AND STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY
NEAR CLT METRO AREA. PLAN ON ISSUING AN ESF FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT TO ADDRESS FURTHER FLOODING THREAT IF CONVECTION FROM
CHARLEY MAKES IT THIS FAR WEST.
&&
.AVIATION...
ON THE LARGE SCALE...CONDITIONS GRADUALLY DETERIORATING STARTING
THIS MORNING AS WAVES OF DEEP CONVECTION ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE TERMINALS. SOUTHERLY FLOW
OF DEEPER MOISTURE WILL BE INTERACTING WITH STALLED FRONTAL ZONE
AND ENHANCED BY FAVORABLE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION CIRCULATIONS FROM
STRONG UPPER JET. WE WILL ALSO WILL BE COMING UNDER INCREASING
DIRECT INFLUENCE FROM THE REMNANTS OF BONNIE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE MAJORITY OF THE TAF PERIOD WILL FEATURE CIG/VSBYS
DUE TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PREDOMINATELY WITHIN MVFR RANGE
WITH OCCASIONAL REDUCTIONS TO IFR CONDITIONS WITHIN HEAVIER PCPN
BANDS. SFC WINDS MOSTLY FROM THE SE DURING THE WITH A BACKING TO NE
THIS EVENING.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
FLOOD WATCH IS ALREADY IN PLACE...BUT WILL ADJUST BEGINNING TIME TO
COINCIDE WITH FORECAST ISSUANCE THIS MORNING SINCE TROPICAL RAINFALL
IS ALREADY INVADING FROM THE SOUTH EARLY THIS MORNING.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR ZONES GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR ZONES NCZ033>035-037-038-048>059-062>072-
082 TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR ZONES SCZ001>014-019 TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
&&
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...CSH
HYDROLOGY...HGHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 547 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-130946- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 547 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A FRONT STALLED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM BONNIE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TODAY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY. PLEASE SEE FFAGSP FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON THE FLOODING THREAT FROM BONNIE. AS THE CIRCULATION OF BONNIE APPROACHES THE REGION...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT IN PIEDMONT LOCATIONS. A FAVORABLE TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT COULD ALSO PRODUCE THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER. TORNADOES ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN THE RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF LANDFALLEN TROPICAL SYSTEMS. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE IN PIEDMONT LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE SPSGSP FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HURRICANE CHARLIE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTH FLORIDA GULF COAST LATE FRIDAY AND MOVE QUICKLY UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF THE REMNANTS OF CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS...TROPICAL RAIN SHOWERS COULD AFFECT FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK...ESFGSP...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF CHARLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 613 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 GAZ029-NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-122100- ABBEVILLE SC-CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-GREENWOOD SC- IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-UNION SC-UNION NC- YORK SC- 613 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... SEVERAL FEATURES ARE COMING TOGETHER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY TO MAKE FOR SOME VERY ACTIVE WEATHER. A FRONT HAS STALLED ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AS A DEEP TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO THE WEST. A STRONG JET STREAK AT UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS HELPING PRECIPITATION TO BLOSSOM ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE...AND THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA AND BRING A LARGE INFLUX OF TROPICAL MOISTURE. THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN THREAT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST INFORMATION IN THE FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR FURTHER DETAILS. AS THE REMNANTS OF BONNIE APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE WIND FIELD WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE A FAVORABLE TURNING WITH HEIGHT...WHICH COULD ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN BANDS AROUND BONNIE TO BECOME SEVERE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN LOCATIONS TO THE RIGHT OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF LANDFALLEN TROPICAL SYSTEMS. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING A POSSIBLE TORNADO...WILL BE GREATEST LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT IN PIEDMONT SECTIONS FROM ELBERTON TO CHESTER AND NORTHWARD ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA AND POINTS EAST. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. GERAPETRITIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall resulted in flooding of a few low spots and poor drainage areas.
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