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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 9:10 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1010 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ANALYZED JUST UPSTREAM AT 12Z...WITH TS ALEX OFF COAST. VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY NOT SHOWING SUBSIDENCE BELT NW OF ALEX...AND RADAR SHOWING PRECIPITATION JUST TO N OF AREA. WILL RAISE POPS N NC FOOTHILLS LATE THIS MORNING TO HIGH END OF CHANCE... AND MAINTAIN HIGH CHANCE IN FAR E THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LESSER MAXIMUM N BLUE RIDE. DEW POINTS RUNNING HIGH I-77 CORRIDOR...AND UPDATED WITH LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND GFS. BEST QPF EXPECTED I-77 AND N BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT...FFG SHOWING SC ESCARPMENT MOST VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. UPDATED WIND WITH LATEST RUC...THOUGH LITTLE CHANGE. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY RUNNING CLOSE TO 06Z MAV GUIDANCE...AND WILL ONLY ADJUST HOURLY TREND...NOT FORECAST MAXIMUMS. SKY FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK. WILL UPDATE ZONES CLOSE TO 11 AM TO CAPTURE AFTERNOON WORDING. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 337 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... SATELLITE CURRENTLY SHOWING WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS SPREADING ACROSS THE FA FROM N TO S. WITHIN THE DEVELOPING CLOUD COVER RADAR IS SHOWING NUMEROUS SMALL SHOWERS AND ISO TS DEVELOPING OVER THE NC PIEDMONT AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS. THESE SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR THE POPULAR PLACEMENT OF THE HARD TO FIND STATIONARY FRONT. I WILL WORK WITH THE GFS FOR FORECAST DETAILS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT TO COVER T.S. ALEX. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS H5 TROF AXIS APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. BANDS OF SH/TS FROM THE CYCLONE SHOULD PRODUCE THE BEST COVERAGE ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-77 CORRIDOR BY THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER WEST...COVERAGE SHOULD TAPER OFF AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY SPLIT THE FORECAST AREA IN HALF AND WILL LIMIT AVAILABLE MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WEST. NEVERTHELESS...I WILL PAINT A SECONDARY MAXIMA IN POPS OVER THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE NC MTNS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TO HIGHLIGHT POSSIBLE UPSLOPE FLOW. AFTER 1Z TUE...WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE POPS AS SH/TS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE AS THE SUBSISTENCE BAND FROM DEEPENING CYCLONE MOVES EAST...LOSS OF HEATING... AND BETTER DOWNSLOPE. ATMOS WILL DRY FURTHER TUE AND DEEP RIDGING WILL BUILD FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL LEAD TO A TYPICAL EARLY AUGUST DAY IN THE SE WITH HIGHS REACHING THE UPPER 80S TO L90S. BY THIS TIME...T.S. ALEX SHOULD BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF NC AND WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE FORECAST. WILL SWITCH MODEL PREFERENCE TO THE ETA FOR THE REST OF THE PACKAGE AS GFS ARTIFICIALLY PUMPS UP THE NEXT SYSTEM DUE TO THE MODEL/S CONVECTIVE SCHEME. ETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR TUE AFTERNOON DEPICT A STRONG SUBSTANCE INVERSION AROUND 650MB. CURRENT FORECAST TEMPS AND DWPTS WOULD CARRY PARCEL PAST THE INVERSION LEVEL...SUPPORTING DEEP CONVECTION IF A TRIGGER EXIST. HOWEVER...THERE IS A LACK OF A DEFINABLE TRIGGER AND MOS GUIDANCE SHOWS RATHER LOW CHCS. I WILL LIMIT TUE POPS TO RIDGETOP CHCS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO THE TEXT HOWEVER. LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... WED...SOUTH BOUND COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE GREAT LAKES WHILE FA REMAINS UNDER DEEP RIDGING. TEMPS SHOULD RISE OVER TUES VALUES...HOWEVER...MAV GUIDANCE SEEMS A LITTLE TOO HOT. BY 0Z WED...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PARALLEL THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...AND POSSIBLY SINKING TO NC BY 12 THU. PATTERN SHOULD YIELD AN MCS TO TRACK ALONG THE FRONT...WHICH ACCORDING TO THE ETA WOULD ARRIVE OVER THE LOWER APPALACHIANS WED NIGHT AND THU AM. I WILL INCREASE POPS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS DURING THE PERIOD. THE FA SHOULD REMAIN UNDER A LONGWAVE TROF AXIS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...WILL MAKE LITTLE CHANGE BEYOND THU. AVIATION... EXPECT MVFR CIGS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH SUNRISE...THEN VFR BY MID MORNING. KAVL AND KCLT WILL SEE MVFR VIS IN FOG...THEN AT LEAST TEMPO IFR AT KAVL DUE TO LOCAL RAIN YESTERDAY. WITH LOW LEVELS VERY MOIST EXPECT AT LEAST SCT CONVECTION THIS AFTN-EVE DUE TO SFC HEATING...UPPER JET ENHANCEMENT AND CONTINUED MOIST E FLOW FROM ALEX. HAVE INCLUDED CB CLOUDS AND VCTS AT ALL SITES 19-20Z ON. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM (UPDATE)...JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 513 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-030912- 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- 513 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION TODAY. THE CHANCES FOR RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM TROPICAL STORM ALEX ROTATE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS TRAVELING ALONG A COLD FRONT MAY AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NED
The Greer radar (KGSP), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees were blown down. One tree fell on a van, causing minor injuries to the driver.
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