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 Aug 2, 5:00 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... MTN COVERAGE HAS BEEN PLENTIFUL THIS EVENING WITH NNW UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. COMBINATION OF UPSLOPE AND OUTFLOW WINDS NOW DRIVING COVERAGE FARTHER S ACROSS THE MTN TERRAIN AND WILL UPDATE TO RAISE POPS. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... DRIER AND COOLER HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND REMAINS THRU SUNDAY. DRY FCST THIS PERIOD AS PRECIP CHCS MINIMAL. TEMPS WILL VARY FROM JUST BELOW NORMAL TO AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL EACH DAY. && .AVIATION... SHRA/TSRA ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE CWA ATTM. HOWEVER...ONLY REAL CONCENTRATED AREAS AT TAF TIME WERE ALONG THE ESCARPMENT. CAN/T FIND ANY SIG SFC CONVERGENCE TO GIVE ME CONFIDENCE TO PREDICT WHERE PCPN MIGHT BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED THE NEXT 4 TO 6 HRS...SO HAVE GONE WITH VCTS AND CB WORDING IN TAFS WHILE INCLUDING NO TEMPO GROUPS. WL UPDATE TAFS AS IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT PCPN WL ACTUALLY OCCUR AT A SITE. IT WAS THIS OR GO WITH 4 HR TEMPO GROUPS EVERYWHERE. PREVIOUS SHIFT BROUGHT MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS TO ALL TAF SITES AGAIN TNGT. WITH FLOW BECOMING A LITTLE MORE DOWNSLOPE AS TROPICAL CYCLONE MOVES UP THE COAST...THERE WL BE MORE INHIBITION THAN THERE HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE. HOWEVER...MAV MOS INSISTS ON BRINGING IN LOW CIGS...AND W/VERY HIGH SFC DWPTS...WL PLAY ONE MORE NGHT OF LOW CLOUDS AND VSBYS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG AVIATION... LONG TERM...
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
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..REMARKS..
0215 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 W CLAYTON 34.88N 83.51W
08/02/2004 RABUN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 76 WEST OF CLAYTON. ONE TREE DOWN
ON A VAN. NOT SURE OF INJURIES.
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MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-022300- AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA- HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC- RABUN GA-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-YANCEY NC- 425 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WERE SCATTERED...AND WERE MOST NUMEROUS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH NORTH CAROLINA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON BLEW DOWN SOME TREES IN RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...AND WERE DUMPING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SMALL AREAS. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE ABOUT 3 PM IN A SMALL AREA OF NORTHEAST MADISON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST HAYWOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THREATS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCAL FLOODING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR FLASH FLOODING WARNINGS. JONES
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
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..REMARKS..
0529 PM HAIL 1 W WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.02W
08/02/2004 1.25 INCH HAYWOOD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS A FEW HALF DOLLAR HAILSTONES WITH MOSTLY
PEA SIZE HAIL.
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HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 PM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
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..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG CANTON 35.55N 82.84W
08/02/2004 HAYWOOD NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
HAYWOOD COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD REPORTS TREES BLOWN DOWN.
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HGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown across power lines, causing sporadic outages.
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