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 Jul 18, 8:00 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 900 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT SE OF AREA...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS... WITH DRY MID AND UPPER LEVELS. UPPER LEVEL ENERGY CONTINUES TO DIVE INOT BASE OF E COAST LONGWAVE TROUGH. CONVECTION ACTIVE JUS E OF BLUE RIDGE THIS EVENING. WILL EXTEND POPS UNTIL 06Z...WITH HIGHEST POPS FROM BLUE RIDGE TO I-77. RAISED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE LEE LATE TONIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FORECAST CLOSE TO 18Z MAV...SO WILL NOT ADJUST FOR NOW...BUT HAVE ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMP AND DEW POINT TREND TO FIT EVENING OBSERVATIONS. UPDATED WINDS WITH RUC DATA... THOUGH NOT MUCH CHANGE. STILL FACING THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND AND FLASH FLOODING. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 241 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... VIS SAT ATTM SHOWING MAINLY RIDGELINE CU OVER THE MTNS WITH A ENHANCEMENT IN THE IMMEDIATE LEE...EAST...LOW TOPPED CU. MOISTURE CONVERGENCE OVER THE FOOTHILLS SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL 0Z AS WEST MTN WINDS INTERACT WITH NE FLOW OFF THE ESCARPMENT. EAST FACING SLOPES/FTHILLS SHOULD BE THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE FIRST TS THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE SH/TS DEVELOP THEY SHOULD BE CARRIED SE AT 5 TO 10KTS. WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS THROUGH THE EVENING. LOWER FREEZING LEVELS...DRY MID-LEVEL AIR...AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE CHCS FOR SVR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DWPTS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING IN THE L60S WEST TO U60S EAST...LIKELY RESULTING IN CROSSOVER TEMPS A LITTLE LOWER. WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEARING SKY PREDICTED TONIGHT FORMATION OF FOG WILL BECOME A CONCERN. MOS DEPICTS A FEW PERIODS OF DENSE FOG IN THE MTN VALLEYS. WILL ADD PATCHY FOG MENTION IN THE GRIDS...WITH DENSE FOG HIGHLIGHTED IN THE VALLEYS. MON...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON OVER THE FA. HOWEVER...PATTERN WILL BE LESS FAVORABLE FOR DEEP CONVECTION AS DEEP RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD LATE IN THE DAY. WITH THE MAIN TRIGGER AS RIDGETOP CONVERGENCE I WILL HIGHLIGHT WITH CHC POPS...ELSEWHERE...COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED TO ISO. TUE...ATMOS WILL DRY OUR FURTHER AND INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO PEAK LESS THAN 500 J/KG...WILL SIDE WITH A NO PRECIP MENTION GIVEN BY MOS. WED...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE FA BY THE AFTERNOON. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE A FEW DEGREES OVER TUES VALUES AND DWPTS RISE AS WELL. POOLING CAPES WEST OF THE MTNS WILL COMBINE WITH WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW AND MAY INITIATE SH/TS. I WILL ADVERTISE MAINLY CHC MTN POPS. LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... REGION LIES BETWEEN SYSTEMS ON THU AS UPPER TROF FILLS AND MOVES OFF TO THE NE WHILE HI PRES REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE W US. HAVE KEPT CHANCE PRECIP OVER MTNS THU WITH SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE. STRONG UPPER LOW OVER CANADA EXPECTED TO KEEP SENDING AN OCCASIONAL WEAK SHORTWAVE TOWARD REGION...WITH A COLD FRONT FCST TO DROP SE AND THROUGH THE AREA ON SAT. THIS WILL BRING A CONTINUED CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AVIATION... WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SE ALONG THE BORDER OF THE PIEDMONT MOVING INTO THE MIDLANDS...BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAINS SE OF FORECAST AREA. ATMOSPHERE ALONG AND SE OF I-85 HOWEVER IS STILL UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTN-EVE. HAVE INCLUDED CB CLOUD TYPE AND VCTS FOR TAF SITES ALONG I-85. EXPECT MVFR FOG LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING WITH IFR FOG ALONG FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AT KAVL FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER SUNRISE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM (UPDATE)...JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 557 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191000- 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- 557 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UNDER THE PIL CAESPSGSP...FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON FOR A PORTION OF OUR FOREFCAST AREA. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0658 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 SE TOCCOA 34.50N 83.23W
07/18/2004 STEPHENS GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTS A TREE DOWN PARTLY BLOCKING
DORTCH ROAD NEAR THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BORDER. COMMS CENTER
SAYS MAY BE FROM A COMBINATION OF WET GROUND AND SOME
WIND.
0713 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 SW TOCCOA 34.50N 83.42W
07/18/2004 STEPHENS GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTS A TREE DOWN OFF BROAD RIVER
ROAD. COMMS CENTER SAYS MAY BE FROM A COMBINATION OF WET
GROUND AND SOME WIND.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
836 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW PICKENS 34.86N 82.73W
07/18/2004 PICKENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON TABLEWOOD ROAD
NEAR HIGHWAY 183.
&&
OUTLAWThe Greer radar (KGSP), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down along highway 368 near the South Carolina line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5417862.