1 heavy rain, 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 21, 1:42 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 242 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 .SHORT TERM (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE TO MOVE E ACROSS AREA IN ZONAL FLOW TODAY... WHILE FRONT TO S STARTS RETURN N. GUIDANCE CATEGORICAL IN SW...AND CHANCE IN NE.HEAVIEST RAIN S BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND AREA ENTERS A RELTATIVE LULL LATE TONIGHT AND TUE...THOUGH ENOUGH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY LEFT FOR CHANCE POPS. UPPER LEVEL THROUGH TO AMPLIFY CENTER OF CONTINENT TUE. NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM NW TUE NIGHT...CROSSING AREA WED. AT THIS TIME CARRYING HGIH CHANCE POP WITH FRONT...EXCEPT LOW END LIKELY SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. DRYING BEHIND FRONT INDICATED WED NIGHT. TEMPERATURES COOLER TODAY IN CLOUDS/RAIN...THEN A BIT WARMER TUE/WED BEFORE FROPA. .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... NEW GFS RUN WOULD SUGGEST DRY THU WITH BOUNDARY STALLED TO S OF AREA. AT THIS TIME WILL LEAVE SMALL CHANCE DIURNAL POP IN THU UNTIL NCEP SHEDS LIGHT ON PREFERRED MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTION. GFS BRINGS REMANANTS OF FRONT N FRI TOWARD NCEP SOLUTION...AND DIURNAL CHANCE POPS CONTINUE INTO SAT. CHACNE POPS SAT NGITH AND SUN AS NEXT WAVE RIDES ALONG STATIONARY FRONT. PROSPECT FOR THU BEING COOLER THAN CURRENT FORECAST IF NEW GFS RUN ACCEPTED...FOLLOWED GRADUAL COOLING AS UPPER TROUGH PROGRESSES AND HEIGHTS FALL. && .AVIATION... SOME SHRA HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WRN UPSTATE...AND EXPECT THEM TO REMAIN THERE FOR SEVERAL MORE HRS. BOTH THE MET AND MAV GUIDANCE HAVE CIGS AND VSBYS FALLING INTO THE MVFR RANGE GENERALLY BETWEEN 9 AND 12 UTC. THIS HAPPENS AS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE DEVELOPS OVER THE SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS BANKED ALONG THE LEE SLOPES. SUSPECT THAT CLT...BEING DEEPER UNDER THE REMAINING COLD AIR DAMMING WL BE LAST TO SEE CIGS AND VSBYS FALL...AND LAST TO SEE PCPN. DON/T HAVE MVFR CIGS THERE UNTIL THIS EVENING. WITH WEAK UPGLIDE AND A VERY MOIST AIRMASS...HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHEN THE MVFR CIGS WL FILL IN ACROSS THE UPSTATE. HOWEVER...ONCE UPGLIDE BECOMES ESTABLISHED... IN SITU DAMMING WL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PCPN ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND SRN MTNS. FOR NOW...AM BRINGING IN LOW CIGS A FEW HOURS LATER THAN THE MOS...RIGHT AROUND 12 UTC. AT THE SAME TIME...WL ALSO LOWER VSBYS TO 5SM AND GO WITH PREVAILING SHRA. EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS AT AVL AS CAD CONDITIONS IN THE SRN MTNS WON/T BE THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE UPSTATE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 80 67 86 70 / 70 50 40 40 AND 82 68 87 69 / 80 50 40 40 CLT 82 68 86 69 / 60 50 40 40 HKY 80 65 85 67 / 60 50 40 40 AVL 76 63 81 64 / 70 50 50 50 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 547 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-220947- 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- 541 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND TUESDAY IN NORTH CAROLINA...NORTH AND WEST OF THE CHARLOTTE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The combination of a prolonged period of heavy rainfall and gusty winds caused some trees to fall around the county.
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