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 17, 6:12 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 712 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... UPDATING TO RAISE POPS TO CATEGORICAL MOUNTAINS AND LIKELY LEE PER RADAR TRENDS. MAIN PROBLEM APPEARS TO SHIFTING FROM SEVERE TO FLOOD POTENTIAL GIVEN TRAINING OF ECHOES UPSTATE SC AND FAR W NC. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 222 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... UPPER TROF OVER E US CONTINUES TO DIG SW...WITH MAIN AXIS W OF CWA. COLD ADVECTION INTO TROF WILL KEEP IT MAINLY W OF AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...AFTER WHICH IT WILL SLOWLY MIGRATE E BUT STILL REMAIN NEAR THE COAST THROUGH MID WEEK. SFC BOUNDARY LIES JUST TO THE S AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY N...EVENTUALLY AFFECTING THE S TO SE PART OF THE CWA...GENERALLY S OF I-85. ISOLD SEVERE TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND S OF THIS BOUNDARY. THE BOUNDARY IS FCST TO REMAIN ALONG THE SE PERIPHERY OF THE CWA THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN PUSH SLOWLY SE. DEPENDING ON WHERE IT MIGRATES TO WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE STRONGEST CONVECTION WILL OCCUR SUN AFTN- EVE. CURRENT MODELS HAVE FRONT SE OF AREA AND PUSH IT OUT TOWARD THE COAST SUN NIGHT. MON A LITTLE DRYER AS DEEPER MOISTURE STAYS FURTHER S AND E SO HAVE CHANCE POPS OVER N MTNS...SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE. WITH LITTLE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...TUE GETS A SLIGHT CHANCE AFTN- EARLY EVE ACROSS CWA. LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... WILL USE THE 6Z GFS FOR DETAILS IN THE EXTENDED. LIFTING TROF AND WEAK SFC HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE CWA FOR WED AND THU. LIS REMAIN MAINLY POSITIVE AND WILL LIMIT POPS TO DIURNAL MTN SH/TS. FRI AND SAT...A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST...I DO EXPECT THE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN WEST THROUGH SAT. HOWEVER...FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BRING UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE LOWER APPALACHIAN REGION. VERY LITTLE FORCING WILL BE NEEDED FOR A LEAST SCT SH/TS AND WILL USE CHC POPS WITH HIGHER CHCS OVER THE MTNS. WILL CLOSELY FOLLOW HPC AND MEX ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS AND DWPTS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. AVIATION... MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE FA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WILL FORECAST SH WITH A MENTION OF CB AT ALL TERMINALS AFTER THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE TAF. ISENTROPIC LIFT...UPSLOPE...AND WEAK INSTABILITY SHOULD FUEL SH UNTIL 7Z. IFR TO LIFR CEILINGS AND FOG WILL BECOME POSSIBLE SUN MORNING DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER...WITH THIS PACKAGE WILL REMAIN CONSERVATIVE AND WILL ADOPT MVFR VIS CONDITIONS BETWEEN 9-12Z...EXCEPT KAND AND KAVL WILL TAKE VIS DOWN TO IFR. WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW SHOULD SCATTER OUT CEILINGS AND SFC FOG/HAZE SHORTLY 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 559 AM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-181000- 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- 559 AM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT LACK OF INSTABILITY WILL BE A LIMITING FACTOR TO THE SEVERITY OF THE STORMS...ALTHOUGH SHEAR WILL BE RELATIVELY STRONG FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. IF THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE THAN EXPECTED...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING IF NEW DATA SUGGESTS THAT MORE INSTABILITY IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MOORE
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down. At least two vehicles and 2 homes were damaged by falling trees.
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