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 6, 1:37 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... WILL DO A QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR APPROACHING CONVECTION. RUC AND ACARS SOUNDINGS SHOWING WEAKLY CAPPED CONDITIONS OVER THE CWA ATTM. HOWEVER...CAPES APPROACHING 3K J/JG EXIST JUST OVER THE STATE LINE INTO GA AND TN. CLUSTERS OF SH/TS HAVE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE UNSTABLE AIR...MOVING SLOWLY EAST. MESOETA AND RUC SHOW THE ACTIVITY DRIFTING EAST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH QPF STRUGGLING TO MOVE EAST OF THE MTNS. RIDGELINE ENHANCE CU EVIDENT ON THE SATELLITE AND WOULD EXPECT ISO/SCT CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN THE ADVECTING SH/TS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT WILL FORECAST SCT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ISO EAST. HEIGHTS BEGIN TO FALL WEDNESDAY ACCOMPANIED BY WEAK PVA...TEMPERATURES SHOULD ONCE AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO L90S OVER UPPER 60S DWPTS. MESOETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPES CLIMBING INTO THE 1500-2000 J/KG ACROSS THE FA BY 21Z WED. SFC TRIGGERS WILL BE LIMITED TO RIDGETOP CONVERGENCE AND LEE SIDE TROF...HOWEVER...ATMOS WILL SHOULD NOT HAVE AS STRONG AS A CAP AS TODAY. WILL FORECAST CHC COVERAGE WILL FAVOR GIVEN TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THU...I WILL FOLLOW MORE OF THE SLOWER FRONTAL MOTION OF THE ETA FOR DETAILS. WITH THE TROF AXIS ROTATING OVERHEAD AND WEAK WESTERN UPSLOPE I WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. CHCS SHOULD SHIFT EAST THU AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...WILL ADD DETAILS TO THE GRIDS. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON FRI. LIGHT RETURN FLOW SHOULD BRING ENOUGH MOISTURE OVER THE NC MTNS TO INCREASE INSTABILITY BY FRI PM...WILL LIMIT POPS TO THE HIGH TERRAIN. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... AS UPPER LOW TRACKS INTO W ATLANTIC...UPPER RIDGE AND SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILD OVER REGION FOR SAT AND SUN. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH...HOWEVER AND DAYTIME HEATING IS EXPECTED TO BE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED LATE DAY CONVECTION EACH DAY...ESP OVER MTNS. ANY SHORTWAVES THAT TRANSLATE THROUGH THE UPPER RIDGE WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR CONVECTION. WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE AFTERNOON AND EVENING POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... LITTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR STRONG STORMS BUT CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE MTNS AND ISOLD ELSEWHERE INTO THIS EVE. HAVE INCLUDED CB CLOUD TYPES IN TAFS THIS EVE TO INDICATE THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A FEW BUILDUPS...BUT NO VCTS OR TEMPO GROUPS DUE TO LOW PROBABILITY. WEAK LOW LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT SO PATCHY FOG CAN BE EXPECTED...ESP IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR WATER AND HAVE INCLUDED EARLY MORNING MVFR VISIBILITY AT KAVL AND AT KAND. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...RAB AVIATION...RAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 636 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-071036- 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- 636 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD APPROACH 100 DEGREES...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WELL WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY COULD EFFECT WESTERN PARTS OF THE REGION THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 NCZ053-065-062315- BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE 615 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE ASHEVILLE AREA... AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF THE ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT. THROUGH 715 PM...THIS STORM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST...AFFECTING LOCATIONS AROUND MILLS RIVER AND THE AIRPORT...AND POSSIBLY AFFECTING I-26 AND FLETCHER BY 7 PM. GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 630 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 GAZ028-029-062330- ELBERT-HART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...HARTWELL 630 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 615 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF BOWMAN...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THROUGH 730 PM...THIS STORM WILL AFFECT BOWMAN AND VANNA AND SURROUNDING AREAS. GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees, large limbs, and power lines were blown down, and patio furniture was blown up and over a 4-foot barrier on the east side of Canton.
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