1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 22, 12:10 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 110 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 .SHORT TERM... RELATIVELY STRONG RIDGE SET UP OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WITH ZONAL FLOW TO THE NORTH OF CWA. DURING THE NEXT WEEK WE ARE LOOKING AT A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING OVER THE RIDGE...PROVIDING A LITTLE EXTRA FORCING TO THE SUMMERTIME PATTERN. BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE TOMORROW. .LONG TERM... THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN A LITTLE AND GET PUSHED TO THE SOUTH. LOOKING AT SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS ON THURSDAY IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK FRONT...BUT MODELS ARE TOO INCONSISTENT TO ADVERTISE AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MAV IS DRY...ETA MOS IS DRIER. SO WILL KEEP ISOLATED WORDING APPROPRIATE FORECASTS. GFS ADVERTISES STRONG SHORT WAVE FOR NEXT SATURDAY THAT MAY DEPRESS RIDGE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO TRIGGER MORE SHOWERS BY NEXT WEEKEND. THIS TROUGH LOOKS WAY TO STRONG AND THE TIMING IN SUSPECT...SO AGAIN WILL STICK WITH ISOLATED WORDING. TEMPS REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME AS RIDGE DOMINATES WEATHER. GRIDS CONTAIN ADDITIONAL MESOSCALE FEATURES LIKE CLT URBAN HEAT ISLAND AND LOCAL MORNING COOLS SPOTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 66 89 66 90 / 20 30 20 20 AND 66 89 65 91 / 20 30 20 20 CLT 68 89 66 90 / 20 30 20 20 HKY 66 88 65 88 / 20 30 20 20 AVL 59 84 61 85 / 20 30 20 20 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && DICARLO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 459 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-230900- 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- 502 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1211 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-222000- 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- 1211 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. VERY WARM AND MOIST CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMING QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...WHILE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAGNITUDE OF FORECAST INSTABILITY SUGGESTS THAT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. SINCE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST IN THE MOUNTAINS...THIS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...A SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...STORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY TODAY...AND THIS WILL CREATE THE ADDITIONAL THREAT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:51 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow-moving thunderstorms resulted in severe urban flooding, with 4 businesses receiving some water damage in the downtown area. Several roads were also barricaded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2004
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