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 May 31, 1:43 AM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 243 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 .SHORT TERM... CONVECTIVE LINE STRETCHES FROM JUST EAST OF OHX TO NEAR JKL THIS MORNING WITH TORNADO WATCH CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CWFA. SHEAR PROFILES STEADILY INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH 850 MB WINDS PROGGED TO REACH 50 KT TOWARD 12Z AS FLOW GOES MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL. SLIGHT TIMING DIFFS CONT TO EXIST WITH MCS MOVING THROUGH REGION THIS MORNING...WITH THE GFS FEATURING FASTER TIMING. ETA FIELDS HAVE INITIALIZED FAIRLY WELL THIS MORNING...HOWEVER...AND SLIGHTLY SLOWER TIMING MEANS EASTERN PIEDMONT SECTIONS COULD REALIZE IMPROVED INSTABILITY BEFORE SURFACE COLD POOL MOVES THROUGH TODAY. WILL FEATURE HIGHEST POPS WEST EARLY TO LOWEST EAST AND THEN REVERSE THE PATTERN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. FAIRLY DEEP DRYING SHOULD THEN SET IN ACROSS THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS AREA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN DEEP ROTATING VORTEX ACROSS THE NRN CONUS AND MOIST BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH TUE. MOISTURE WILL THEN STEADILY RECOVER THROUGH WED WITH ETA FEATURING NEXT SHOT OF UPPER DYNAMICS ROTATING IN FROM GREAT LAKES LOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. .LONG TERM... PATTERN REMAINS UNSETTLED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AS ERN TROUGH DEEPENS THROUGH FRI. NO CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED TO THE REMAINDER OF THE MEDIUM RANGE AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 83 62 86 63 / 60 20 10 10 AND 84 62 86 64 / 60 20 10 10 CLT 86 62 87 64 / 50 20 10 10 HKY 83 59 84 61 / 60 20 10 10 AVL 78 57 81 57 / 70 20 20 10 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && HG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 521 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-310920- 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- 521 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TODAY AND THEN SWEEP EAST ACROSS TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT. ANY REMNANTS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REACH THE APPALACHIANS AROUND DAYBREAK ON MEMORIAL DAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM EASTWARD ACROSS THE PIEDMONT DURING THE DAY MONDAY ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS DISTURBANCE. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...COULD BE POSSIBLE MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY TODAY...BUT MAY BE REQUIRED ON MEMORIAL DAY. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
912 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 S RUTHERFORDTON 35.28N 81.96W
05/30/2004 RUTHERFORD NC EMERGENCY MNGR
DISPATCH CENTER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES ON ROADS AND
POWER LINES IN SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY. 2-3 COMMUNITIES
WITHOUT POWER. SEVERAL FIRES INITIATED BY DOWNED LINES.
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E COLUMBUS 35.25N 82.12W
05/30/2004 POLK NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
DISPATCH CENTER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
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LAMBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1101 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-311000- 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- 1101 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE PLAINS AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS THIS WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN INDIANA TO EAST TEXAS LATE SUNDAY EVENING. TORNADO WATCHES EXTENDED AS FAR EAST AS EASTERN TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AROUND SUNRISE. AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES FURTHER EAST...IT IS EXPECTED TO ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY STABLE AIR. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING WITH TIME. NEVERTHELESS...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH INTENSITY TO POSE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AS THEY MOVE OVER THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY FORM OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE BLUE RIDGE BY LATE MORNING... SHIFTING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY MORNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. LANE
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were snapped off or blown down. Numerous power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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