1 lightning, 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 24, 2:27 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 327 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2004 .SHORT TERM... CURRENT REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE UPSTATE/NORTHEAST GA/AND THE SOUTHERN NC MNTNS. MEANWHILE...FAIRLY WIDESPREAD CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN AL AND WESTERN GA. CURRENT RADAR TRENDS WOULD PLACE THIS PRECIP INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS. HOWEVER...IT WILL ENCOUNTER A MORE STABLE AIRMASS AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN GA...AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A DOWNWARD TREND IN UPSTREAM RADAR ECHOES. NEVERTHELESS...WILL CARRY AT LEAST A SOLID CHANCE POP ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHWEST MNTNS FOR THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...WILL RETAIN A CHANCE POP...AS WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD PROVIDE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING. POTENT SW TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL CONTINUE DIGGING SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...SENDING YET ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE TENN AND OH VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT. A SURFACE WAVE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT ACROSS THE MISS VALLEY...IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK UPPER VORT OVER EAST TX. NOT SURPISINGLY...THE GFS IS MUCH STRONGER AND FASTER THAN THE ETA (OR ANY OTHER MODEL FOR THAT MATTER...DUE TO GRID-SCALE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK) IN MOVING THIS WAVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. HOWEVER... EVEN THE ETA SPREADS A DECENT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE/UPGLIDE/PRECIP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...ESP THE MNTNS...AND GUIDANCE PACKAGES FROM BOTH MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT CAT POPS ARE WARRANTED LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MNTNS. TENN. POPS WILL BE TAPERED TO LIKELY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MNTNS...WITH JUST A TOKEN CHANCE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. TOMORROW...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE GREAT TENN VALLEY DURING THE DAY...WITH CAT POPS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE THE TENN BORDER COUNTIES. FLOODING IS A POTENTIAL CONCERN FOR TOMORROW...ESP ACROSS THE MNTNS...BUT THE MAIN AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RESIDE WITH THE FRONT TO OUR WEST. EAST OF THE MNTNS...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION IS A BIT MORE UNCERTAIN...AS THE GFS AND ETA DIFFER TREMENDOUSLY IN THEIR MOISTURE FIELDS. THE ETA DEVELOPS A LEE/PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TOMORROW AFTERNOON...AND ACTUALLY DRIES THE ATMOSPHERE OUT EAST OF THE MNTNS...KEEPING THE DEEPER MOISTURE NEARER THE FRONT. MEANWHILE... THE GFS IS VERY MOIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HOWEVER...THIS APPEARS TO BE DUE TO THE GFS OVERDONE UPGLIDE WHICH DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO ITS OVERDONE SURFACE WAVE. WILL SHY AWAY FROM THE GFS WIDESPREAD CATEGORICAL POPS...BUT STILL CARRY SOLID CHANCE TO LIKELIES IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS PUSH INTO THE CWFA FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE GETTING HUNG UP ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY A TOKEN LOW CHANCE POP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT CONFINE THEM TO THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE AREA FOR SUNDAY...AS THE FRONT PUSHES A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH. .LONG TERM... LATEST GFS SHOWS SURFACE WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE CAROLINAS EARLY MONDAY. IN THE PATTERN DEPICTED BY THE GFS...TIMING OF SUCH FEATURES REMAINS UNCERTAIN. WILL RESIST RAISING POP SUBSTANTIALLY UNTIL THIS EVENT DRAWS NEAR...AND WILL THEREFORE KEEP THE CHANCE POP OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. THE CONSENSUS IS TO MOVE THE SURFACE BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SC/GA TUESDAY WITH THE MOISTURE GRADIENT REMAINING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. ALTHO HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD IN FROM THE WEST...WILL KEEP THE CHANCE POP FOR THIS PACKAGE SINCE DEEPER MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE. ON WEDNESDAY... HOWEVER...WILL DROP PRECIP MENTION OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS AS NEWEST GUIDANCE MOVES THE BOUNDARY EVEN FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AS HIGH MOVES PAST. TEMPS WILL BE RAISED ABOUT A CATEGORY WEDNESDAY WITH THE MAINLY DRY FORECAST...OTHERWISE FEW TEMP CHANGES. MOISTURE MAY BEGIN RETURNING THURSDAY...SO A CHANCE POP WILL BE INCLUDED. && .AVIATION... LOW CLOUD MVFR CEILINGS REMAINING ACROSS FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED...AND BY 19Z...WARMING BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD BRING THEM INTO VFR CATEGORY. WATCHING CONVECTION ON KFFC RADAR MOVING INTO WRN GA AT 17Z WHILE ATMOSPHERE BEGINS TO DESTABILIZE ACROSS THE WRN CAROLINAS IN WAKE OF EARLY MORNING PRECIP ACTIVITY. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. AS WITH LAST FEW DAYS...CONVECTIVE DEBRIS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA IN THE EVENING. AFTER 04Z OR SO...ANOTHER DIFFICULT CALL ON CIG/VISBY AS MODEL GUIDANCE HAS NOT DONE PARTICULARLY WELL OF LATE. WITH OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN AREA AS IT WASHES OUT...THINK WE WILL SEE AT LEAST MVFR CLOUDS AGAIN IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. EXPECT THIS TO PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF FRIDAY...UNTIL CEILINGS LIFT AGAIN WITH WARMING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 70 83 69 85 / 40 60 50 30 AND 69 84 69 85 / 40 60 50 30 CLT 69 85 69 85 / 30 50 40 40 HKY 69 83 67 84 / 40 60 40 30 AVL 66 78 64 80 / 60 70 50 30 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && LANE/MOORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 531 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-250930- 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- 531 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS FROM ASHEVILLE TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2004
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0500 PM TSTM WND DMG SPARTANBURG 34.94N 81.93W
06/24/2004 SPARTANBURG SC AMATEUR RADIO
HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS SEVERAL 3 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER
LIMBS BLOWN DOWN AT ROUTE 221 AND FLOYD ROAD.
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HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 541 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2004 SCZ008-013-242300- CHEROKEE SC-UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAFFNEY...UNION 541 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2004 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT CHEROKEE AND UNION COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 7 PM... AT 541 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THICKETTY TO PACOLET TO ROEBUCK MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND OF BLOWING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTHERN PART OF CHEROKEE COUNTY...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85...AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF UNION COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE JONESVILLE AREA...THROUGH 7 PM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN CASE A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning ignited fires at 3 homes across the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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