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 2, 9:55 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1055 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 .UPDATE... WILL NOT MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES TO AFTERNOON FORECAST. BUMPED SOME PIEDMONT GRIDS MAXES UP AND EARLIER WITH GRD NOW AT 75. HAVE REWORDED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK TO FOCUS ON PERIOD OF LATE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING...WHEN DRY AIR PUNCH AT H7 AND UPPER AIR FEATURES HAVE BEST SUPPORT FOR ISOLD SEVERE THREAT FOR FEW HOURS...MAINLY IN AREA OF PIEDMONT THAT IS CURRENTLY WARMING NICELY. OTHERWISE WILL SIMPLY CLEAN UP ZONE WORDING AND ADD SOME TIMING WORDS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && WAJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-021200- 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- 600 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ISSUANCE OF CAESPSGSP FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE 444 AM FREEZE OUTLOOK ISSUANCE OF CAESPSGSP FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. RWH
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1045 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-022100- 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- 1045 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN QUITE MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. IN FACT...FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON THE AIR WILL LIKELY BE TOO MOIST TO ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...SHOWERS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THESE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND...WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY IN PIEDMONT AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TOCCOA GEORGIA TO GAFFNEY SOUTH CAROLINA...TO THE CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA AREA. BY THAT TIME...SEVERAL FEATURES IN THE ATMOSPHERE COULD COME TOGETHER TO ALLOW A MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS FOR A FEW HOURS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE LATER TODAY. JONES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Some large limbs and brush were blown into a road. A vehicle was also forced off the road by the high winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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