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 Aug 21, 1:41 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 241 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO AMPLIFY OVER NE USA TONIGHT...WHILE RIDGE OVER SE USA WEAKENS. HEAT ADVISORY IN WARM/HUMID AIR MASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM...WHEN PACKAGE WILL NEED UPDATING. WITH STRONG LEE TROUGH OVER AREA...DIFFICULT TO KEEP TRACK OF PAIR OF COLD FRONTS ADVANCING S OVERNIGHT. MODELS SHIFT WIND FROM NNW TO NE THIS EVENING. SCT CU FIELD MTS AND NC PIEMONT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY. EXPECT THIS TO DISSIPATE AFTER LOSS OF HEATING. ANY LEFTOVER CONVECTION SHOULD BE QUITE ISOLATED WITH WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES OVER AREA. TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS REMAIN ELEVATED OVERNIGHT AS COLD ADVECTION NOT DEPICTED AND ANY LOW LEVEL DRYING SLOW TO OCCUR. SOME FOG DEVELOPED LAST NIGHT...AND ALTHOUGH LITTLE RAIN EXPECTED...LIGHT NATURE OF WIND AND NEARLY CLEAR SKY WILL FAVOR FOG IN LOCATIONS WITH MORE ABUNDANT MOISTURE...PARTICULARLY NC MT VALLEYS. UPPER HEIGHTS FALL MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS DEEP VORTEX TRANSLATES SLOWLY ACROSS QUEBEC. THE FRONTAL POSITION REMAINS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM BRING THE COLD FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN TIER BY LATE MONDAY AND THEN LARGELY STALL IT OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY...WITH THE NAM BEING THE MORE NORTHERN OF THE TWO SOLUTIONS. A WEDGE LIKE CONFIGURATION OF THE BOUNDARY LOOKS INCREASINGLY LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY...UPSLOPE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY PRODUCING COOLING TO FINALL PUSH THE FRONT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD EAST OF THE MTN CHAIN. THE SOLUTION WILL GENERALLY BE A MODEL BLEND...BUT LEANING MUCH MORE HEAVILY ON THE GFS FOR TEMPERATURE AND POP FIELDS. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... CONSENSUS OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IS THAT THE GFS IS OVERDONE WITH STRONG POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH AFFECTING THE MID ATLANTIC AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON THURSDAY...AND THE 12Z GFS CONTINUES TO TREND AWAY FROM THAT SOLUTION. A SLIGHTLY STRONGER UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING EAST FROM THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY WILL BE PREFERRED. EASTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT DRAPED JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA COULD LEAD TO SOME ATLANTIC MOISTURE CLOUDINESS...BUT LESS FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREFERRED SOLUTION SHOULD KEEP THE FORECAST MOSTLY DRY. RIDGING AND STRONG MID LEVEL DRYING WILL THEN PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION FRI THROUGH SUN. && .AVIATION... WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES TO LIMIT CONVECTION TO ISOLATED COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...FAVORED WHERE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW AFFECT MTS...BUT TOO ISOLATED TO MENTION AT KAVL. WINDS FROM N OR NW ON BACK SIDE OF LEE TROUGH. EXPECT CONVECTIVE CUMULUS TO DISSIPATE....LEAVING ANVIL CIRRUS OVERNIGHT. MODELS DEPICT PAIR OF WIND SHIFTS MID EVENING AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SECOND WIND SHIFT OCCURS AROUND TIME A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ARRIVE...THOUGH LEE TROUGH MAKES ITS POSITION DIFFICULT TO DISCERN. MODELS VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ON DEPTH OF MOISTURE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. BELIEVE GFS CHARACTERISTICALLY OVERDONE WITH UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE...AND MAY BE PREMATURE WITH UPGLIDE OVER ITS FARTHER SOUTH BOUNDARY. EXPECT CONVECTIVE CUMULUS TO DISSIPATE....LEAVING ANVIL CIRRUS OVERNIGHT. WILL LEAN TOWARD DRIER NAM MON MORNING...KEEPING LOW DECK SCATTERED IN HEATING AND MARGINAL UPSLOPE COMPONENT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...HEAT ADVISORY FOR GAZ018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY. NC...HEAT ADVISORY FOR NCZ037-057-066>072-082 UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY. SC...HEAT ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>014-019 UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY. && SHORT TERM...HG/JAT LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 AM EDT SUN AUG 21 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-221000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 550 AM EDT SUN AUG 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. ONCE AGAIN... THESE STORMS WILL PRIMARILY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY. MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down on Ridgemore Rd, Brookhaven Circle, and Old Valley Rd near Lake Hartwell. Quite a few power lines were blown down in the area as well.
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