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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 235 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... CONVECTION IS ONCE AGAIN FIRING OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SIGNS CONTINUE TO POINT TO LOWER COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED YESTERDAY. A COMBINATION OF RATHER DENSE CIRRUS AND SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS IS RESULTING IN CAPE VALUES IN THE 1500 TO 2000 J/KG RANGE...MUCH LESS THAN YESTERDAY. ALSO...THE BEST CONVERGENCE HAS SHIFTED WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE CENTRAL/EASTERN CAROLINAS. LATEST LAPS SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN ABSENCE OF MID-LEVEL DRY AIR...SO DOUBT WELL SEE THE VIGOROUS COLD POOL INTERACTIONS THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE RANGE FOR THIS EVENING. WHAT CONVECTION DOES DEVELOP SHOULD DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. OTHERWISE...EXPECT INCREASING LOW CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT...AS A SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING MID LEVEL VORT MAX. 1200 UTC HAND ANALYSIS SHOWED A COLD TROF OVER THE SRN PLAINS. THE NAM AND GFS BOTH MOVE THIS FEATURE INTO THE WRN CAROLINAS BY LATE SUN. WEAK COLD AIR DAMMING WILL ALSO BE IN PLACE...RESULTING IN A DEEP ELY FLOW. THE NAM TURNS THE FLOW OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST IN THE LOWEST LEVELS LATER IN THE AFTN OVER NE GA AND THE WRN UPSTATE. THIS MIGHT BE MORE A RESULT OF THE MODEL MASS FIELDS ADJUSTING TO CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS IN THE NAM. AT ANY RATE...DON/T BUY IT/S DEVELOPING A STRONG NW TO SE ORIENTED AREA OF CONVERGENCE OVER THE NRN UPSTATE LATE IN THE DAY. INSTEAD...FAVOR THE IDEA OF WIDESPREAD CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND LEE SLOPES...WHICH WL GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE AFTN HRS. WITH WEAK BUT STRONGLY VEERING FLOW AND UPPER SUPPORT...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE WL PASS E OF THE REGION EARLY MON...LEAVING US UNDER A SHORT WAVE RIDGE MUCH OF THE DAY. AS A RESULT THERE SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS CONVECTIVE COVERAGE ON THE 4TH. HOWEVER...MID LEVELS DRY OUT CONSIDERABLY...AND POTENTIAL FOR A FEW PULSE DAMAGING WIND EVENTS WL INCREASE. TEMPERATURES WL BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER AS WELL...THOUGH LACK OF ANY SUBSTANTIVE DOWNSLOPE SHOULD KEEP HIGHS FROM BALLOONING MUCH ABOVE 90. WEAK COLD FRONT WL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH LATE ON TUE. NOT VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT TIMING OF THE FRONT...NOR ABOUT HOW MUCH CONVECTION WL ACCOMPANY OR PRECEDED IT AS CONVECTIVELY INDUCED SHORT WAVES WL LIKELY BE THE BIG DRIVER FOR ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT. ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH DRY MID LEVELS...SO ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE THREAT WL BE WITH US AGAIN. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... LATEST GFS KEEPS THE WEAK STATIONARY FRONT OVER OR CLOSE TO THE CWFA WED-FRI. THEREFORE WL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST ALL THREE DAYS WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTION CONFINED TO THE AFTN AND EVENINGS. HGHTS RISE AND THE FRONT SHOULD MIX OUT BY SAT. HOWEVER...SRN STREAM ENERGY WL BEGIN TO APPROACH AND WL CONTINUE THE POPS THROUGH DAY 7. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS WIDESPREAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON/ EARLY THIS EVENING AS IT WAS YESTERDAY...SO VCTS SHOULD SUFFICE AT MOST TERMINALS THROUGH MID EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL THEN SHIFT TO FOG/STRATUS POTENTIAL LATE TONIGHT. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND WEAK SURFACE FRONT SHOULD PRECLUDE A BIG PROBLEM WITH FOG...BUT STILL EXPECT A ROUND OF MVFR VISBY AT MOST SITES LATE TONIGHT. LARGER PROBLEM MAY BE WITH CEILINGS...AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKS TO A E/SE DIRECTION LATE TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING VORT MAX. WOULD EXPECT THIS TO RESULT IN SOME UPSLOPE STRATUS DURING THE PRE-DAWN...AND GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE PICKING UP ON THIS...WITH MVFR/IFR CEILINGS ADVERTISED AT MOST TERMINALS CIRCA 12Z. HAVE KEPT CEILINGS ON THE LOW END OF MVFR FOR NOW...BUT WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THEM LOWER. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JDL/MCAVOY LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...JDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 601 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-031000- 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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 601 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1154 AM EDT SAT JUL 02 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG CROSS KEYS 34.63N 81.78W
07/01/2005 UNION SC PUBLIC
MANAGER OF LOCAL GROCERY STORE HAD REPORTS OF SEVERAL
TREES DOWN FROM AREA RESIDENTS.
&&
SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1250 PM EDT SAT JUL 02 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG MARIETTA 35.03N 82.49W
07/01/2005 GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE OF FOOD SHOP HAD REPORTS OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN
FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS.
&&
SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT SAT JUL 02 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S CHARLOTTE 35.13N 80.83W
07/01/2005 MECKLENBURG NC PUBLIC
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE
HOME OF HIS FATHER IN SOUTH PARK.
&&
SBKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 303 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 NCZ064-SCZ002-003-005-022000- GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BREVARD 303 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER THE BLUE RIDGE... AT 255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE BORDER OF TRANSYLVANIA AND PICKENS COUNTY... ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF PICKENS. THROUGH 4 PM...THIS STORM WILL DRIFT TOWARD THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MPH... MAINLY AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 11. THIS INCLUDES THE TABLE ROCK STATE PARK AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. IT COULD ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 348 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 NCZ034>036-022100- ALEXANDER-CALDWELL-IREDELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STATESVILLE 348 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT... AT 342 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AROUND WILKESBORO TO BLOWING ROCK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THROUGH 5 PM...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF ALEXANDER...CALDWELL...AND THE NORTHERN PART OF IREDELL COUNTIES. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a building, igniting a fire that gutted the building.
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