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 Aug 1, 1:33 PM EST, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 233 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... UPPER HIGH REMAINS OVER PLAINS...WELL W OF REGION...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD N OF CWA AT THE SURFACE...KEEPING AREA IN COOLER N TO NE FLOW TONIGHT INTO TUE. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT LOW LEVELS REMAIN FAIRLY MOIST AND WITH WEAK SUBSIDENCE WILL KEEP PATCHY EARLY MORNING FOG IN GRIDS. CONVECTION FIRING ALONG OLD SFC BOUNDARY LIES WELL S OF CWA BUT ATMOSPHERE FAIRLY UNSTABLE AND SFC HEATING...COMBINED WITH ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVING N COULD INITIATE SCT THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS S CWA. WITH DRYER AIR ACROSS CWA TOMORROW EXPECT LESS CLOUDS AND WARMER TEMPS. HAVE KEPT JUST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS S AND W...INCLUDING MTNS. WITH LIGHT NE FLOW CONTINUING AND UPPER TROF SUPRESSING THICKNESS VALUES OVER AREA...LEFT TEMPS SLIGHTLY BELOW GFS MOS. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... HEIGHTS ALOFT PROGD TO SLOWLY FALL OVER THE EAST COAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS OF THE FORECAST...AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE CWFA AND IS FORECAST TO STALL...KEEPING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. MOISTURE SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE AFTER THURSDAY AFTERNOON GUIDANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT QUITE LOW...BUT ALSO DECENT CHANCES OF STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION FOR ANYTHING THAT DOES GO WITH DRY AIR ALOFT. LOW LEVELS QUITE DRY ON MODEL CROSS SECTIONS...HOWEVER. FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE WEEKEND...THE GREATEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION WILL BE NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...CLOSER TO WHERE THE FRONT IS PROGD TO STALL. A WEAK ATLANTIC FEED IS ALSO PROGD PER LATEST LONGER RANGE GFS. BY MONDAY...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WASHING OUT...WITH HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN SHIFTING TO THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN CWFA. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE 90S AGAIN OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY...THEN TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR MOST AREAS ADVERTISED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ALTHOUGH SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWFA COULD SEE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES HOLD ON THROUGH THE END OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... EXPECT SCT-BKN CU THIS AFTN-EVE WITH SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS...MAINLY ACROSS MTNS AND S ZONES. NO MENTION OF CB CLOUDS OR VCTS WITH TAF ISSUANCE DUE TO LIKELIHOOD THAT TSTMS WILL NOT AFFECT TAF SITES. LIGHT NE WINDS WILL GO LGT AND VRBL BY SUNSET. HAVE KEPT MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPO IFR AT KAVL AROUND DAYBREAK. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...SAB AVIATION...RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 551 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-021000- 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- 551 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE FEWEST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 IN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 07
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning ignited a fire at a house, completely destroying the structure.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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