1 heavy rain, 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 13, 4:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... DOING A QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS IN THE SW NC AND THE NE GA MTNS. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THESE ZONES. DON/T THINK THAT AREAS FARTHER E WL SEE AS GREAT OF COVERAGE AND THE UPPER LOW/COLD TROUGH ALOFT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PCPN WL MOVE LITTLE THE NEXT FEW HRS AND WEEK FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPART A MEAN NLY MOVEMENT TO THE CELLS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 241 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005) SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... KGSP 88-D SHOWS SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND ALSO ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. CONVECTION HAS POPPED UP IN MANY OTHER AREAS THUS FAR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT HAS NOT BEEN LONG LIVED. STILL...AIRMASS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. CONVECTION PROBABLY INHIBITED BY VERY DRY AIR ALOFT...WEAK FLOW AND THE AXIS OF NEGATIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION ADVERTISED BY 12KM ETA OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH POSITIVE VORTICITY AXIS PROGD TO REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH SUNDOWN...IT APPEARS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL STAND THE GREATEST CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AND WE WILL PEG POPS AT 50 THOSE LOCATIONS. CHANCE POPS ALL OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGH SUNDOWN. WITH LOSS OF HEATING...WE EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO END...ALTHOUGH LATEST NAM SWINGS A SWATH OF MODERATE RAIN FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH CENTRAL UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA BY 06Z. WE WILL NOT BUY INTO THAT YET GIVEN LACK OF COVERAGE OUTSIDE THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AT THE MOMENT. WILL ADVERTISE FOG AS IN PREVIOUS DAYS...ALTHOUGH STRATUS MIGHT BE A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD GIVEN MUCH MOISTER SURFACE LAYER AROUND 12Z ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS. ON SUNDAY...UPSTREAM COLD FRONT PROGD TO DIP SOUTH TOWARD NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA...WITH NAM AND GFS GENERATING DECENT TROFINESS LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS. SOUNDINGS STILL QUITE MOIST. WILL GRANT ALL ZONES POPS IN THE 40% RANGE...HIGHEST FAR WEST AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND ACROSS OUR EASTERN ZONES CLOSER TO THE LEE TROF AXIS. LOWEST POPS FOR CENTRAL FORECAST AREA SOUTH TO GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG METRO AREA TO ANDERSON. WILL GO A BIT WARMER ON MAXES DUE TO WARMER MODEL THICKNESSES. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... WITH AN UPPER LOW ACROSS S CANADA AND A HIGH TO THE S OF THE REGION...WEAK ZONAL FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH HIGH DEW POINTS WILL CONTINUE...WITH DEPTH OF MOISTURE INCREASING IN WEAK H85 SOUTHERLY AFTER MID WEEK. NEW GUIDANCE CONTINUES CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH DIURNALLY FAVORED CONVECTION AND SEE NO REASON TO DIFFER. TEMPS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVG WITH HIGHS NEAR 90...LOWS AROUND 70 WITH TEMPS 5 TO 10 DEG COOLER MTNS. IRENE IS STILL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NE AWAY FROM THE E COAST THROUGH MID WEEK. AVIATION... AGAIN TODAY...CONVECTION DEVELOPING RAPIDLY JUST BEFORE TIME FOR THE NEW 18Z TAF PACKAGE. ALREADY RW HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT KAND EACH TAF WILL INCLUDE A VCSH OR VCTS REMARK BEGINNING AT 20Z. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND REGIME TO CONTINUE...WITH CALM WINDS INDICATED FOR THE OVERNIGHT AFTER 00Z OR 01Z...ALTHOUGH CONVECTION COULD STILL BE ONGOING IN THE WEST BUT AWAY FROM THE TAF SITES. PERSISTENCE WAS FOLLOWED FOR THE OVERNIGHT RE FOG/STRATUS TIME HEIGHTS SHOW A BIT MORE SURFACE-LAYER MOISTURE THAN TODAY SO WE EXPECT MORE IFR CEILINGS...INCLUDED AS TEMPO GROUPS KAND/KAVL/KHKY RIGHT AROUND 12Z. IMPROVEMENT TO VFR ALL LOCATIONS BY THE MIDDLE OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH SUNDAY AND STRONG LEE TROF DISPLAYED ON NAM/GFS SUGGEST CONVECTION MAY GET AN EARLY START AGAIN SUNDAY BUT WITH MORE CLOUDINESS. TEMPO GROUPS FOR VCSH ADVERTISED AT KAND/KAVL/KHKY BY THE END OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-141000- 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- 554 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 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 SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 436 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-132200- GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-MACON NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC- SWAIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE 436 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS... AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SMOKY AND COWEE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING THE FONTANA LAKE AND LITTLE TENNESSEE VALLEY AREAS. THROUGH 6 PM...THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PEAS. HOWEVER...THE GREATER THREAT WILL BE FROM FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. BOATERS ON FONTANA LAKE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER ON SHORE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Savannah Creek came out of its banks in spots, but flooding was confined to fields.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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