1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 1:31 PM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 231 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... WEAK UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER AREA WITH LIGHT WIND FLOW THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MINIMAL UPPER DYNAMICS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND BOTH GFS AND NAM MOS HAVE LOWERED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVE AND MON. WEAK UPPER DEFORMATION ZONE PERSISTS HOWEVER JUST W OF MTNS AND IS VISIBLE ON SAT IMAGERY. MAIN SURFACE FEATURE IS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OH VALLEY THAT STAYS WELL N OF AREA BUT A WEAK TROF HAS SET UP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. WITH SFC HEATING ADDED TO THESE OTHER WEAK FACTORS EXPECT SCT CONVECTION THIS AFTN-EVE AND AGAIN LATE MON. RH REMAINS HIGH WITH TEMPS SIMILAR TO LAST FEW DAYS. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... HEIGHTS ALOFT PROGD TO CONTINUE A SLOW FALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH TOWARD THE CAROLINA BORDER. GFS QUITE INSISTENT THAT THIS FEATURE WILL SAG SOUTH TO THE PALMETTO STATE...BUT CONSENSUS IS THAT GFS IS TOO AGGRESSIVE...BUT NCEP DOES SHOW THE FEATURE SAGGING INTO NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NITE...THEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS EAST AND NORTH WITH FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NITE...AND WE DID INDICATE CONTINUED HIGHER ELEVATION POPS WEDNESDAY NITE/THURSDAY MOUNTAINS. ANY COOLDOWN AS A RESULT OF THIS FRONT WILL ERODE BY THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH UPPER RIDGE AGAIN ATTEMPTING TO BUILD OVER THE REGION. WE LOWERED MAXES TO 80S NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THEN BUMP TEMPERATURES BACK TO 90S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS BY THE START OF NEXT WEEKEND. NO REAL TRIGGERS EXPECTED AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT LOWER LEVELS PROGD TO REMAIN MOIST...SO POPS BY THE WEEKEND MORE OF A DIURNAL NATURE. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION SLOWER TO GET GOING TODAY AND MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON POPS THIS AFTN-EVE. STILL EXPECT AT LEAST SCT TSTMS SO WILL RETAIN VCTS AND CB CLOUDS AT ALL SITES. CIGS HAVE BEEN FORMING JUST BELOW VFR SO HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR BKN CIGS AROUND 3K FT. MVFR FG/HZ EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TONIGHT-EARLY MON WITH PSBL IFR AROUND DAYBREAK...MAINLY AT KAVL. && .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 627 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-151030- 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- 627 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 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 ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY. ISOLATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND PERHAPS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A DAILY CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 527 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 NCZ065-142230- HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HENDERSONVILLE 527 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS HENDERSON COUNTY... AT 521 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE... MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. THROUGH 630 PM...THIS STORM WILL AFFECT DANA...THE EAST SIDE OF HENDERSONVILLE...AND EVENTUALLY THE FLAT ROCK AND TUXEDO AREAS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER...THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF STRONG WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 552 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 GAZ029-SCZ010-011-142240- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ELBERTON 552 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 549 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER IVA IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL SOON MOVE INTO WESTERN ABBEVILLE AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH AND BRIEF...TORRENTIAL RAIN. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE LOWNDESVILLE...RUCKERSVILLE AND CALHOUN FALLS. MCAVOY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 559 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 SCZ003-142230- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 559 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY... AT 555 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE... MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO GREENVILLE COUNTY JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 25...AND WILL MOVE TOWARD THE TIGERVILLE AREA THROUGH 630 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 636 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 SCZ006-010-012-142325- ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...LAURENS 636 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT PARTS OF GREENVILLE - ANDERSON AND LAURENS COUNTIES... AT 632 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL SOON ENTER EASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AROUND FOUNTAIN INN. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY NEAR BELTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. BOTH OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND 40 MPH WINDS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. MCAVOY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 641 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 NCZ055-067-142330- BURKE NC-RUTHERFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORGANTON...RUTHERFORDTON 641 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS... AT 635 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS NEAR THE BURKE AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THROUGH 730 PM... THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST RUTHERFORD COUNTY...POSSIBLY REACHING THE SUNSHINE AREA BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. IN ADDITION...THE STORM COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 734 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 NCZ067-150030- RUTHERFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RUTHERFORDTON 734 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY... AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR SUNSHINE. THROUGH 830 PM...THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY AT AROUND 10 MPH. THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND FOREST CITY BY AROUND 8 PM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. IN ADDITION...THE STORM COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Quite a few large trees blown down, especially on Cherry Mountain Rd. One tree fell on a home, causing minor damage. Another tree fell on a vehicle and other trees fell on power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5472563.