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 3, 12:18 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 118 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... ISOLD CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER MTNS AND FOOTHILLS N AND NE OF CWA. WILL UPDATE TO ADD ISOLD SHWRS AND TSTMS TO MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1026 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER AREA WHILE THICKNESS SLOWLY INCREASES. TEMPERATURES WARMED A BIT MORE QUICKLY IN SOME AREAS THIS MORNING ..OTHERWISE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. TWEAKED WINDS...HOURLY TEMPS... DEW POINTS AND RH. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE ATTM. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 243 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY)... POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH TO SINK S OF AREA TODAY WITH HEIGHTS RISING FROM N. WEAK/COMPLEX SURFACE HIGH TO REMAIN OVER AREA...WITH LIGHT VARIABLE WIND FIELD MUCH OF PACKAGE. EXPECT WARMING TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH WED...BUT STAYED ON CONSERVATIVE COOLER END OF GUIDANCE AS RIDGING NOT TOO STRONG OVER AREA. TEMPERATURES RISE A COUPLE OF DEREES TODAY OVER YESTERDAY...THEN ANOTERH TWO DEGREES OR SO THU...THEN A DEGREE OR SO COOLER FRI THAN THU AS CLOUDS BEGIN TO INVADE/THICKEN FROM N IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING SURFACE FRONT. MODEL GUIDACNE POPS VERLY LOW ACROSS AREA TODAY...BUT NAM HAS RATHER HIGH INSTABLILITY IN NE CORNER...HKY/SVH/CLT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT WEAK CAP FORMING AT 650 MB WILL BE TOO LITTLE/TOO LATE TO STOP ANYTHING THAT GETS GOING...IF IT GETS GOING. WILL REORIENT POPS TODAY...PLACING SLIGHT CHANCE IN NE CORNER...WITH 10 TO 12 PCT REST. INSTABILITY EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE I-85 CORRIDOR THU...AND POPS CLIMB INTO MID TEENS. WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE EVERYWHERE THU AFTERNOON. BY FRI MODELS INCREASE MOISTURE IN S FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT...AND WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS ALL BUT SE...WHERE SLIGHT CHANCE WILL SUFFICE. WILL CARRY FOG EACH NIGHT/MORNING WHERE WIND AND DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS SUPPORT IT. LONG TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST STARTS WITH LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH ALONG EAST...AND FRONT STALLED NW OF AREA. UPPER TROUGH FLATTNES OUT RESULTING IN ZONAL FLOW BY SUN. SURFACE BOUNDARY DISSIPATES EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH AREA LEFT IN WARM/HUMID AIR MASS. EXPECT NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND POPS. AVIATION... CIRRUS BENEATH THE UPPER JET AXIS FROM KAND TO KCLT WILL PROVIDE FEW TO SCT HIGH CLOUDS EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT OTHERWISE CLEAR CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW RADIATION FOG TO DEVELOP. MAINLY MVFR VISIBILITY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...EXCEPT FOR A QUICK TRANSITION TO IFR CIG/VSBY AT KAVL BEFORE DAYBREAK. MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE NC PIEDMONT FROM KHKY TO KCLT. HOWEVER...LITTLE OR NO TRIGGER FOR TSRA CAN BE FOUND IN LIGHT ENE FLOW UNDER THE RIDGE THROUGH EVENING. WILL FEATURE CB CLOUD TYPE AT KCLT AFTER 18Z. IF ONE THUNDERSTORM FORMS...HOWEVER...SEVERAL COULD FOLLOW AND PRODUCE A WIND GUST AND HAIL THREAT GIVEN THE PROFILES. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 536 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-040945- 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- 536 AM EDT WED AUG 3 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN NORTH CAROLINA...FROM HICKORY...TO STATESVILLE...TO CHARLOTTE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-032100- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-GRAHAM-HABERSHAM-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON- MACON NC-MADISON NC-MCDOWELL-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-POLK NC- RABUN-RUTHERFORD-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE... CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...NEWLAND...RUTHERFORDTON...SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...TRYON... WAYNESVILLE 300 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... AT 255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WAS BETWEEN NEWLAND AND WEAVERVILLE...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER IN SWAIN COUNTY...AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS BETWEEN TUCKASEGEE AND FRANKLIN. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 MPH. RAINFALL WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY IN ANY LOCATION AFFECTED BY A SHOWER OR STORM THIS AFTERNOON. A QUICK INCH OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR...AND A FEW LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN. LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED WHEREVER THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. RAPID RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL BANNER ELK 36.16N 81.87W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH AVERY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
RAH WX RELAYED REPORT FROM THEIR SPOTTER. LOCATION
ESTIMATED...REPORTED AS NEAR COUNTY OR STATE LINE.
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JONESThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway dept employee reported several trees down on her property, with quite a few trees down on a neighboring property. Also, PD reported hail, almost to dime size, in Elk Park around this time.
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
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