1 strong 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 30, 2:13 AM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 313 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... CIRCULATION AROUND TROPICAL STORM KATRINA SHIFTING A BIT MORE EASTWARD IN RECENT SATELLITE IMAGERY...SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS OFFICIAL TRACK FOR THE REMNANT LOW AND MUCH MORE EASTWARD THAN INDICATED BY EITHER OF OUR SHORT RANGE MODELS. CONVECTION IS REALLY FILLING IN NOW IN BETTER SHEAR AND FORCING AXIS ON EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM PROPER. AS THIS DEEPER MOISTURE GETS THROWN UP AGAINST OUR HIGHER TERRAIN ON STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS...WE STILL ANTICIPATE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR MOST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IT MAY TAKE A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE WE SEE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN THE EASTERN ZONES. WILL HIGHLIGHT CATEGORICAL POPS EARLY AND LIKELY TO CHANCE EAST...AND HOLD ON TO THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT. WE WILL CHANGE THE MONIKER TO FLOOD WATCH SINCE MOST AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING RAINFALL OVERNIGHT ARE THE SAME LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RAIN SHOWERS MONDAY EVENING...AND THE RAIN LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. WITH THE FORWARD SPEED OF KATRINA INCREASING...CHANGES IN OUR SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BE FASTER AND MORE VARIABLE THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED. THE EASTWARD SHIFT WILL MAKE IT LIKELY THAT SOME HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS WILL SEE SOME RATHER HIGH WIND GUSTS. UPSTREAM...THE 88-D AT KBMX AND KHTX STILL SHOW 40 TO 50 KTS OF WIND JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE PROFILE OVER OUR REGION MUCH LIGHTER AT PRESENT BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE AN INCRASE IN THE WIND. AN UNUSUAL WIND PHENOMENON OVER NORTH ALABAMA HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THERE EVEN WITH MUCH LIGHTER OBSERVED WINDS FROM METAR SITES THAT HAVE MANAGED TO REMAIN ONLINE. THERE COULD BE POCKETS WHERE THE HIGHER RADAR-INDICATED WINDS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN TO THE SURFACE OR A GRAVITY WAVE IS POSSIBLE. IF WIND SPEEDS NEED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED FOR THE WESTERN CWFA THIS MORNING...THERE IS STILL TIME TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS UPSTREAM AS WIND PROFILES STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE PREDAWN AND AS THOSE STRENGTHENING PROFILES IMPACT NORTH GEORGIA. FOR NOW...WE WILL HOIST A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWFA...MENTIONING SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR SO AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. CWFA HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER...SLIGHT RISK WEST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE FAR SOUTHERN UPSTATE...MODERATE RISK INDICATED NOW FOR THE CENTRAL UPSTATE THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS DUE STRONGER 0-1 KM FLOW AND BETTER POTENTIAL FOR ANY SURFACE HEATING TO ENHANCE SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND IN THE LEE TROF EAST OF APPALACHIANS. INTERESTING THAT FORECAST SOUNDINGS BRING SIGNIFICANT INTRUSION OF DRY MID LEVEL AIR INTO THE WESTERN CWFA DURING THE AFTERNOON AS EASTERN SOUNDINGS REMAIN QUITE MOIST. WE ALSO LOSE A LOT OF OUR DIRECTIONAL SHEAR THIS AFTERNOON..ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WIND SPEEDS OVERALL ARE PROGD TO STRENGTHEN EVEN MORE WITH SURAFCE CIRCULATION AROUND KATRINA MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH AND UPPER TROF APPROACHING WITH POTENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION LATE. WITH MODERATE RISK IN PLACE FOR THE AFTERNOON...WE WILL INCLUDE THE SEVERE WORDING IN THE ZONE TEXT. IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT HERE TO MENTION THAT A TORNADO WATCH DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN CWFA UNTIL 6 AM. AS SIGNIFICANT ECHOES UPSTREAM APPROACH THE REGION...WE MAY SEE ADDITIONAL WATCHES POSTED TO THE NORTH AND EAST. PLAN TO TONE DOWN POPS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR THE CWFA BUT MAINTAIN DECENT CHANCES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE RESIDUAL MOISTURE MAY GET TRAPPED AND CLOSER TO BETTER FORCING WITH APPROACH OF NOT ONLY THE UPPER LOW REPRESENTING THE MID LEVEL PART OF KATRINA BUT ALSO THE OVERALL APPROACH OF THE TROF IN WHICH THE SYSTEM IS ENVELOPED. LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE PROGD TO SWING AROUND TO A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION THIS EVENING AND TO WESTERLY...DOWNSLOPE DIRECTION...BY MORNING. MODELS BRING A DRY SLOT INTO THE AREA ALSO WITH THE FEATURE...AND SATELLITE IMAGERY APPEARS TO SUPPORT THAT IDEA FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST. MODELS SUGGEST A RAPID DRYING OUT AND A BOUNDARY CROSSING THE REGION DURING WEDNESDAY. WE WILL KEEP CHANCES GOING THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A MOSTLY DRY WEDNESDAY PROGD...EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE NOT WORKED ON TEMPERATURES YET BUT EXPECT BELOW NORMAL WEST TODAY...WARMER EAST WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATER. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... ADJUSTED WIND SPEEDS AND POPS SLIGHTLY FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES WITH THIS PACKAGE. && .AVIATION... MVFR CEILINGS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING EASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND EXPECT THAT TREND TO CONTINUE...WITH KCLT DEVELOPING A LOW CLOUD CEILING BEFORE SUNRISE. ONCE IN THE MVFR...EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE AS A PREVAILING CONDITION THROUGH AT LEAST THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. MODELS SHOW A LARGE SWATH OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z. HOWEVER... EXPECT PRECIP TO BE OFF AN ON AND SHOWERY...WITH STRETCHES OF GOOD VISIBILITY IN TROPICAL AIR. THE TEMPO GROUP IS TAILOR MADE FOR THIS SCENARIO SO I WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT...AND MOVE THE PRECIP FORECAST TO TEMPO CONDITIONS AT MOST TAF SITES. EXPECT BULK OF PRECIP TO MOVE NORTH AND FADE WITH SUNSET...SO HAVE OPTED FOR A VCSH AFTER 00Z WITH A LOW CLOUD CEILING HANGING ON. LOOKING AHEAD... GUIDANCE SHOWS CEILINGS DROPPING INTO IFR RANGE IN SOME CASES TOWARD 12Z WEDNESDAY...SO THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEXT ISSUANCE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY. ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM TUESDAY. NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY. ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM TUESDAY. SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>005 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY. ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001 >007-010- 011 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM TUESDAY. && SHORT TERM...SAB LONG TERM...SAB AVIATION...PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-SCZ001>005- 301015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-CALDWELL-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN LOCAL AREAS MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ006>014-019- 301015- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE EFFECTS OF KATRINA WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PLEASE SEND PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS. IN ADDITION LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WITH SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE UPROOTED TREES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY FOR FALLEN TREES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT NIGHT. DICARLO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1124 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-300430- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA 1124 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM MAY REACH HABERSHAM COUNTY GEORGIA... AT 1115 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CONTAING A TORNADO IN JACKSON COUNTY GEORGIA...MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS STORM RECENTLY CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN WINDER GEORGIA. THE STORM WILL BE GETTING CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF HABERSHAM COUNTY TOWARD MIDNIGHT. IT IS NOT CLEAR YET WHETHER THE STORM WILL TRACK INTO HABERSHAM COUNTY...OR STAY JUST WEST. IT IS POSSIBLE ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. ALSO...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN HABERSHAM COUNTY WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY IF THIS STORM MOVES OVER THE COUNTY. JONES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1157 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-300430- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA 1157 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM WILL PASS CLOSE TO HABERSHAM COUNTY... AT 1155 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A TORNADO IN EXTREME EASTERN HALL COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE CLOSE TO HABERSHAM COUNTY...BUT COULD REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE COUNTY. ANY RIGHT TURN OF THE STORM WILL REQUIRE AN IMMEDIATE TORNADO WARNING FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY. JONES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty winds developed over the North Carolina mountains and foothills as the remnants of hurricance Katrina passed west of the region. A few trees and power lines were blown down here and there, with at least one tree on a house in Hickory.
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: 5472846.