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 Feb 21, 10:35 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1035 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... MANY ELEMENTS OF THE FORECAST REMAIN CHALLENGING FOR THE REST OF TODAY. STRONG BOW ECHO OVER CENTRAL TN WILL ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY STABLE AIR AS IT APPROACHES THE WRN NC MTNS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE TSTMS SEEM UNLIKELY AT PRESENT...BUT RESIDUAL WIND ENERGY WITH DECAYING MCS COULD BRING GUSTY WINDS INTO THE HIGH TERRAIN. WILL ISSUE AN SPS TO ADDRESS THIS POSSIBILITY. INSTABILITY SHOULD ALSO BEGIN TO WRAP FROM ERN TN INTO THE SRN PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AS MID 50S TO LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS MAKE A RUN TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE SW. HIGHER DEWPOINTS MAY ACTUALLY POOL ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER TOWARD THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FORCING WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN...AS WARM ADVECTION LIFT ABATES SLIGHTLY AND DPVA ASSOCIATED WITH THE POTENT VORT MAX TO THE W DIMINISHES AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS SLIGHTLY AND SHEARS THIS AFTN. HOWEVER...UPPER JET DIVERGENCE CONTINUES AND STRENTHENS THROUGH THE AFTN. WAVES SLIDING EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT SHOULD CONTRIBUTE ONLY SLIGHT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...BUT BETTER FORCING DURING THE OVERNIGHT. MID LEVELS DRY SOMEWHAT THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT THIS COULD ACTUALLY AIDE INSTABILITY AND CONVECTION SOMEWHAT. DEBRIS CLOUDINESS FROM ERN TN SHOULD TRACK OVER WRN NC AND SEVERELY LIMIT MAX TEMP RISE. WILL TRIMS TEMPS DOWN THROUGHOUT...ALTHOUGH MUCH LESS CHANGE OVER SRN SECTIONS WITH STRONGER DRYING AND BETTER MIXING DEVELOPING. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 402 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... SHOWERS...AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REENTERING OUR CWFA ATTM. THIS PRECIP ON THE LEADING EDGE OF BROAD AREA OF ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE. THIS AREA WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CWFA THIS MORNING. WILL KEEP HIGH POP WITH THUNDER MENTION THIS MORNING. POP GRADUALLY DECREASES THIS AFTERNOON AS UPGLIDE ENDS. HOWEVER MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH AND INSTABILITY/LAPSE RATES ACTUALLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS SFC FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. WILL KEEP POP THRU THE AFTERNOON. MDLS INDICATING MCS-LIKE SYSTEM MOVING THRU THE WRN/SRN SECTIONS OVERNIGHT AS FNT PUSHES THRU. HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE NAM SOLN WITH CHC POP WRN/SRN SECTIONS TAPERING OFF TO NO POP NORTH. BASICALLY DRY FCST REST OF THE PERIOD AS ATMOS DRIES OUT AND ANY FORCING REMAINS SOUTH OF THE CWFA. COULD BE A FEW UPSLOPE RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS TUE NITE NRN MTNS...SO DO HAVE A SILENT 20 POP THERE. GUIDANCE HIGHS CLOSE TODAY. WENT TOWARD WARMER MET TONIGHT SINCE FOLLOWING NAM SOLN. THEN TRENDED TOWARD THE COOLER MAV REST OF THE PERIOD WITH MILD HIGH PRESSURE NOSING INTO THE AREA. LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... STRONG BLOCKING OVER GREENLAND...AND OTHER MDLS SUPPPORT GFS SUPPRESSING GULF SYSTEMS FARTHER SOUTH THRU THIS PERIOD. HAVE REMOVED POP THRU THUR NITE IN LINE WITH HPC AND NEIGHBORS. NO CHANGES TO OTHER FIELDS OR DAYS. AVIATION... CEILINGS SHOULD BECOME MORE STEADY IN THE IFR...OR AT LEAST MVFR CATEGORY THIS MORNING. AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN ALOFT BEHIND APPROACHING SW TROUGH...EXPECT TO SEE WIDESPREAD IFR VISBY UNTIL MIXING COMMENCES AFTER SUNRISE. PRECIP SHOULD BE OF THE SCATTERED SHOWER VARIETY THIS MORNING AT BEST. AS WESTERLY FLOW INCREASES LATER THIS MORNING...EXPECT A GRADUAL IMPROVMENT IN CEILINGS AND VISBY TO OCCUR DURING THE MORNING...WITH VFR EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING...MODEST BOUNDARY LAYER WARMING...STEEPER LAPSE RATES ADVECTING OVER THE REGION...AND SOME CONVERGENCE IN THE VCNY OF THE LEE TROUGH/SURFACE FRONT...EXPECT SCT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR NOW...WILL JUST MENTION VCSH AT ALL TERMINALS. HOWEVER...SUSPECT WE WILL SEE SOME ACTUAL THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT DONT EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221100- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 600 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RWH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1116 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-212000- AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC- MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-YANCEY NC- 1116 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005 A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS EASTERN TENNESSEE THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LINGERING STRONG WIND GUSTS...HOWEVER...COULD ACCOMPANY THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT REACHES THE HIGHER TERRAIN. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AS THE THUNDERSTORMS REACH THE VICINITY OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH 2 PM...WITH CONTINUED OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING COULD ALSO POSE A HAZARD WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. GERAPETRITIS
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees blown down countywide, many onto roads, and some into power lines, causing sporadic power outages. One tree fell on and damaged a mobile home in the Atoah Community. On Snowbird Road in Robbinsville, shingles were torn from a home, and the porch was torn from a mobile home next door.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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