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</html>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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1259 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1248 PM HAIL BRYSON CITY 35.43N 83.45W
02/21/2005 0.88 INCH SWAIN NC POST OFFICE
THE BRYSON CITY POST OFFICE REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL
WHICH WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE THE GROUND WHITE.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
123 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 NW FRANKLIN 35.28N 83.51W
02/21/2005 MACON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
MACON COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN IN
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY WHEN THE LINE OF STORMS
PASSED THROUGH BEFORE 1 PM.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
130 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM TSTM WND DMG ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 83.81W
02/21/2005 GRAHAM NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
GRAHAM COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY. A TRANSFORMER DOWN AT LOWER PANTHER
CREEK.
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OUTLAWThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds blew down several tall pine trees in the Laurel Ridge area of Waynesville. Some of the trees fell on a vehicle and a home, causing minimal damage.
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, February 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: 5441872.