1 lightning, 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 Jul 17, 12:58 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 158 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY)... LOW LEVEL FORCING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS CONTINUES TO BE FOCUSED MAINLY ALONG LEE TROUGH EXTENDING THROUGH THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS. ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING NEAR THE HIGH TERRAIN...AND COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE THROUGH 00Z WHERE CONVERGENCE IS LOCALLY MAXIMIZED. SOUNDINGS REMAIN QUITE WARM...HOWEVER...WITH LITTLE WIND OR HAIL THREAT ANTICIPITATED. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY CONVECTION THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT VAD WIND PROFILE EXHIBITS 15 TO 20 KT OF WESTERLY STEERING FLOW. ANY FLOODING THREAT WOULD HAVE TO RESULT FROM TRAINING IN THE PIEDMONT OR BACKBUILDING NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...AND THIS SHOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST. VALLEY FOG IS LIKELY ONCE AGAIN MON MORNING GIVEN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN SOUNDINGS...BUT LIGHT SW FLOW SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING TO PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT PIEDMONT FOG. ATLANTIC UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO BUILD WEST ACROSS AREA MON THROUGH WED WHILE FLOW ALONG CANADIAN BORDER BECOMES ZONAL. WEAK SURFACE RIDGE TO REMAIN OVER AREA...WITH SLOWING/WEAKENING COLD FRONT MOVING INTO MID ATLANTIC STATES BY WED. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO PERSIST... ALTHOUGH MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SHOW SOME DRYING OF MID LEVELS FROM TOP DOWN WITH TIME. EXPECT DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH WED...WITH BEST POPS IN MOUNTAINS WHERE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING WILL AID CONVECTIVE INITIATION...AND N TIER WED AS FRONT APPROACHES. AS HEIGHTS BUILD...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB...ESPECIALLY DAYTIME MAXIMUMS WHICH HAVE BEEN HELD IN CHECK BY EXTENSIVE CLOUDS RECENTLY. WITH DEW POINTS STILL RATHER HIGH...EXPECT HEAT INDEX NEAR 100 FOR AN HOUR OR TWO EACH DAY IN PORTIONS OF FAR S AND CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...BUT STILL BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST STARTS WITH BRIEF E COAST TROUGHING...FOLLOWED BY CENTER OF WELL DEFINED UPPER RIDGE MOVING INTO AREA FROM W. AT THIS TIME COLD FRONTS CROSSING NE USA WED AND SAT NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THIS FAR S...HOWEVER CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SYTEMS MAY HAVE AN IMPACT. EXPECT SCATTERED DIURNALLY MAXIMIZED CONVECTION ...DIMINISHING SOME AS UPPER RIDGE MOVES IN...AND WARM TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION... FAIRLY SPARSE CONVECTIVE COVERAGE LATE TODAY WILL RELEGATE VICINITY TSTM MENTION CLOSE TO THE BLUE RIDGE...MAINLY IMPACTING KAVL AND KHKY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. PROFILES FOR TONIGHT LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THIS MORNING...WHERE IFR CONDITIONS WERE CONFINED TO KAVL AND KHKY. WILL ALSO MENTION NARROW WINDOW OF MVFR VSBY AT KAND AFTER 10Z GIVEN SW LOW LEVEL TRAJECTORY OFF THE LAKE. CCL REMAINS NEAR 4000 FT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AS CONVECTIVE CU WILL SET UP AGAIN AFTER 14Z MONDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG/JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...HG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 529 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-180930- 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- 529 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THE CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL INCREASE DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LANE
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:43 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a high-voltage power line, knocking out power to 1850 residents.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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