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 19, 2:06 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 306 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... MID LEVEL WLY FLOW HELPING TO KEEP A CONVECTION MINIMA ACROSS MOST OF NE GA/UPSTATE AND NC PIEDMONT. BEST COVERAGE OVER NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS AS IN PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. CANNOT RULE OUT CONVECTION ANYWHERE GIVEN THE INSTABILITY AND STORM MOVEMENT. HOWEVER HAVE HIGHEST POP THIS EVENING OVER MTNS AND FOOTHILLS...WITH LOW CHC MOST OF NE GA/UPSTATE AND NC PIEDMONT. THEN HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER...BUT STILL CHC...POP ALONG THE SRN CWFA BORDER WHERE SECONDARY CONVECTIVE MAXIMA OCCURRING. VERY WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT FOG MOST LOCATIONS. ISOLATED LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AND MTN VALLEYS WILL SEE PATCHY DENSE FOG...BUT HAVE LEFT DENSE WORDING OUT OF THE ZONES FOR NOW. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD DRY IN THE MID LEVELS AS LEE TROF SHOULD PIVOTS TO THE EAST WED AFTERNOON. THE NAM IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THE DRYING...RESULTING IN LOW POPS. BELIEVE THAT THE GFS IS THE BEST SOLUTION WITH KEEPING MUCH OF THE FA IN THE MOIST AIR...RESULTING IN SCT COVERAGE. EITHER SOLUTION WILL YIELD NEARLY STATIONARY/SLOW PROPAGATING STORMS WED...WHICH IS REASON ENOUGH FOR LOW POPS. H5 WEAKENS THU...ALLOWING WEAK VORTS TO MOVE ALONG WITH THE NW FLOW INTO THE FA. THU HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE L90S OVER L70S YIELDING CAPES AROUND 3K. HOWEVER...WIND FIELDS ARE VERY WEAK AND STORM MOTIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO 5-10 KTS. WITH WEAK CAPPING...EXPECT THE BEST COVERAGE OVER THE MTNS AND A LESSER CHC EAST. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... THU NIGHT AND FRI...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE THAT A DECENT S/W WILL RIPPLE OVER THE FA. THE NAM IS THE QUICKEST BRINGING AN MCS TO THE TN/NC LINE AROUND 12Z FRI. THE GFS IS A BIT SLOWER...BRINGING THE CORE OF THE ACTIVITY INTO THE MTNS AROUND 18Z. BELIEVE THE BEST APPROACH IS TO USE A BLEND OF THE TWO SOLUTIONS...BEGINNING WITH AN INCREASING TREND IN THE POPS EARLY FRI AM. WILL KEEP POPS THE HIGHEST OVER THE WESTERN HALF...HOWEVER...6-12 HR POPS WILL FALL AROUND 40%. OVER THE WEEKEND THROUGH TUES...H5 RIDGE BUILDS FROM THE WEST WITH H85 TEMPS CLIMBING INTO THE L20S C. MEX MOS WARMS HIGH TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 90S...WHICH SEEMS TO ALSO BE THE HIGHEST ENSEMBLE MEMBER. AT THIS POINT...I AM UNCERTAIN HOW WELL THE MEX GUIDANCE WILL PERFORM GIVEN THE PATTERN AND RECENT CLIMO. KAVL HAS NOT SEEN THE TEMP RISE TO 90 IN OVER TWO YEARS...BUT MEX GIVES 91 FOR SAT...SUN...AND MON. THIS IS CERTAINLY A PATTERN FOR HOT TEMPS...BUT WILL FORECAST VALUES BETWEEN THE MEAN AND OP. OVERALL...DEEP RIDGING WILL YIELD HOT AND DRY WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND INTO THE EARLY WEEK. I FAVORED RIDGETOP POPS AND SCHC FROM THE FOOTHILLS EAST. && .AVIATION... TONIGHT SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. SCT TO ISOLATED CONVECTION ATTM. THUNDER CHC BEST AT KAVL/KHKY...SO HAVE VCTS THERE...AND ONLY CB ELSEWHERE. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER 00Z. HAVE ALL SITES GOING TO MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT. IFR VSBY/CIG CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT CHC TOO LOW FOR MENTION XCPT AT KAVL. GUIDANCE SOLIDLY IFR THERE...SO CONDITIONS BEGIN AT 09Z WITH MVFR AT 13Z...THEN VFR AT 15Z. ALL OTHER SITES BECOMING VFR BY 14Z. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RWH/NED LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...RWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 604 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-201015- 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- 604 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LANE
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home, igniting a fire which destroyed the structure.
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