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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 20, 1:57 PM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... RIDGETOPS PROVIDING LOCATION FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON. CELLS MOVING VERY SLOWLY WITH LIGHT STEERING FLOW IN THE MID LEVELS. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING. CANNOT RULE OUT A SEVERE STORM OR TWO...BUT SVR THREAT LOWER THAN FLOODING CHC. HAVE GONE WITH EARLY LIKELY POP NC FOOTHILLS/NC MTNS SOUTH AND WEST OF FRENCH BROAD...AND OVER SC/GA MTNS. SCT POP ELSEWHERE. WILL SEE SOME FOG OVERNIGHT...BUT BEST CHC FOR DENSE FOG WILL BE MTN VALLEYS. UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE OVER THE SOUTHEAST TODAY WILL YIELD TO SLIGHT LOWERING OF UPPER HEIGHTS THURSDAY...RESULTING IN A DIFFLUENT NORTHWEST...BUT STILL PRETTY WEAK FLOW THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN. ALL IN ALL...DOUBT THERE WILL BE MUCH CHANGE TO OUR PERSISTENT SENSIBLE WEATHER...A CONTINUED THREAT OF SCATTERED DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH ANOTHER DAY OF FTHL/PIEDMONT MAXES IN THE LOWER 90S AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100. IT CONTINUES TO REMAIN UNCERTAIN WITH RESPECT TO MCS EVOLUTION THURSDAY NIGHT AND/OR FRIDAY BUT THE OVERALL PATTERN WOULD STILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED TSTMS LATER THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING...WHETHER IT MAKES IT THIS FAR SOUTHEAST IS STILL DEBATABLE. NOT THAT IT IS CORRECT...BUT THE 12 UTC GFS IS NOW SHOWING STRONG SIGNALS OF LINEAR DEEP CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE MTNS FRIDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY SWEEPING ACRS THE CWFA BY THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS EVEN SOME SUPPORT ALBEIT WEAKER ON THE 12 UTC NAM WITH S/WV PASSAGE DURING THIS TIMEFRAME...SO WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE POPS OUTSIDE OF TYPICAL DIURNAL FOR THIS PERIOD. AS IN EARLIER RUNS...THE LATEST GFS CONTINUES TO BE SLOWER/DEEPER WITH MAIN S/WV PASSAGE...WHICH DOES NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATER FRIDAY NIGHT. TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...PLAN ON LEAVING CHC POPS AS IS UNTIL 06Z SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... CWFA LOOKS TO COME UNDER S/WV RIDGING SATURDAY WITH DEEPER RH DISPLACED OFF TO OUR SOUTH. IT WILL CONTINUE TO HEAT UP WITH FTHL/PIEDMONT MAXES IN THE MID 90S. WITH THE ABSENCE OF THE BETTER RH AND LARGER SCALE SUPPORT...PLAN ON CONTINUING DIURNAL CHC POPS FOR JUST THE MTNS. LARGE UPPER RIDGING TO BUILD EVEN FURTHER EAST INTO THE CWFA SUNDAY AND MONDAY FOR A FEW MORE HOT DAYS. AGAIN...ANY DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCE WOULD LOOK TO BE ISOLATED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN IF NOT COMPLETELY SUPPRESSED. WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR DEWPOINT TRENDS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING REACHED. PLAN ON SLIGHT CHANCE OR LOW CHANCE POPS FOR DAYS 6 AND 7 WITH TEMPS HEADING BACK TOWARD CLIMO AS UPPER RIDGING BREAKS DOWN. && .AVIATION... TAFS START OFF WITH VCTS AT ALL LOCATIONS XCPT KCLT WHERE TSRA STILL QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY. DO HAVE CB MENTION THERE. WILL AMD IF/WHEN CELLS APPROACH AIRFIELDS. GUIDANCE NOT CONSISTENT WITH MVFR FOG CHANCE OVERNIGHT...XCPT AT KAVL WHERE IFR FOG/CIGS LOOK LIKELY. DID INCLUDE MVFR FOG AT KHKY/KAND WHERE IT IS FAVORED ACCORDING TO CLIMO. RESTRICTIONS END QUICKLY...ABOUT 13Z...THU MORNING. VFR FOR THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RWH/CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...RWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 631 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-211045- 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- 631 AM EDT WED JUL 20 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 ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WITH THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION. ONE OR TWO OF TODAYS STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DECREASE FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005
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0525 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 SSE TUCKASEGEE 35.20N 83.09W
07/20/2005 JACKSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY REPORTS CHARLEY CREEK ROAD FLOODED NEAR HIGHWAY
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HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 625 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ028-202330- HART- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HARTWELL 625 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT HART COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 624 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM HARTWELL TO NEAR ROYSTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY AFFECT LOCATIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Five large trees blown down on 13th St, with some windows broken out. One tree fell on a vehicle. At least one other tree and several large limbs were blown down elsewhere in town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5470196.