1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 1:44 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 244 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... 88D TRENDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON SHOULD DEPICT BLOSSOMING CVRG OF DEEP CONVECTION THANKS TO THE COMBINATION OF DEEPER RH PRESSING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...A MODERATELY TO VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND LLVL CONVERGENCE AXIS BISECTING THE CWFA. WILL CONTINUE TO FCST NUMEROUS TSTM CVRG THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVING TROUBLE RESOLVING THE DETAILS OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF LIFT...BUT BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS HAVE PCPN RESPONSE LINGERING ACRS NC... SO WILL HANG ONTO LIKELY CVRG THERE AND DROP POP TO SCATTERED EVERYWHERE ELSE. ON FRIDAY...CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER LOOKS PROBABLE AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS DIGS JUST UPSTREAM OF THE CWFA WITH A PRETTY STOUT AREA OF LARGE SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS. AGAIN... MODELS LINGER DEEP RH WITHIN THE CWFA AND DECENT AGREEMENT AMONG NUMERICAL GUIDANCE POP ADVERTISING ANOTHER AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH NUMEROUS TSTMS. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE EAST COAST DURING THE WEEKEND AS THE SURFACE FRONT LINGERS AND GRADUALLY FADES OVER OR NEAR THE COASTAL PLAIN DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF OVER TWO INCHES WILL COEXIST WITH THE FRONT AT LEAST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. A GOOD AREA OF OMEGA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST NEAR INTERSTATE 85 FRIDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85. A FEW INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IF THE FRONT REMAINS CLOSER TO THE COAST AS EXPECTED AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE...OUR CHANCES OF RAIN WILL DIMINISH GOING INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. WITH A COOLER AIRMASS AND LOTS OF CLOUDINESS...NO MORE NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR A WHILE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY MID NEXT WEEK. WE WILL THEN BE WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF THE NEXT TROPICAL SYSTEM WHICH IS PROJECTED TO APPROACH THE BAHAMAS IN MID WEEK THEN PERHAPS MOVE WEST WITH HIGH PRESSURE BLOCKING IT FROM GOING NORTH. && .AVIATION... THE COMBINATION OF DEEPER RH PRESSING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...A MODERATELY TO VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND LLVL CONVERGENCE AXIS BISECTING THE CWFA COINCIDENT WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE FRONT...SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROMOTE DEEP CONVECTIVE CVRG BECOMING NUMEROUS AND WILL CARRY AT LEAST TWO TEMPO PERIODS AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS TO COVER HIGH TSTM PROBABILITIES YET REFLECT TIMING UNCERTAINTY. AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON...SHORT RANGE MODELS PROGGING BETTER WAA LIFT NORTH OF FRONT AND WILL HANG ONTO SHOWER CHANCES FURTHER INTO THE OVERNIGHT FOR MY NC TAFS. AT THIS POINT... DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING WORSE THAT MVFR RESTRICTIONS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...CSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 410 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-290815- 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- 410 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...THEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE CELLS TRAIN OR REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF STORMS CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RB
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</html>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
545 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG GREAT FALLS 34.57N 80.90W
07/28/2005 CHESTER SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND TOWN AND GRASS FIRES.
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TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
558 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL PATTERSON SPRINGS 35.23N 81.52W
07/28/2005 1.75 INCH CLEVELAND NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF SHELBY AND PATTERSON SPRINGS
AREA.
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE GREENVILLE 34.89N 82.31W
07/28/2005 GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
BIG TREES DOWN NEAR PEBBLE CREEK GOLF COURSE.
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TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W WILLIAMSTON 34.62N 82.53W
07/28/2005 ANDERSON SC NWS EMPLOYEE
TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE.
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TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG BLACKSBURG 35.12N 81.52W
07/28/2005 CHEROKEE SC EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGH SCHOOL GYM ROOF DAMAGED AND FELL IN.
0500 PM LIGHTNING BLACKSBURG 35.12N 81.52W
07/28/2005 CHEROKEE SC EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 2 INJ *** 2 PEOPLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND
TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
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TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
630 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMPOBELLO 35.12N 82.15W
07/28/2005 SPARTANBURG SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE TOWN OF CAMPOBELLO.
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TJBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Quite a few trees, power lines, and power poles down, with at least 2 trees on houses.
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, July 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5470286.