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 7, 12:36 PM EST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 136 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... BAND OF HEAVIER CONVECTION MOVING SLOWLY E. HAVE UPDATED FLOOD WATCH AND TWEAKED POPS AND QPF TO REFLECT CHANGES. WILL ISSUE UPDATED PRODUCTS SHORTLY. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 904 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... UPDATED GRIDS AND WILL UPDATE ZFP TO REFLECT CANCELLATION OF TORNADO WATCH 617 AND ISSUANCE OF WATCH 618. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 357 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... 6Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE CENTER OF CINDY OVER CENTRAL AL WITH A TMB FEATURE RUNNING FROM KMCN NE TO KAGS AND KCAE. NE SFC FLOW REMAINS OVER THE CWA NORTH OF THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. CAPES ALONG MOISTURE BOUNDARY POOLING TO 500-1000 J/KG. SREF AND GFS SHOW THAT 0-1 KM HELICITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE FA THROUGH 12Z TO 200-300 M2/S2. AS CINDY APPROACHES...MOISTURE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE FURTHER INTO THE FA...INCREASING THE TOR THREAT THIS MORNING EAST OF THE MTNS. TORNADO WATCH 617 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 AM. WITH HEAVIER CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS ROTATING INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...RAINFALL RATES SHOULD ACCELERATE THIS MORNING. GFS IS DEFINITELY THE MODEL OF CHOICE AS IT HAS PREFERRED TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF MAIN FEATURES...COULD BE A TAD TOO SLOW THOUGH. KGSP VAD SHOWS UPSLOPE FLOW IMPROVING BETWEEN 3-5 KFT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL VOLUME SCANS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT HEAVIER CELLS PRODUCE 1-2 AN HOUR. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM DEVELOP A BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE SPINE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AFTER 12Z. W/V CONFIRMS THAT LIFT IS BEGINNING OVER EASTERN TN. THE RESULT COULD BE A SHARP LINE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL TO LIGHT AMOUNTS. NEVERTHELESS...EVERY INCH OF THE FA WILL SEE MEASURABLE RAINFALL AND AT LEAST ONE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN TODAY. WILL LEAVE FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE FA UNTIL 6 AM FRI. EXPECT BY FRI MORNING...REPORTS OF 4-5 WILL BE COMMON IN THE MTNS...WITH AROUND AN INCH OVER THE EXTREME EAST. CONDITIONS WILL START TO DRY TONIGHT AS THE SFC LOW PULL NE...LEAVING THE FA IN DRY SLOT AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW. WILL REDUCE POPS TO CHC AROUND MIDNIGHT...SCHC JUST ALONG THE TN LINE BY 10Z FRI. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN DRY FRI AND SAT AM. BY SAT AFTERNOON...COASTAL FRONT WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT WEST AS HURCN DENNIS MOVES OFF THE WEST COAST OF FL. AS DENNIS MOVE NORTH...TROPICAL PLUME SHOULD MOVE OVER THE FA. WITH LIS COOLING ALONG THE FRONT...EXPECT SCT COVERAGE TO ADVANCE FURTHER WEST. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... FA REMAINS UNDER A STATIONARY FRONT AS DENNIS MOVES ON SHORE EARLY IN THE WEEK. WILL INCREASE SKY AND POPS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY WEEK. GFS INDICATES THAT THE CORE OF DENNIS WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE FA. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT HANDLE DETAILS AFTER MON. AVIATION... CIGS AND VSBYS WILL BE LOWERING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH 12Z AS SURFACE LOW OVER GA APPROACHES SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. UPSLOPE FLOW WILL ENHANCE RAINFALL AND RESULT IN HIGHER TERRAIN OBSCURED IN CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION. MVFR CONDITIONS VCNTY GSP... AND... AND AVL WILL LOWER TO PERIODIC IFR AROUND SUNRISE AND CONTINUE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 20Z. THEREAFTER... VSBY WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE 3 MI AND CIG WILL BECOME OVERCAST AROUND 4K FT. CIG AND VSBY CLT AND HKY WILL LOWER BY SUNRISE TO AROUND 3K FT WITH VSBY 3-5 MI IN SHOWERS AND FOG THEN IMPROVE TO VFR BY 23Z. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END AS CIGS AND VSBYS IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS AREA DURING DAY REACHING VA AFT 00Z. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ034>036-054>056-065>070 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>008-010 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY. && SHORT TERM...RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-081015- 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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THIS RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...A FEW STORMS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HURRICANE DENNIS WILL APPROACH THE GULF COAST STATES THIS WEEKEND...AND IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ON SUNDAY. AS DENNIS APPROACHES...A SLOW MOVING FRONT SHOULD SLIDE WEST OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS FRONT SHOULD TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SATURDAY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. NED
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1144 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCZ068-071645- CLEVELAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHELBY 1144 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT CLEVELAND COUNTY THROUGH 1 PM... AT 1139 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS THE BORDER BETWEEN RUTHERFORD AND CLEVELAND COUNTY...NORTHWEST OF POLKVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP...AND THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY IN CASE A TORNADO WARNING IS NEEDED. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1148 AM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
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1130 AM TSTM WND DMG ELLENBORO 35.33N 81.76W
07/07/2005 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN IN ELLENBORO IN EAST PART OF COUNTY NEAR
CLEVELAND COUNTY LINE.
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TJBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1237 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCZ034-035-055-056-069-070-071730- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-GASTON-LINCOLN NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GASTONIA...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MORGANTON 1237 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM LENOIR TO NEWTON TO GASTONIA THROUGH 130 PM... AT 1232 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS TO THE PIEDMONT WEST OF GASTONIA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ALONG THIS LINE...AND AREAS FROM LENOIR TO NEWTON TO GASTONIA WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH 130 PM. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR TORNADOES TO FORM ALONG THIS LINE. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
101 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
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0100 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NE HICKORY 35.77N 81.29W
07/07/2005 CATAWBA NC AMATEUR RADIO
FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED NEAR SECTION HOUSE ROAD AND 4TH
AVENUE.
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BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
146 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
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0125 PM TSTM WND DMG MAIDEN 35.58N 81.21W
07/07/2005 CATAWBA NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN MAIDEN. ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WERE
BURNT LEAF ROAD AND BUD ARNDT ROAD.
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BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
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0130 PM TORNADO MILLERSVILLE 35.86N 81.18W
07/07/2005 ALEXANDER NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MILLERSVILLE AND
WITTENBURG. ALSO MOBILE HOMES TURNED OVER ALONG HWY 16
SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE IN WITTENBURG.
0130 PM TORNADO MILLERSVILLE 35.86N 81.18W
07/07/2005 ALEXANDER NC BROADCAST MEDIA
ROOF OFF A HOME AND ANOTHER HOME DESTROYED IN THE
MILLERSVILLE COMMUNITY ALONG HWY 16.
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TJBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning was suspected to have ignited a fire at a mobile home, which caused extensive 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, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5470659.