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 Jun 29, 1:22 PM EST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 222 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... MOISTURE CONTINUES STREAMING UP FROM THE S-SW BUT AXIS OF DEEPEST MOISTURE IS E OF AREA. UPPER TROF IS MOVING E AND THE W PARTS OF CWA THAT GOT MORE SUN WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MORE CONVECTION INTO THIS EVE. MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE DECREASES OVERNIGHT WHILE LOW LEVELS REMAIN SATURATED WITH LIGHT WINDS AND WEAK SUBSIDENSE ...SO WILL GO WITH AREAS OF FOG TONIGHT. DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT...ALONG WITH WEAK H5 SHORTWAVE MOVING IN LATE THU...SHOULD ENHANCE AFTN CONVECTION AND HAVE GONE WITH SOLID CHANCE POPS THU AFTN-EVE. COLD FRONT STILL FCST TO DIVE SE INTO CWA THU EVE INTO FRI...KEEPING A GOOD CHANCE OF TSTMS OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRI. FRONT PUSHES S OF AREA LATE FRI AND EXPECT SCT CONVECTION SAT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N...SETTING UP AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WITH A MOISTURE FEED OFF THE ATLANTIC. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO RIDGE IN FROM THE N-NE SUN-WED. THIS PUTS THE WHOLE AREA IN A MOIST ATLANTIC FEED WITH EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. FLOW ALOFT IS LIGHT WITH AN H5 TROF OVER S CAN AND A HIGH OVER S FL...PUTTING CWA IN VERY WEAK ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WITH EXTREMELY WEAK WAVES TRANSLATING E. DIURNALLY DRIVEN LOW CHANCE POPS EACH DAY SEEMS THE MOST LOGICAL SOLUTION FOR THIS PATTERN. WILL KEEP 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LATE DAY SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH BEST CHANCE ALONG EAST FACING UPSLOPE AREAS. && .AVIATION... DRIER MID-LEVEL AIR CONTINUES TO WORK ACROSS THE SRN APPALACHIANS FROM THE WEST. WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER LAYER RH VALUES...AND WITH BEST LLVL CONVERGENCE WELL TO THE NW AND E OF THE CWFA...CONVECTION IS NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS ON PREVIOUS DAYS. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS IS STILL QUITE UNSTABLE...AND AS A SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE NW...THINK THAT IT IS BEST TO KEEP TEMPO GROUPS IN MOST OF THE TAFS FOR THE LATE AFTN. ONLY EXCEPTION IS KCLT. AS THEY ARE STILL WELL UNDER THE CI CANOPY...DON/T THINK ANYTHING WL DEVELOP THERE FOR SEVERAL MORE HRS. MOS IS NOT GOING FOR MUCH FOG OR LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...W/A LIGHT SW FLOW AND DWPTS NEAR 70...THINK THAT STRATUS IS LIKELY TO FORM...AND HAVE BROUGHT IFR CIGS INTO ALL TAF SITES BY 0800 UTC. THIS IS A LITTLE LATER THAN PREVIOUS NIGHTS...BUT WITH SW FLOW...THINK THAT STRATUS WL HOLD OFF A FEW HRS MORE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...BPM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-301000- 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- 550 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN TODAY. THE COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN IN RECENT DAYS. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON MOIST GROUND...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:32 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A womans face was burned when the phone she was talking on exploded during a power surge caused by lightning.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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