1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 5, 11:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1100 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS L40 DWPTS MOVING AS FAR NORTH AS THE
NC/SC STATE LINE. TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY REACHED THE U50S TO L60S
ACROSS NE GA AND THE UPSTATE. SATELLITE IMAGE AND WINDOW VIEW SHOW
THAT CU IS BEGINNING TO BUD EAST OF THE MTNS. DEEP CONVECTION WILL
LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AS VV ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FRONT...SFC WAVE...S/W IS NEEDED TO OVERCOME THE WEAK CIN. IN
FACT...THE RUC AND NAM CONVECTIVE SCHEMES SHOW THAT ONLY ISO FREE
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE NC/SC LINE. WILL KEEP THE POP
DESIGN UNTOUCHED AS THE BEST CHC FOR SH AND TS WILL REMAIN ACROSS
THE MTNS AND NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.
SPC SREF DEPICTS THAT CAPES WILL BUILD TO AROUND 500 J/KG ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. NAM BRINGS THE SFC LOW EAST OF THE LOWER
APPALACHIANS BY 18Z...REACHING CENTRAL NC BETWEEN 18-21Z. AS THIS
LOW PASSES...MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE NC FTHILLS/PIEDMONT
SHOULD INCREASE...RESULTING SCT CONVECTION. NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SHOW THAT THE AFTERNOON MIXING LAYER SHOULD REACH H7...TAPPING WINDS
NEAR 50KTS. THE DEEP MIXING LAYER COMBINED WITH AN INVERTED-V
PROFILE COULD LEAD TO A ISOLATED SEVERE WIND EVENT. CURRENT SPS
HIGHLIGHTS THE THREATS WELL AND WILL NOT CHANGE.
WINTER PRECIP OVER THE HIGHEST PEAKS THIS MORNING SHOULD MIX TO RAIN
FOR THE AFTERNOON...RETURNING TO WINTER WX THIS EVENING AS CAA
BEGINS. BASED ON THE LATEST GUIDANCE WILL WARM TEMPS BELOW 3KFT A
COUPLE OF DEGREES AND WILL COOL BY A DEGREE ABOVE 3KFT. WILL ALSO
TWEAK THE SKY AND DWPT GRIDS AS WELL.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 308 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2005)
SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL HAVE DIFFICULT TIME SURVIVING TRIP ACROSS HIGHER
TERRAIN INTO PIEDMONT WHERE MOISTURE IS SPARSE. HOWEVER... FAIRLY
STRONG SHORT WAVE DIVING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH OHIO VALLEY TOWARD
APPALACHIANS WILL OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES AND MARGINAL CAPES THAT WILL DEVELOP AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES
INCREASE DURING MORNING. BEST LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL OCCUR JUST
TO THE NORTH OF GSP CWA TODAY IN THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE LOW
WHICH WILL TRAVEL EASTWARD NEAR THE VA/NC BORDER. EVEN THOUGH
DAYTIME DEWPOINTS ARE GOING TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 30S... STEEP
LAPSE RATES AND POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED TO ISOLATED CONVECTION COULD
PRODUCE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ON TOP OF FAIRLY STRONG GRADIENT WINDS
AS 850 MB JET CROSSES SOUTHERN PORTION OF AREA DURING DAY. COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TO BE FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND DRY AIR. FEW SNOW SHOWERS AND
FLURRIES ARE LIKELY IN TN BORDER COUNTIES OVERNIGHT BUT DIMINISHING
AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEASTERN
STATES WILL PRODUCE MOSTLY SUNNY WEATHER SUNDAY... BUT NEXT COLD
FRONT APPROACHING FROM WEST WILL RESULT IN CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
NO CHANGES TO MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...
MDLS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THEIR PREVIOUS RUNS AND EACH
OTHER FOR THE TUE/WED PERIOD. COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
TUESDAY. HAVE CHC RAIN MON NITE/TUE MORNING ALL AREAS AND CHC MTNS
TUE AFT. P-TYPE STILL LOOKS TO BE ALL LIQUID BEFORE FROPA...THEN A
GRADUAL MIX WITH SNOW OVER THE MTNS AS COLD AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND
THE FRONT. MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN THIS PART OF THE FCST.
LOW CONFIDENCE WITH THE REST OF THE FCST AS TIMING OF WAVES AND
LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF COLD AIR WILL HAVE DRAMATIC IMPACTS ON THE
FCST. PATTERN SHIFTS TO NWLY FLOW SNOW LATE TUE INTO TUE NITE. SRN
STREAM LOW PRESSURE MOVES JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA WED TO THE COAST BY
THU. THIS BRINGS ANOTHER CHC OF PRECIP TO THE AREA. P-TYPE SHOULD
BE RAIN CWFA WIDE WITH WWA AHEAD OF THE LOW. THICKNESSES INDICATE
SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE RAIN AS FAR SOUTH AS THE NRN UPSTATE BY THU
MORNING WITH ALL SNOW FOR THE MTNS. ANOTHER WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA
MOVES JUST SOUTH OF THE CWFA ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WEAKER THAN THE
WED/THU SYSTEM...BUT THICKNESSES INDICATE A SIMILAR P-TYPE SCENARIO.
HAVE ONLY GONE WITH SLIGHT CHC POP FOR THIS SYSTEM AS AGAIN
CONFIDENCE LOW.
FCST TEMPS GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL THRU THE PERIOD.
AVIATION...
VERY DEEP MIXED LAYER EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTN...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. IN THIS AREA ETA AND GFS SOUNDINGS IMPLY THAT
WE COULD MIX AS HIGH AS 700 MB. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THERE COULD
BE SOME STRONG GUSTS DURING THE AFTN AND THERE WL BE CONSIDERABLE
LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE. ALL IN ALL...NOT A GREAT DAY TO FLY. AS FOR
CIGS AND VSBYS...THERE WL BE SCT SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS AROUND. IN
FACT...AS OF 0745 UTC...AS AREA OF ELEVATED CONVECTION WAS ENTERING
THE WESTERN MTNS. DUE TO THE SCT NATURE OF THE CONVECTION...CURRENT
TAFS DO NOT HAVE ANY MENTION OF PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...WL LIKELY
NEED TO INCLUDE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF VCSH WITH THE NEXT
SCHEDULED ISSUANCE FOR THE NC TAF SITES.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 FROM 2 AM
SATURDAY TO 5 PM SATURDAY.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082 FROM 2
AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM SATURDAY.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>014-019 FROM 2 AM SATURDAY TO 5
PM SATURDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...NEDHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 540 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-061100- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 540 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL CAUSE GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH... BUT GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT MIGHT PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES SUFFICIENTLY TODAY FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. LGL
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A microburst resulted in damaging winds, which blew the roof off a 30-by-40 foot building. Large tree limbs were also blown down in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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