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 Aug 5, 1:25 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 225 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... SCT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLY...OVER THE MTNS FIRST...THEN ACROSS PIEDMONT. ATMOS QUITE UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY WITH WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING AND PW VALUES AROUND 1.5 IN AND RISING. EXPECTING SOME STRONG CONVECTION THROUGH EARLY-MID EVE. WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A CONCERN. CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT WITH AREAS FOG DEVELOPING...ESP WHERE RAIN HAS FALLEN. LOOKS LIKE A REPEAT TOMORROW BUT WITH A BETTER H85 UPSLOPE WIND COMPONENT SO HAVE BUMPED POPS UP THIS AFTN AND SAT AFTN-EVE. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... THE CAROLINAS WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE SHEAR AXIS/ASSOCIATED SFC LOW PRESSURE THROUGH THE EARLY PORTION OF THE EXTENDED...WITH THE LATEST RUN OF THE NAM NOW ON BOARD WITH THE GFS IN SPREADING TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. CONSIDERING THIS...AND WEAKLY DIFFLUENT UPPER FLOW ALONG WITH PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE...CANNOT RULE OUT CONVECTION CONTINUING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...SO HAVE RETAINED CHANCE POPS THROUGH SAT NIGHT. WILL FEATURE LIKELY POPS IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS FOR SUNDAY... WITH SOLID CHANCES ELSEWHERE. WITH INCREASED MOISTURE/CLOUDS/AND PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL...SUNDAY TEMPS COULD BE QUITE COOL...AS REFLECTED IN THE MAV. FOR NOW...HAVE SIDED WITH THE RELATIVELY WARMER MET NUMBERS...DUE TO SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING COVERAGE OF CONVECTION. BY EARLY-TO-MID WEEK...THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO RETROGRADE INTO THE SOUTHEAST...WHICH ALLOWS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW TO VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST. ALTHOUGH THE DEEP LAYER RH WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH...WILL TAPER POPS DOWN TO TOKEN DIURNAL CHANCES BY TUESDAY...WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND ANTICIPATED. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION INCREASING ACROSS CWA WITH TSTMS TEMPOED IN AT THE NC SITES THRU 22Z...CB AND VCTS ALL SITES THRU 00-01Z. HZ STILL A CONCERN BUT VFR AT ALL BUT KCLT ATTM. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIE DOWN WITH COOLING BUT COULD SEE ISOLD TSTMS...MAINLY MTNS/FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT. MVFR FOG FORECAST FROM 06Z ON BUT COULD GO LOWER IN AREAS THAT GET RAIN. SIMILAR CONDITIONS SAT BUT WITH STRONGER S FLOW 0-5K FT PROVIDING BETTER UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...LANE AVIATION...RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 534 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-060945- 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- 534 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE VERY SLOWLY...INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 131 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-051830- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON NC- MADISON NC-MCDOWELL-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-POLK NC- RUTHERFORD-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...NEWLAND... RUTHERFORDTON...SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...TRYON...WAYNESVILLE 131 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... AT 125 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE EAST SIDE OF ASHEVILLE...NORTHEAST ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY NEAR LITTLE SWITZERLAND...JONAS RIDGE AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CALDWELL COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS PORTIONS OF THE ASHEVILLE AND SKYLAND VICINITY. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE PARK AND IN THE LAKE TOXAWAY VICINITY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IF ANY OF THE STORMS REACH SEVERE CRITERIA... YOU MAY EXPECT DAMAGING WIND AND...OR LARGE HAIL OF PENNY SIZED OR LARGER. ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THE STORMS IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS TO CROSS THE SAME LOCATION. IF A PARTICULAR PLACE RECEIVES REPEAT HEAVY RAIN FROM STORMS...FLOODING COULD DEVELOP. ALSO...THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE PRODUCING ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. CSH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
239 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM HAIL 12 NE GAFFNEY 35.19N 81.51W
08/05/2005 0.75 INCH CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED NEAR MM 104 ON I-85
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LANEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
255 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 PM HAIL MORGANTON 35.74N 81.70W
08/05/2005 1.75 INCH BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
BURKE COUNTY 911 CENTER CALLED TO REPORT GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL FALLING IN MORGANTON.
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OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM HAIL MARSHALL 35.80N 82.68W
08/05/2005 0.75 INCH MADISON NC EMERGENCY MNGR
EOC REPORTS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN PENNY HAIL
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LANEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0319 PM TSTM WND DMG YORK 35.00N 81.24W
08/05/2005 YORK SC AMATEUR RADIO
2.5 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON SHILOH RD
&&
LANEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG CLINTON 34.48N 81.87W
08/05/2005 LAURENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 CENTER REPORTS TREES DOWN ON BROOK RD JUST OFF
TORRINGTON RD AND ON JOSHUAS PLACE RD
0325 PM HAIL LAURENS 34.50N 82.03W
08/05/2005 0.75 INCH LAURENS SC AIRPLANE PILOT
911 CENTER REPORTS PENNY HAIL
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG BLACKSBURG 35.12N 81.52W
08/05/2005 CHEROKEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 CENTER REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN
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LANEThe Greer radar (KGSP), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down in Pacolet. Trees also down in Cowpens around this time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 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: 5472553.