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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 352 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-200800- 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- 352 AM EDT THU MAY 19 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 AN INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...BECOMING LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN AT LEAST SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY...WITH A DECREASING CHANCE FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 124 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 NCZ034-035-054>056-066>068-191830- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-MCDOWELL-POLK NC- RUTHERFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...MARION...MORGANTON... RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...TRYON 124 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF THE FOOTHILLS IN NORTH CAROLINA. STORMS IN CALDWELL COUNTY...NEAR COLLETTSVILLE AND EAST OF BLOWING ROCK...WERE DRIFTING EAST AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE ALSO INDICATED. ISOLATED STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE...SOUTH THROUGH RUTHERFORD...HENDERSON...AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES. JONES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 225 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 GAZ010-017-018-NCZ034>036-054>056-062>070-SCZ001>008-192000- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND-GASTON- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HENDERSON-IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC- MCDOWELL-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK NC-RABUN-RUTHERFORD- SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON... FRANKLIN...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE... HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MARION...MORGANTON...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...STATESVILLE...TOCCOA...TRYON 225 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN CALDWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST TO POLK COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST OCONEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. A FEW MORE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THOSE WHICH CAUSE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST IN MOST CASES...ALSO CAUSING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR A SHORT TIME. IF A STORM MOVES ACROSS AN URBAN AREA...SOME URBAN FLOODING COULD DEVELOP. JONES
The Greer radar (KGSP), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway dept reported a tree on a power line, which sparked a fire in the Bad Creek area. Salem Post Office described wind as strong enough to cause damage.
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, May 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: 5453516.