1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 4, 5:59 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 659 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/... UPDATE WILL REMOVE HEAT ADVISORY HEADLINES FROM ZONE FORECASTS. CONVECTION IS SHIFTING EASTWARD INTO THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING AS BOUNDARY MAKES SLOW PROGRESS SOUTHEAST. WILL PUSH HIGHER LATE EVENING RAIN CHANCES INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 223 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... LINES OF SHRA AND TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER KY AND TN. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD REACH THE NC/TN LINE BY 21Z. I EXPECTED THE CONVECTION WILL BREAK APART OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS...BUT SCT ACTIVITY SHOULD SURVIVE TO THE FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS EVENING. A SECONDARY SECTION OF SHRA AND TSRA HAS STARTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MIDLANDS OF SC. THE MIDLAND ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA BETWEEN 21Z AND 0Z THIS EVENING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE ENOUGH DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS TO SUPPORT A FEW SVR WIND EVENTS. LARGE HAIL IN NOT FAVORED DUE TO MARGINAL CAPE AND HIGH FRZ LEVELS. INSTABILITY WILL QUICKLY POOL ACROSS THE CWA SAT AFTERNOON. THE INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT AND A H5 VORT WILL RESULT IN EVEN COVERAGE SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING. I WILL ADVERTISE COVERAGE SIMILAR TO THE HIGH CHC COVERAGE INDICATED BY MOS. A FLAT UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN RETROGRADES TOWARD THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH SETS UP ALONG THE EAST COAST. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A STALLED SURFACE FRONT PERSISTS OVER OUR AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WHILE ANOTHER FRONT DROPS SOUTH TOWARD OUR AREA LATE MONDAY. MODEL TIME HEIGHT PLOTS SHOW DEEP OMEGA REMAINING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT WITH LITTLE FORCING ALOFT...POPS WILL BE KEPT IN THE HIGH CHANCE RANGE. WITH THE BOUNDARY REMAINING IN THE AREA...CHANCE POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED AROUND THE CLOCK...WITH RELATIVE LULLS AT NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES AS HEIGHTS FALL AND CLOUD COVER REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH NEAR THE FRONT. LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ADVERTISE SOME DEGREE OF EAST COAST TROUGHING AT THE UPPER LEVELS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY... PRECEDED BY WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THIS FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS OUR AREA BY WEDNESDAY...ACTING AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR PRECIPITATION THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL VALUES. BY FRIDAY THE FRONT DISSIPATES...WITH A RETURN TO WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. AVIATION... ONCE AGAIN...CONVECTION WILL BE THE MAIN AVIATION CONCERN FOR THE FIRST 12 HRS. COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN THE HIGHEST OVER THE MTNS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A SECONDARY MAX OVER THE EASTERN PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. MTN SHRA AND TSRA SHOULD BEGIN TO ERODE BY 23Z AS INITIAL BAND OF CONVECTION MOVES EAST. CONVECTION OVER THE PIEDMONT MAY LINGER UNTIL 6Z. BASED ON THIS MORNING/S OBS...I INCLUDED A MENTION OF FOG AT KAND AND KAVL. AFTER 13Z...TERMINALS SHOULD BECOME VFR. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...HEAT ADVISORY FOR GAZ026-028-029 UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY. NC...HEAT ADVISORY FOR NCZ071-082 UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY. SC...HEAT ADVISORY FOR SCZ006>014-019 UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY. && SHORT TERM...HG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-051000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ONCE AGAIN TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA FOR MOST OF THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 722 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 GAZ028-029-050000- ELBERT-HART- 722 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY... AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWMAN...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBERTON. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH AT 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALSO IN SOUTHERN HART COUNTY...JUST SOUTHEAST OF VANNA. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 724 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 NCZ057-072-050030- CABARRUS-ROWAN- 724 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CABARRUS AND ROWAN COUNTIES... AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLEVELAND...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALISBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SALISBURY BY 755 PM EDT. CHINA GROVE BY 815 PM EDT. 5 MILES WEST OF ROCKWELL BY 830 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S ICARD 35.67N 81.46W
08/04/2006 BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
A COUPLE OTHER TREES DOWN ON JOHNSON BRIDGE RD NEAR THE
FIRST REPORT.
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GMSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 731 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 SCZ002-004-005-050000- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- 731 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING PICKENS COUNTIES... AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NINE TIMES...OR 9 MILES WEST OF PICKENS... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 747 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 SCZ010-050030- ANDERSON- 747 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANDERSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM IN THE VICINITY OF THE CITY OF ANDERSON. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE WALHALLA 34.83N 82.99W
08/04/2006 OCONEE SC PUBLIC
A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN NEAR RESIDENCE AT KEOWEE
KEY...NEAR HWY 183.
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GMSThe Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees blown down in and around Toccoa. One tree fell on a house on Poplar St.
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