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 Jul 14, 1:30 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 230 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... MORNING SHOWERS/CLOUDS GOT DESTABILIZATION PROCESS OFF TO A LATE START TODAY WITH THE FIRST TSTMS NOTED ON THE 88D ABOUT 1 PM. NONETHELESS...CVRG HAS BEEN GRADUALLY INCREASING AND EXPECT SCATTERED ...RATHER SLOW MOVING TSTMS TO EFFECT THE CWFA INTO THE EARLY TO MID-EVENING HOURS. AS MENTIONED THIS MORNING...BASED ON MODIFIED 12 UTC AREA SNDGS...LOCALLY HEAVY RNFL SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH PWATS ABT 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL AND 33-35 K INDEX VALUES. HIGH FREEZING LVLS AND VERY MOIST SNDGS SHOULD LIMIT ANY SVR WX TO ISOLATED WET MICROBURSTS. WITH LINGERING DEEP RH AND HIGH PWATS...COULD SEE ANOTHER OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH AT LEAST ISOLATED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A TSTM...AS NAM KEEPS THE ATMOSPHERE WEAKLY UNSTABLE. FRONTAL BAND MOISTURE AND SUPPORTING ELONGATED MIX-LVL VORT TO EFFECT THE REGION ON SATURDAY...RESULTING IN ANOTHER DAY OF SOLID CHANCE POPS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... NAM AND GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT SAT NIGHT BUT WITH SIGNIFICANT DRYING IN THE LOWER LEVELS. HAVE REDUCED POPS OVERNIGHT SAT AND ON SUN AFTN. WEAK UPPER HIGH REMAINS OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AT THE SURFACE MEANDERS IN THE W ATLANTIC BUT NOT RIDGING AS FAR INLAND. WITH LESS MOISTURE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA...HAVE LOWERED POPS TO JUST SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTN-EVE TSTMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SOME AREAS OF THE PIEDMONT REACHING INTO THE MID 90S. && .AVIATION... WITH A DISORGANIZED TSTM THREAT THRU EARLY EVENING BUT VERY MOIST SNDGS...SHOULD BE ENOUGH CVRG FOR A PERIOD OF VCTS AT ALL TERMINALS. FOR TONIGHT...PLAN ON A PERSISTENCE FCST WITH RESPECT TO VSBYS WITH MAINLY MVFR AT KAVL AND 6SM AT KHKY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...CSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 555 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-151000- 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- 555 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS OR LARGE HAIL. ANY OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS OR LARGE HAIL. ANY OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 318 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006 SCZ011-142000- ABBEVILLE- 318 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ABBEVILLE COUNTY... AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANTREVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... DUE WEST BY 335 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:20 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Four people, 3 adults and 1 child, received minor injuries from a lightning strike at the Biltmore Estate.
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