1 lightning, 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 22, 1:37 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE AND A WAVE ALONG THE OLD WAVY FRONT WORKING OUT OF THE FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE PIEDMONT. WILL CONTINUE CHANCES OF RAIN IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 AND SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE...TIERING POPS BACK TO CHANCE TO THE WEST THROUGH 8 PM...THEN LOWERING TO BELOW CHANCE FOR THE NORTHWEST MOST CWFA THIS EVENING. WILL CONTINUE SOME CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE UPSTATE/NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH PRETTY MUCH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS SHORTWAVE WILL BE SLOW TO TRAVERSE THE REGION AND THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY HOW FAR SOUTH THE OLD FRONT WILL SURGE IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSAGE OF THE SURFACE WAVE. MODELS BRING IN MUCH DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTH OVERNIGHT...KEEPING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RATHER HIGH IN THE SURFACE LAYER. NORTHEAST WINDS PROJECTED TO PICK UP LATE TONIGHT IN THE NORTH...AND WE COULD SEE SOME STRATUS RE-DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT WHERE MOISTURE WILL BE MORE PREVALENT. FOR NOW...WILL HIGHLIGHT AREAS OF DENSE MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG BY MORNING AND AREAS OF FOG ELSEWHERE...THOUGH WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY CONVECTION TODAY BEING QUITE HIGH...THERE MAY BE MORE DENSE FOG THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT IN THE FOOTHILLS. WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A PLEASANT NITE IN THE MOUNTAINS...50S AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND 60S ELSEWHERE WITH MINS UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXPECTED TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY. A SHORTWAVE PROJECTED TO DROP DOWN IN THE EVOLVING EAST COAST TROF AND THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SO WILL ADVERTISE CHANCE FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85...SLIGHT CHANCE NORTH OF THERE TO ALL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOR NOW...WILL KEEP THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN A VERY LOW POP REGIME. MAXES 85 TO 90 MOST NON-MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...WARMEST IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WITH MOUNTAIN MAXES 70S AND 80S. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE EAST COAST ON THURSDAY...WITH HEIGHTS RISING OUT OF THE WEST THROUGH FRIDAY. THE DEVELOPING STRONG SOUTHERN RIDGE SHOULD HALT ANY SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF THE BACKDOOR FRONT IN VA...AND ALSO KEEP NRN STREAM CONVECTION SHUNTED WELL NORTH INTO THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ONLY AFTN DIURNAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE AREAS IS INDICATED FRIDAY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... RIDGING WILL BE DOMINANT OVER THE SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY...BUT WITH SOME MOIST SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW AT LOW LEVELS. DEEPER MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL RETURN ALONG THE COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NW LATE SUNDAY. THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE REGION AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. && .AVIATION... A BRIEF PERIOD OF UPGLIDE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE TRAVERSING SHORTWAVE HAS RESULTED IN LOW LEVEL CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT...BUT IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING IN THE WEST AT KAVL...WHERE CONVECTION HAS ENDED AND SOON KHKY WILL BE IN THE CLEAR...AFTER SEEING VISIBILITY KNOCKED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1/4SM IN A THUNDERSTORM. VCSH CARRIED AT THE UPSTATE TAF SITES...WITH TEMPOS FOR CONVECTION THROUGH 23Z...AND VCSH INDICATED AT KCLT AFTER 20Z...WITH TEMPO FOR CONVECTION THROUGH 00Z. TIME HEIGHTS FROM BOTH MODELS STRONGLY SUGGEST DRYING FROM THE WEST...SO FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS EVENING...VFR CONDITIONS ADVERTISED BEFORE CEILINGS EXPECTED TO DROP TO MVFR IN TEMPO GROUPS WITH IMPENDING NORTHEAST FLOW SETUP FOR LATE TONITE IFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES ADVERTISED AT KAVL IN THE PREDAWN...AND THIS ISSUE WILL NEED TO BE REVISITED FOR KHKY IN THE 00Z TAF SET AFTER THE ABUNDANT RAINFALL THERE SO FAR TODAY. AFTER ANY FOG/STRATUS BURN OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING...VFR CONDITIONS DOMINATE THE LATE OUTLOOK PERIOD WITH NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SAB/HG LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...SAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 609 AM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-231000- 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- 609 AM EDT TUE AUG 22 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 ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COUPLE OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85...COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 138 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 SCZ003-006-007-221830- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG- 138 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES... AT 134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TIGERVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM WILL BE... GOWENSVILLE AROUND 150 PM EDT... GREER AROUND 220 PM EDT... TAYLORS AROUND 225 PM EDT... 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. GMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 225 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 SCZ001-004-005-221915- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- 225 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING OCONEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES... AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE KEOWEE...OR 5 MILES EAST OF WALHALLA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM WILL BE... SIX MILE AROUND 240 PM EDT... SENECA AROUND 245 PM EDT... CLEMSON AROUND 250 PM EDT... BOATERS ON LAKE KEOWEE SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKE AND MOVE INDOORS. 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. GMS
The Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree on Vernon St in Lyman, killing a 40-year-old woman who was tending to her dogs. Four dogs were killed as well.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Spartanburg | 2006-08-22 | 40 | Female | Under Tree | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2006
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: 5529011.