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 29, 2:01 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 301 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... LAPS DATA INDICATE MODERATE INSTABILITY HAS DEVELOPED AS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SURFACE DEW POINTS HAVE MIXED OUT A LITTLE MORE THAN EXPECTED. THIS HAS PRODUCED DOWNDRAFT CAPES ANYWHERE FROM 800 TO 1200 J/KG. THEREFORE...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MORE LIKELY THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. IN FACT...WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS. THIS THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE HEATING ABATES. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT CONVECTION FORMING ALONG LEE TROF AS WELL WHERE ISOLATED SEVERE ALSO POSSIBLE. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER TN WILL BRUSH THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. MAIN AREA OF PRECIP SHOULD STAY TO THE WEST AND NORTH AS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. COVERAGE WILL RAMP UP TO LIKELY AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS FORCING FROM FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT WITH CLOUDS...PRECIP AND HIGH DEW POINTS. TEMPS MUCH COOLER WEDNESDAY THAN TODAY. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE UPPER TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH A CLOSED LOW SOUTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN PIVOTS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...MAKING THE FLOW BETWEEN IT AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE MORE MERIDIONAL. THIS PATTERN CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY. TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO IS FORECASTED BY THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER TO MOVE NORTH FROM FLORIDA TO THE GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHILE A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF ERNESTO...HOWEVER UPGLIDE OVER THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE RATHER LIMITED...AND HIGHEST POPS WILL INITIALLY BE CARRIED ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT WHERE AND UPSLOPE FLOW COMPONENT WILL EXIST. AS ERNESTO MOVES NORTH INTO SOUTH CAROLINA ON THURSDAY...UPPER DIVERGENCE INCREASES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR...ALTHOUGH ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE REMAINS BETTER TO THE EAST OF OUR COUNTIES. THE HIGHEST POPS AND QPF WILL BE CARRIED ALONG INTERSTATE 77. BY THURSDAY NIGHT A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT WILL BE INTRODUCED ON THE WEST SIDE OF ERNESTO...LOWERING POPS AND QPF WEST OF INTERSTATE 77...WITH A SHARP GRADIENT TO THE EAST. FRIDAY FEATURES DRYING IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM...WITH SUBSTANTIAL DOWNGLIDE ON THE 305K SURFACE. GFS WINDS WERE USED IN THE FORECAST PACKAGE AS THAT MODEL WAS MUCH CLOSER TO THE OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK OF ERNESTO THAN THE NAM...AND ONLY NEEDED MINIMAL WIND SPEED ADJUSTMENTS IN THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR TO FIT THE FORECAST OF NEIGHBORING OFFICES TO THE EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL EXHIBIT LIMITED DIURNAL CHANGE ON THURSDAY WITH MOISTURE AND WIND KEEPING MORNING LOWS ELEVATED...AND CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION HOLDING AFTERNOON HIGHS IN CHECK. AS DRYING OCCURS FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF ERNESTO...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO SLIGHTLY LESS THAN TYPICAL VALUES...WHILE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES RISE AROUND FIVE DEGREES ABOVE THURSDAY...THOUGH STILL BELOW NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES A COMPLEX UPPER PATTERN THAT BEGINS AS A REX BLOCK WITH A HIGH NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES AND LOW TO THE SOUTH. BY SATURDAY THIS BLOCK TAKES ON MORE OF AN OMEGA LOOK OVER NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN CANADA...WHILE ANOTHER UPPER LOW FORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK THE BLOCK BREAKS DOWN AND THE UPPER LOW DRIFTING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST IS THE MAIN FEATURE ALOFT. AT THE SURFACE...TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO IS FORECAST BY THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER TO BE WELL NORTH OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY...WITH A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. MOISTURE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE RATHER MEAGER...AND A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT IN THE WAKE OF ERNESTO WILL EXIST IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS. THIS FRONT WILL DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS THE CAROLINAS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BEFORE LIFTING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TUESDAY...ALL THE WHILE WITH LIMITED MOISTURE. SMALL POPS WILL BE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB TOWARD NORMAL AS HEIGHTS RISE IN A WEAK UPPER RIDGE AHEAD OF THE MIDWEST UPPER LOW. && .AVIATION... BIGGEST CONCERN EARLY IN THE TAF PERIOD IS THE SCATTERED CONVECTION. HAVE VCTS AT ALL SITES AND WILL AMEND AS NECESSARY FOR IMPENDING CELLS. FOG STILL A CONCERN OVERNIGHT. QUESTION IS HOW LOW WILL VSBY GO WITH LOTS OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS AROUND. WITH VERY HIGH DEW POINTS AND MOIST GROUND FROM RAIN....WENT WITH GUIDANCE AND HAVE MVFR ALL SITES EXCEPT IFR AT KAVL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE RESTRICTIONS ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. HAVE VCSH ALL SITES BUT NO RESTRICTIONS FOR NOW. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT/RWH LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...RWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 518 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-300930- 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- 518 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM SHOULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGERING INTO FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY EVENING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEED THREE INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 433 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 SCZ007-008-292130- CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG- 433 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING EASTERN SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES... AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COWPENS...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... COWPENS THROUGH 445 PM EDT. THICKETTY BY 450 PM EDT. GAFFNEY BY 505 PM EDT. 5 MILES SOUTH OF BLACKSBURG BY 530 PM EDT. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 518 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 NCZ070-SCZ009-292215- GASTON-YORK- 518 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING GASTON AND YORK COUNTIES... AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF BLACKSBURG...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THESE COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING AND SOME OF THESE COULD BECOME FAIRLY STRONG AS WELL. KRENTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 541 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 NCZ505-506-292245- EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 541 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY... AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLD FORT...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. KRENTZ
The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:18 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck and killed a 36-year-old man on Golden Pond Dr.
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, York | 2006-08-29 | 36 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5529013.