An isolated severe storms affected the North Carolina Foothills during the afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
An isolated severe storms affected the North Carolina Foothills during the afternoon hours.
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 10, 11:53 AM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1253 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH...HAS NOW SHIFTED WEST AND WILL BE CENTERED
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A WEAK COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TOWARD THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND
NORTHERN FLORIDA AREA THIS WEEKEND. A COUPLE MORE WEAK FRONTS WILL
APPROACH FROM THE NORTH DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
12 UTC LLVL THICKNESS ANALYSIS INDICATES ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING
AFTERNOON...WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE LOW 100S ACRS THE PIEDMONT.
ALREADY STARTING TO SEE EXPECTED DWPT MIX OUT ACRS THE FTHLS AND
THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SVRL HOURS. THIS LLVL DRYING
WILL CAUSE LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE HEAT INDEX VERSUS ACTUAL AIR
TEMPERATURE...BUT NONETHELESS...IT WILL STILL BE HOT AND WILL NOT
MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE GOING HEAT ADVISORY AREA.
SUBTLE SFC BNDRY/WIND SHIFT LINE APPROACHING THE NC MTNS AND WILL
JUMP INTO PIEDMONT TROUGH POSITION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT
LOCATION OF SUPPORTING WEAK UPPER WAVE IS OVER THE WESTERN CWFA...
ROUGHLY ALONG LEADING EDGE OF DEEP DRYING AS PER WV LOOPS. BULK OF
THE CWFA WILL BE WEST OF THE BETTER INSTABILITY...SFC TROUGHING AND
ANY LARGER SCALE LIFT THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN SVR TSTM THREAT
ACRS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CAROLINAS. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS
INITIAL CU DEVELOPMENT OVER THE WESTERN MTNS ATTM...WHICH SHOULD
BLOSSOM INTO DEEP CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN LLVL DRYING
TRENDS...NOT QUITE SURE WHAT TSTM CVRG WILL WIND UP BEING TODAY...
BUT AT THIS POINT...WILL KEEP POPS ON THE LOW SIDE...MOSTLY AN
ISOLATED THREAT.
NOMINAL AIRMASS CHANGE IN WAKE OF BNDRY WILL RESULT IN LITTLE
CHANGE FROM RECENT WARM MINIMUMS TONIGHT. LIMITED MOISTURE WILL
LIMIT POPS TO JUST SLIGHT CHANCE RANGE THIS EVENING...BEFORE LOSS OF
HEATING AND AN INCREASING NORTHERLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW FURTHER REDUCE
PRECIPITATION CHANCES LATER THIS EVENING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
THE SURFACE FRONT...SUCH THAT IT IS...SHOULD BE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE SLOWLY RETROGRADING UPPER
ANTICYCLONE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SHOULD ALLOW WEAK UPPER
TROFFING TO BECOME MORE ESTABLISHED ALONG THE EAST COAST FOR
SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL MERELY
DROP TEMPERATURES BACK TO FIVE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IN OTHER
WORDS...IT IS HARD TO GET EXCITED ABOUT TEMPS ONLY GETTING INTO THE
MID/LOW 90S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IN FACT...HAVE BUMPED TEMPS UP A
DEG OR TWO BASED ON THE LATEST GUIDANCE. SHOWER CHANCES LOOK MINIMAL
AT BEST. THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK UPPER VORT SATURDAY AFTERNOON MIGHT
HOLD SOME PROMISE...BUT MOISTURE REMAINS VERY LIMITED AND WARM MID
LEVELS WILL RESTRICT THE CAPE POTENTIAL. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
EASTERN ZONES ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE WAY IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW...EXPECT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RELIEF FOR
EITHER THE HEAT OR THE LACK OF RAIN THROUGH THE BETTER PART OF NEXT
WEEK. A FEW WEAK UPPER VORTS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE LARGE UPPER ANTICYCLONE
CENTERED TO THE WEST DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. BUT...EACH
ONE OF THESE FEATURES WILL BE STARVED FOR MOISTURE. ANY LOCATION
THAT GETS A SHOWER WILL BE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE AT THIS POINT. HIGH
THICKNESS AND INCREASING DOWNSLOPE FLOW SUGGEST HIGHER TEMPS FOR
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE SHOULD RE-ASSERT ITSELF TO AN
EXTENT FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...THE
AXIS OF THE UPPER RIDGE COULD GET PUSHED OFF TO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
WHICH WOULD IMPROVE OUR CHANCES OF GETTING BETTER LOW LEVEL FORCING
WITH A FRONT DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTH LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. THE
FORECAST WILL REMAIN LIMITED TO SLIGHT CHANCES UNTIL A TREND IS
ESTABLISHED.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VISIBLE SAT IMAGERY SHOWING ENHANCED CU ACRS THE NC MTNS/FTHLS...SO
WOULD EXPECT SMALL TSTM CHANCES TO BE A TAD HIGHER ACRS
KAVL/KHKY/KCLT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PROBABILITIES STILL LOOK LOW
ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO LEAVE OUT OF THE FCST. OTHERWISE...VFR
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. ALTHOUGH WINDS
WILL BE AVERAGING LESS THAN 10 KTS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...VEERING
OF THE WINDS FROM A WESTERLY COMPONENT TO A NORTHERLY ONE WILL OCCUR
BY THIS EVENING.
AVIATION OUTLOOK...VERY SMALL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES PERSIST IN THE
FCST SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LESSER CHANCES ON SUNDAY. SLIGHT
CHANCES FOR STORMS ARE BACK FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. EARLY MORNING
FOG AND HAZE WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY AT KAVL.
&&
.CLIMATE...
WE HAVE ALREADY HAD THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100+ AT GSP AND
EXPECTING THIS STREAK TO REACH FOUR TODAY. WE HAVE TWO
STRAIGHT DAYS OF 100+ AT CLT AND GOING FOR THREE TODAY. AVL WILL BE
AROUND THE RECORD AS WELL.
THE RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY ARE AS FOLLOWS...
KGSP....98 DEGREES...SET IN 1956
KCLT...100 DEGREES...SET IN 1956
KAVL....93 DEGREES...SET IN 1983.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ018-026-028-
029.
NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ036-037-057-
068>072-082-508-510.
AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ036-
057-069>072-082.
SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ004>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...CSH/JAT
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...CSH
CLIMATE...CSHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ037-068-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-111800- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-DAVIE-CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 153 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035-048>053-056-058-059-062>065-501>507-509- SCZ001>003-111800- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 153 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ036-057-069>072-082-111800- IREDELL-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 153 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY. HEAT ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 NCZ035-056-502-101915- ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-GREATER CALDWELL- 237 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANITE FALLS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HICKORY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE HICKORY BY 250 PM EDT. HICKORY BY 255 PM EDT. ST. STEPHENS BY 300 PM EDT. CONOVER BY 315 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees blown down, with 1 tree on a house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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