Scattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed across western North Carolina throughout the afternoon into the evening. Some storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed across western North Carolina throughout the afternoon into the evening. Some storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.
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 27, 2:00 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 426 AM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082- 501>510-SCZ008-009-012>014-101>103-106>109-280830- Rabun-Habersham-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-Cherokee-York-Laurens- Union SC-Chester-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains- Greenville Mountains-Central Greenville-Southern Greenville- Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 426 AM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, Piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina, and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop across the region today, forming first over the mountains by the early to middle part of the afternoon, then filling in across the foothills and Piedmont through the evening hours. These thunderstorms will produce frequent cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, gusty winds, and torrential rainfall. Isolated flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas will be possible. The strongest storms may produce damaging wind gusts and hail as large as quarters. Scattered thunderstorms may linger through the overnight hours into early Monday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms will be widespread on Monday and Tuesday. The flooding threat will steadily build across the region during this period and torrential rainfall with any of these storms could quickly produce flash flooding. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible mainly on Monday, with damaging wind gusts the primary threat. In addition, a tropical cyclone is expected to strengthen in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and move northward toward the Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday. Uncertainty regarding the eventual track is moderate to high, but gusty winds and heavy rainfall from this system could affect the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia Wednesday into Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to relay any reports of severe weather or flooding to the National Weather Service. GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ010-011-019-104-105-280830- Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Anderson-Abbeville-Greenwood- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens- 426 AM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for parts of northeast Georgia and the western Upstate of South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today 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. Numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop across the region today, especially from late afternoon through the evening hours. These thunderstorms will produce frequent cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, gusty winds, and torrential rainfall. Isolated flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas will be possible. The strongest storms may produce damaging wind gusts and hail as large as quarters. Scattered thunderstorms may linger through the overnight hours into early Monday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms will be widespread on Monday and Tuesday. The flooding threat will steadily build across the region during this period and torrential rainfall with any of these storms could quickly produce flash flooding. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible mainly on Monday, with damaging wind gusts the primary threat. In addition, a tropical cyclone is expected to strengthen in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and move northward toward the Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday. Uncertainty regarding the eventual track is moderate to high, but gusty winds and heavy rainfall from this system could affect the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia Wednesday into Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to relay any reports of severe weather or flooding to the National Weather Service. HG
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms reported a few trees blown to the south of Ellendale.
County comms reported at least two trees blown down in the vicinity of Highway 16 across southern Alexander County.
Fire dept reported multiple trees and some power lines blown down, mainly on the west side of downtown Statesville. Trees fell on two houses, with occupants briefly trapped inside one of those. Another tree fell on a vehicle and briefly trapped an occupant.
Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines on Rocky River Rd.
Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines near Uptown Charlotte.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2023
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1136958, 1136959, 1136960, 1136961, 1136962.