Widely scattered thunderstorms and isolated storm clusters moved across upstate South Carolina during the late afternoon and evening. A few of the storms produced damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Widely scattered thunderstorms and isolated storm clusters moved across upstate South Carolina during the late afternoon and evening. A few of the storms produced 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 17, 12:44 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 1051 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-181500- 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-Cherokee-York- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood- Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville- Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 1051 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and move east across the area into the evening. Some of these storms could become severe with damaging winds the main threat, although some large hail is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop Sunday afternoon and move east across the area into the evening. Some of these storms, especially across the Piedmont, could become severe with damaging winds and large hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None.
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</html>Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
542 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024
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0456 PM Hail 1 N Claremont 35.73N 81.15W
08/17/2024 M1.00 Inch Catawba NC Broadcast Media
WCNC storm spotter reported 1 inch hail near
Claremont at time indicated.
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JMPThe Greer radar (KGSP), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Highway 357 and Skyline Dr and another nearby on Underwood Rd just north of Motlow Creek Rd.
Emergency manager reported three trees blown along Old Furnace Rd between Sandy Dr and Sidney Walker Dr.
Emergency management reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Dan River Rd and Highway 29 and power lines blown down in Cowpens.
Emergency management reported multiple trees blown down across Spartanburg, from the I-26 and Business I-85 interchange across the north side of the downtown area. Several trees fell across roads.
County comms reported numerous trees blown down across the county, particularly in the city of Union.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down across the southern part of the county from Starr to near Honea Path.
County comms reported large tree limbs blown down and obstructing traffic on I-26.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down from south of Greenwood to Ninety Six. This included on Highway 221 at Whitehall Rd, on Holmes Rd, on Highway 178, and on Golf Course Rd at Aiton Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2024
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: 1211368, 1211369, 1211370, 1211371, 1211372, 1211373, 1211381, 1211375.