Last Day Under 100° - FOX Carolina 21

Last Day Under 100°

With this weekend's brutal heat, let's browse over some of our more tolerable 2pm observations on this Thursday:

Greenville:  90°

Spartanburg:  94°

Anderson:  92°

Laurens:  96°

Greenwood:  93°

Clemson:  92°

Franklin:  90°

Rutherfordton:  88° 

Asheville:  89°

(links above are from official observation stations within Upstate and Western North Carolina)

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Heat Advisory - Issued at 2:30 Today: 

**HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY**

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A HEAT ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT
FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS - GENERALLY FROM THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA... WEST AND
   SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 THROUGH SPARTANBURG AND GREENVILLE.

* TEMPERATURES - HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE
   103-105 RANGE WITH APPARENT TEMPERATURES (HOW IT FEELS) AROUND
   105.

* IMPACTS - THE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR THE
   ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH... ESPECIALLY IF AIR
   CONDITIONING IS UNAVAILABLE. OUTDOOR PETS AND LIVESTOCK WILL
   ALSO BE STRESSED.

This Day in Weather History - June 28th:  Back in 2008, lightning struck a moving car on Florida's I-95 northwest of Tequesta.  The car became inoperable, likely due to the electrical malfunction caused by the lightning strike.