Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EDT WED SEP 4 1996

CAE/RAH/FFC: NO WATCHES NEEDED ATTM...BUT WITH FCST QPF ON HIGH SIDE
             AS EARLY AS 12Z THU PER HMDATR...THINGS NEEDED TO BE
             WATCHED CAREFULLY TONIGHT.  5 PM NHC PKG WILL LIKELY
             ALLOW US TO FOCUS EVEN FUTHER FOR AREAS THU PM/FRI.

DOWNWARD MOTION IN THE WAKE OF THIS MORNING'S S/W MOVING NORTHEAST
INTO NRTH CENT NC PROVIDING THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM WITH
IMPRESSIVE VSBYS & PRIMARILY FLAT CU ATTM.  KGSP 88D INDICATING
MAINLY UPSLOPE SHRA IN FAR WRN NC WITH LOW LVL ELY FLOW...EXPECT
CU TO CONT TO BUILD REST OF AFTERNOON ACRS CWA WITH NOT MUCH
FOCUSING MECH OUTSIDE OF ANY HIDDEN MESO BNDRYS.

FOR TONIGHT...WITH NEXT S/W ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW TO OUR SW...
MAY SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF NOCTURNAL TSTMS & WITH HIGH PW'S IN PLACE
HEAVY RAIN A POSSIBILITY.  RNFL AMTS THIS AM WERE LOCALLY HEAVY
SO POTENTIAL PROBS ON HORIZON NOT JUST IF THINGS MATERIALIZE TONIGHT
...BUT MORE OBVIOUSLY WITH FRAN THU EVE INTO FRI.

AS PER LATEST NHC TRACK...TRAJECTORY PUTS NORTHEASTERN SXNS OF CWA
UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT...ROUGHLY NORTHEAST OF A CHESTER-GAFFNEY-
MORGANTON LINE.  INITIAL RAIN BANDS MAY APPROACH FA BY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON WITH TIMING ON ONSET OF TROP STM FORCE WINDS POSS AS
EARLY AS LATE AFT TOMORROW FAR SE.

AS FAR AS RECOMMENDED WATCHES...FEEL THAT FF IS PRIMARY CONCERN
FOR THIS EVENT ALTHOUGH HIGH WIND THREAT IS MOST PREVALENT
SRN NC PIED & ADJACENT CNTYS UPSTATE SC.

GSP  67/80/65/77  4577
AVL  63/76/63/74  4577
CLT  69/81/67/78  4588

CSH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
835 PM EDT WED SEP 4 1996

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
820 PM     WALHALLA                  SC   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/96   OCONEE                         TREES DOWN AND SOME POWER
                                          LINES DOWN ON PICKENS
                                          HIGHWAY NEAR WAL.HALLA.
                                          OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE
                                          ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS 35
                                          TO 40 MPH.

SCZ001>005-GAZ010-017-018-NCZ052>054-059-062>066-050300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
848 PM EDT WED SEP 4 1996

AT 845 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA JUST SOUTHEAST OF ASHEVILLE.
THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED HAIL FROM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE DURING
THE PAST HOUR NEAR ASHEVILLE AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BLOWN DOWN SOME
TREES AND POWER LINES NEAR WALHALLA IN OCONEE COUNTY. SOME STORMS
WITHIN THIS LINE COULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY...PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS THE
AREA...PRODUCING SOME FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IF THREATENING LWEATHER MOVES APPROACHES.

END

SCZ001>005-GAZ010-017-018-NCZ052>054-059-062>066-050300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
848 PM EDT WED SEP 4 1996
    CORRECTION FOR WORDING IN LAST PARAGRAPH.

AT 845 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA JUST SOUTHEAST OF ASHEVILLE.
THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED HAIL FROM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE DURING
THE PAST HOUR NEAR ASHEVILLE AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BLOWN DOWN SOME
TREES AND POWER LINES NEAR WALHALLA IN OCONEE COUNTY. SOME STORMS
WITHIN THIS LINE COULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY...PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS THE
AREA...PRODUCING SOME FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESlE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

END