Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
142 PM EST SAT MAR 16 1996

RAH/CAE/FFC: SEE DISC FOR RECOMMEDATIONS.

DISC: TRW BEGINNING TO FIRE ACROSS NC MTNS AND NE GA. SAT PICS SHOW
VORT MAX ENTERING TN SO TRW WILL CONT TONIGHT. MDLS SIMILAR TONIGHT/SUN
WITH VORT MAXS MOVING THRU AREA WITH DIFFERING AMNTS AND AREAS OF UVV.
MDLS REALLY DIVERGE SUN NITE/MON. ETA/AVN TRACK SFC LOW FARTHER SOUTH
ACROSS SC WHILE NGM TAKES IT NR GSP THEN INTO NC. THIS CAUSES BIG DIFF
TO FCST HIGHS AND PRECIP AMNTS MON. COOLER TEMPS AVN/ETA...HEAVY RAIN
AVN/NGM. TRENDED TOWARD NGM TRACK/FWC POPS AND TEMPS. THINK WITH BIG
JET MAX DIGGING BROAD TROF ACRS CENT US...WINDS ALOFT WILL BACK TO SW
SLOWING FORWARD MOVEMENT AND TRACKING LOW FARTHER NORTH AND WEST.

NC/GA MTNS WILL BE COOLER WITH POSS FLOODING RAIN MON WITH ANY LOW TRACK
DUE TO HIGH RH. WITH NGM...TEMPS SHUD NOT COOL AS MUCH IN UPSTATE...NC
FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT AND SRN NE GA. HEAVY RAINFALL POSS THERE TOO ALONG
WITH CONT SVR THREAT. OF COURSE ANY DEVIATION IN MOVEMENT OF SYS WILL
CHANGE FCST DRAMATICALLY.
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AVL 49/62/45/57 7/8/8/8
CLT 54/66/52/62 7/8/8/8
GSP 55/67/51/62 7/8/8/8

RWH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1159 AM EST SAT MAR 16 1996

...SURVEY OF SIMPSONVILLE DAMAGE...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYED THE WIND DAMAGE ON THE WEST
SIDE OF SIMPSONVILLE WHICH OCCURRED ON FRIDAY.  AT 210 PM
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS HIT THE WESTWOOD COMMUNITY CAUSING
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES.  MANY TREES AND LIMBS FELL ON HOMES
AND VEHICLES.  STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO SHINGLES AND
TRIM OF HOMES...OUTBUILDINGS...AND SIGNS.  THE DAMAGE PATTERN
WAS CLEARLY DIVERGENT WITH NO TORNADIC SIGNATURE.  THERE WERE
SOME REPORTS THAT SMALL ROTATING VORTICES CALLED "GUSTNADOES"
MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY THE WIND.  THESE WERE NOT DIRECTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED.

AN EARLIER REPORT LISTED THE PELHAM DAMAGE AS SPARTANBURG COUNTY.
THE DAMAGE AND FATALITY ACTUALLY OCCURRED IN GREENVILLE COUNTY...
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE OTHER AREAS OF DAMAGE IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL SURVEY AS MANY AREAS OF
DAMAGE AS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

JONES