Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC
840 PM EST WED JAN 07 1998

FORECASTS LOOK ON TRACK. WE ARE WATCHING SEVERAL MESOS ENTERING OUR
WESTERN COUNTIES AND HAVE JUST RECEIVED A TORNADO REPORT FROM FFC
ON STORM ENTERING ELBERT COUNTY.

WIND PROFILES GOOD FOR BOW ECHOES AND BOOKEND TORNAODES AND PLENTY
OF CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY TO KEEP THINGS  GOING WELL INTO NIGHT.
ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW FAR NORTH SQUALL LINE WILL MIGRATE.
HELLICITY VERY HIGH FROM GSO SOUNDING BUT QUESTION ITS VALIDITY
WITH SHORT SOUNDING. IT IS TO BAD A SECOND RELEASE WAS NOT MADE IN
THIS SITUATION.

NEAL

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019-080100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED MOIST AIR INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA
DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND SOME OF THEM HAD REACHED SEVERE LEVELS.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA...AND PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. SOME OF
THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE GREATEST THREAT.
WITH SUCH STRONG LOW-LEVEL WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE.

PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATION TO GET THE LATEST INFORMATION...INCLUDING ANY WATCHES OR
WARNINGS.

ZOLTOWSKI

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GAZ026-028-029-080330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS.

AT 705 PM DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED IN TOCCOA...WHICH
IS IN STEPHENS COUNTY GEORGIA.  WINDS SPEEDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE
THE GROUND ARE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
BRINGING THIS STRONG WIND TO THE SURFACE.

BECAUSE THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MOST PLACES...TREES WILL BE
UNUSUALLY SUSEPTIBLE TO FALLING.  AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR
AREA BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES.

KAJ

SCZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-010-011-012-019-NCZ064-065-066-067-
GAZ026-028-029-080330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS.

AT 705 PM DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED IN TOCCOA...WHICH
IS IN STEPHENS COUNTY GEORGIA.  WINDS SPEEDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE
THE GROUND ARE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
BRINGING THIS STRONG WIND TO THE SURFACE.

BECAUSE THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MOST PLACES...TREES WILL BE
UNUSUALLY SUSEPTIBLE TO FALLING.  AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR
AREA BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES.

KAJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1007 PM EST WED JAN 07 1998

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

915 PM     3 SW EASLEY               SC   TORNADO
01/07/98   PICKENS                        TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ALONG
                                          HIGHWAY 135 SOUTH. DAMAGE
                                          TO MANY BUILDINGS...AND MANY
                                          TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          REPORT FROM PICKENS COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF OFFICE.

SAB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1007 PM EST WED JAN 07 1998

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

915 PM     3 SW EASLEY               SC   TORNADO
01/07/98   PICKENS                        TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ALONG
                                          HIGHWAY 135 SOUTH. DAMAGE
                                          TO MANY BUILDINGS...AND MANY
                                          TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          REPORT FROM PICKENS COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF OFFICE.

SAB

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1031 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH WINDS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE
ARE BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
TRANSLATING THESE WINDS TO THE SURFACE.

AT 1017 PM...A SPOTTER FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTED A WIND
GUST OF 51 MPH IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY...IN THE COMMUNITY OF BLUE
RIDGE.

DUE TO THE GROUND BEING SATURATED...TREES WILL BE UNUSUALLY SUSCEPTIBLE
TO FALLING. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR
FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOYER