Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
203 AM EST FRI MAR 20 1998

STRONG/SVR SQUALL LINE CONTINUES MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD THE CWA. LOTS OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO BE TAPPED AS SYSTEM APPROACHES. H3 JET MOVES
ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CWA WITH GOOD ALONG STREAM VARIATION
OVER THE CWA AND ASSOCIATED Q-VECTOR CONV. GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONV
FORECAST AS WELL. H85 JET NOT GREAT BUT SPEEDS ARE NOT LIGHT EITHER.
SQUALL LINE SHOULD RETAIN ITS STRONG/SVR QUALITIES AS IT MOVES ACROSS
CWA. EVEN MORE OF A CHANCE IN OUR ERN COUNTIES AS SOME WARMING WILL
OCCUR BEFORE PASSAGE. POSS SVR WORDING SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN ZONES.

GOOD DRY PUNCH AFTER FROPA TODAY AND STRONG WSWLY FLOW. SHOULD BE SOME
CLEARING BY LATE DAY. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE THEN ENTERS THE MTNS TONIGHT
AS THICKNESSES AND TEMPS FALL. STRONG LIFT AND NWLY FLOW WILL RETURN
SHRA THEN SHSN TO MTNS LATE TONIGHT AND ON SAT. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE
WATCHED FOR POSS ADV BY DAY OR NEXT MID SHIFT.

TEMPS TODAY WILL BE TRICKY WITH PRECIP BUT BEST CAA DOES NOT KICK IN
UNTIL TONIGHT. LIKE WARMER FWC OUTSIDE OF MTNS SAT AS SUNSHINE AND
DOWNSLOPE WILL MODERATE CAA. FAN BETTER FOR MTNS WITH CLOUDS...CAA AND
SOME PRECIP.

AVL 58/38/44 9/3/4
CLT 65/42/57 9/1/0
GSP 63/40/55 9/1/0

RWH

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
518 AM EST FRI MAR 20 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 6 AM FOR MADISON...
HAYWOOD...JACKSON...SWAIN...MACON AND GRAHAM COUNTIES...

...CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS CONTAIN HAIL TO ONE-HALF INCH...GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO MORE STABLE AIR AND HAVE
WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN STRONG AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM.

THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE
ATLANTA AREA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND EASTERN UPSTATE
BY LATE MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE FAVORABLE AT THAT
TIME AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE.

SPOTTER GROUPS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS MORNING. PERSONS IN THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RWH