Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1225 AM EDT THU OCT 25 2001

A QUICK UPDATE TO THE ZFP TO ADD THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REMAINDER OF
THE FORECAST AREA IN LIGHT OF CONVECTION FIRING EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS AT THIS TIME. WILL ALSO INCREASE PRECIP CHANCE ACROSS THE
ENTIRE CWA TO ACCOUNT FOR LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM
EASTERN TENNESSEE.

.GSP...
GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES
     NCZ033...NCZ048>053...NCZ058>059...NCZ062>065.
SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>003.

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NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-250645-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA...

LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS RAPIDLY
MOVING EAST...IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE. THE
LINE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST INTO COOLER...MORE
STABLE AIR. HOWEVER...AS THE LINE ENTERS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...DAMAGING WINDS WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE. HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF
GRAHAM...SWAIN AND MACON WILL BE MOST AT RISK.

THE FACT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS WILL ALREADY BE STRONG AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT WILL HELP TO AUGMENT THE STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LINE OF STORMS. IF THE LINE IS A LITTLE STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED AS
IT ENTERS THE MOUNTAINS...DAMAGING WINDS WOULD EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS
ASHEVILLE...AND INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE
AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

MCAVOY