Tornado Warning 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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WWUS52 KGSP 290015
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
815 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

NCC035-071-109-119-290030-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100329T0030Z/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-LINCOLN NC-CATAWBA NC-
815 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
CATAWBA...LINCOLN...NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND GASTON COUNTIES...

AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLNTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MAIDEN...LUCIA...MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE...LOWESVILLE...NEWTON...
CONOVER...DENVER...CLAREMONT...TERRELL...CATAWBA...HUNTERSVILLE AND
CORNELIUS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3516 8130 3526 8132 3527 8135 3530 8136
      3541 8136 3555 8142 3581 8114 3558 8095
      3556 8096 3551 8096 3551 8087 3542 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 231DEG 39KT 3550 8118

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
752 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF OUR AREA TONIGHT AND
OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST MONDAY NIGHT.  DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN...BUILD INTO THE REGION AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NE ACROSS THE REGION AS A
STRONG SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE W. MODELS CONT TO SHOW CAPE OF
400-600 J/KG MOVG IN FROM THE S THIS AFTN WITH PVA...Q FORCING...
WIND SHEAR AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ALL COMING TOGETHER OVER THE
AREA. SATELLITE LOOPS ARE SHOWING SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS MOVG IN
FROM THE SW SO IF AREA DESTABILIZES ENOUGH EXPECT AT LEAST A FEW
SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP. SPC HAS GA AND THE CAROLINAS IN AN AREA OF
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTN-EVE. ANY STRONG
CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM THE W LATE THIS
EVE WITH COOLING BUT SHWRS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE MTNS AND E CWA. MIN TEMPS WILL BE MILD TONIGHT DUE TO THE CLOUD
COVER. UPPER LOW MOVES OVER AREA DURING THE DAY MON AND ENOUGH
FORCING AND LL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED FOR CHC SHWRS THRU THE DAY...ESP
OVER THE MTNS AND E ZONES. HI TEMPS WILL BE BELOW AVG.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NC MONDAY EVENING
WILL OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON TUESDAY. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL
CROSS THE MS RIVER ON TUESDAY NIGHT...AND REACH THE TN AND OH RIVER
VALLEYS ON WEDNESDAY. WEAK MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST MONDAY
NIGHT AND SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS IN UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE TN
BORDER. FREEZING LEVELS DROP BELOW THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE NC
MOUNTAINS BY DAWN TUESDAY...BUT WITH THE TOP OF THE MOIST LAYER NOT
VERY COLD...ICE NUCLEATION IS NOT A SURE THING.

DRYING OCCURS LATE TUESDAY MORNING. ON TUESDAY THE  PRESSURE
GRADIENT GRADUALLY RELAXES. SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS IN FORM THE
SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL
TREND DOWNWARD FROM NEAR NORMAL...AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES UPWARD
FROM NEAR NORMAL...AS DRIER AIR ALLOWS FOR A GREATER DIURNAL RANGE.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS PM 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...THE SLOWER SOLUTION OF THE ECMWF WAS
PREFERRED BY HPC OVER THE FASTER GFS. A SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE UPPER
RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE EASTERN USA FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...SUPPORTING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE
TO 10 DEGREES OR MORE ABOVE NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...ANOTHER LINE OF TSTMS WILL AFFECT THE TERMINAL BETWEEN
0030Z AND 0200Z. IFR RESTRICTIONS...VARIABLE GUSTY WNDS AND HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BEFORE THE LINE HITS...STRONG SOUTH
WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KTS WITH VFR CLOUDINESS. BEHIND THE LINE...WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO NWLY...THEN BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE. LOW CONFIDENCE
ON WHAT VSBY AND CIGS WILL DO...AS BL WILL BE MOIST AND WNDS
RELATIVELY LIGHT. CONDITIONS SHUD IMPROVE MON AFTN.

ELSEWHERE...AS OF 2345Z...LINE OF STORMS FROM KHKY...TO JUST EAST OF
KGSP/KGMU AND MOVING EWD. BEHIND THIS LINE...EXPECT PERIODS OF
RESTRICTIONS IN LIGHT-MODERATE RAIN AND LOW CIGS...AND NWLY WINDS.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME VARIABLE...AND SHWR COVERAGE WILL
DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...LINGERING MOISTURE AND
LGT WNDS MAY RESULT IN RESTRICTIONS IN BR AND LOW CIGS. THE EXACT
EXTENT OF RESTRICTIONS IS LOW CONFIDENCE AT THIS POINT. CONDITIONS
SHUD IMPROVE MON AFTN.

OUTLOOK...VFR TUE-FRI AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES WEATHER ACROSS THE
REGION.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...RB
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...ARK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
643 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-291045-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
643 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT AND AN ASSOCIATED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING. BY THE TIME
THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND SURROUNDING
AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WEAKLY UNSTABLE
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT
TO ALLOW THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT ISOLATED
STORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.
HOWEVER...THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...
ESPECIALLY WITH ANY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OUT
AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.

ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE
AREA...THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO SEE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE ACROSS
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

LANE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0644 PM     HAIL             GREENVILLE              34.84N 82.37W
03/28/2010  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN TIGERVILLE

&&

ASTUREY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0638 PM     HAIL             3 W GREENVILLE          34.84N 82.42W
03/28/2010  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL FROM PEA SIZED TO QUARTER SIZED FALLING NEAR WHERE
            HIGHWAY 123 AND FARIS ROAD ARE ON THE WEST SIDE.

0654 PM     HAIL             4 NW GREER              34.98N 82.28W
03/28/2010  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL

0648 PM     HAIL             3 NNW TAYLORS           34.96N 82.33W
03/28/2010  E1.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEEBLE CREEK AREA WITH GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL

0658 PM     HAIL             4 SW GREER              34.90N 82.28W
03/28/2010  E1.75 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT THE INTERSECTION OF BATESVILLE ROAD AND OLD
            SPARTANBURG ROAD A REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. DIME
            SIZED HAIL JUST AFTER THIS AT THE GSP AIRPORT.

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OUTLAW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
713 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0650 PM     HAIL             GREENVILLE              34.84N 82.37W
03/28/2010  E1.00 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            ONE INCH SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN TAYLORS

&&

ASTUREY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
714 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

NCZ035>037-056-282345-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-DAVIE-IREDELL-
714 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ALEXANDER...NORTHERN
CATAWBA...NORTHERN DAVIE AND NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM
EDT...

AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLAREMONT...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BERMUDA
  RUN...LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...UNION GROVE...TURNERSBURG...
  STATESVILLE...SCOTTS...LOVE VALLEY...HARMONY...SHEFFIELD...
  FARMINGTON...STONY POINT...MILLERSVILLE...HIDDENITE...CLAREMONT AND
  CATAWBA.

SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

07

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
727 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0712 PM     HAIL             6 W SPARTANBURG         34.94N 82.03W
03/28/2010  E1.00 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE WEST VIEW AREA ABOUT ONE MILE
            WEST OF WEST GATE MALL.

&&

OUTLAW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
752 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     HAIL             EASLEY                  34.82N 82.59W
03/28/2010  E1.75 INCH       PICKENS            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.3 SSW OF GREENVILLE/PICKENS SPEEDWAY

&&

ASTUREY