Special Weather Statement, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL APPROACH THE AREA WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY
MORNING.  A SECOND MAJOR FRONT AHEAD OF A MASS OF COLD AIR FROM
CANADA IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 500 PM EDT SATURDAY...HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE AREA TO
ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT CONVECTION...WITH SEVERAL OTHER MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO OTHER GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR TRENDS BUT NOTHING MAJOR.
MPD OUT OF WPC INDICATED POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING WITH TRAINING CELLS... BUT SO FAR STORM MOVEMENT HAS BEEN
ENOUGH THAT CONCERN REMAINS LOW /THAT MAY CHANGE OF COURSE/ AND SO
FAR NONE OF THE STORMS HAVE REACHED SEVERE LEVELS. MORE TO THE
POINT...JUST SOME MUCH-NEEDED RAIN SO FAR.

OTHERWISE...AN INTERESTING SURFACE PATTERN PREVAILS OVER THE REGION
AS A WEDGE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO HOLD...ACTUALLY PUSHING A BIT
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...ALL WHILE A WARM
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH.  ALOFT...SHORTWAVE VORT ENERGY IS
PUSHING THROUGH THE TN VALLEY AT THIS TIME AND WILL LIKELY PROMOTE
FURTHER EXPANSION OF CONVECTION OVER WESTERN NC THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON/EVENING.  CURRENTLY...CONVECTION HAS INITIATED IN THE WARM
SECTOR ACROSS NORTHEAST GA WITH PROPAGATION TAKING SAID CELLS
NORTHEAST UP THE I85 CORRIDOR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  LATEST
MESOANALYSIS PROVIDES AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE WEDGE BOUNDARY LOCATION
AS SBCAPE PLOTS INDICATE A SHARP 500+ JOULES GRADIENT ALONG/SOUTH OF
I85 WITH SURFACE WINDS REFLECTING SUCH WITH ENE FLOW DOMINATING OVER
THE NC PIEDMONT...SOUTHWEST TOWARDS GSP...WITH ESE FLOW FURTHER
SOUTH IN THE WARM SECTOR.  THE MAJORITY OF THE FCST AREA REMAINS
UNDER THE MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WX THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.  WITH THAT...ENHANCED
SRH IN PROXIMITY TO THE WEDGE BOUNDARY COULD YIELD A BRIEF SPIN UP
TORNADO IF CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY INTERACTION OCCURS.  WITH DEEP
UPDRAFTS AND PWATS IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL
ADJACENT TO ANY HEAVIER CONVECTION IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

MOVING ALONG INTO THE OVERNIGHT...EXPECTING THE OVERALL INTENSITY
AND COVERAGE OF CONVECTION TO DEPLETE AS HEATING IS LOST AND THE
WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH OF THE AREA THEREBY REMOVING ANY SFC
FOCUSING MECHANISMS.  HOWEVER...GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO FAVOR SHRA AND
PERHAPS TSRA OVER THE MTNS WHERE UPSLOPING WILL ENHANCE UPDRAFTS.
GIVEN THE RAINFALL...ONCE THE CONVECTION WAINS WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED IF PATCHY/WIDESPREAD FOG CONSUMES MUCH OF THE FCST AREA BY
MORNING.  SUNDAY LOOKS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO TODAY ASIDE FOR THE ENTIRE
FCST AREA BEING FIRMLY IN THE WARM SECTOR.  SHEAR LOOKS A BIT BETTER
AS A PREFRONTAL TROF MOVES INTO THE REGION...WHILE ANOTHER PIECE OF
H5 SHORTWAVE ENERGY DOES THE SAME.  STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION IS
POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE
PRIMARY CONCERN AS SFC FLOW WILL BE VEERED THUS RESULTING IN LESS
FAVORABLE TORNADO CONDITIONS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1205 PM EDT SATURDAY...UPPER HEIGHTS ATOP THE SE CONUS WILL
BEGIN TO FALL ON MONDAY AS SOUTHERN PLAINS ENERGY TRANSLATES
EASTWARD. THE RECENTLY POSTED OP RUNS OF THE 30/12 UTC NAM/GFS
SUPPORT THE 30/00 UTC ECMWF TREND OF THE MAIN LLVL BAROCLINIC
ZONE LINGERING NEAR OR NW OF THE CWFA. HENCE...IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE DEVELOPING FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS...CHANCES FOR
DIURNALLY ENHANCED DEEP CONVECTION WILL BE INCREASING. INITIAL
THOUGHTS WILL BE FOR ON AN UPWARD BUMP IN TSTM PROBABILITIES MONDAY
AFTERNOON. CONTINUED UNSETTLED BUT LESS WARM WX CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ON TUESDAY GIVEN THE PROGGED SLOW EVOLUTION OF THE MEAN
PATTERN FEATURING BROAD/DEEP SW FLOW AND THE SLOW SE SAGGING OF
ATTENDANT FRONTAL SYSTEM. WILL PLAN AND KEEPING SOLID MID-CHANCE
POP IF NOT AN UPWARD NUDGE TO LIKELY.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM SATURDAY...THE EXT RANGE WILL FEATURE A DEVELOPING
UNSEASONAL AND BROAD ERN CONUS ULVL TROF. THIS TROF WILL INTERACT
WITH A STATIONARY FRONT TRAPPED IN A DEEP MEAN SW/LY FLOW. THERE ARE
SIGFNT MODELED DIFFERENCES AS TO THE AMOUNT OF S/W ENERGY TRAVERSING
THE TROF...THE DEGREE OF ATL CYCLOGENESIS...THE AMOUNT OF LLVL COLD
AIR MAKING IT TO THE CAROLINAS...TILT OF THE ULVL TROF...AND
AVAILABLE MOISTURE. WITH THIS SAID...WILL MAINTAIN GRIDS CLOSE TO
THE PREVIOUS FCST. SINCE THE SYSTEM IS OUTSIDE THE NORMS FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR WILL ALSO SIDE MORE WITH THE DYNAMICAL SOLNS AS OPPOSED
TO MOS GUIDANCE.

DO BELIEVE IT WILL BE A FAIRLY ACTIVE PERIOD WITH THE FRONTAL ZONE
BISECTING THE CWFA PROVIDING A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR -SHRA AND
PERHAPS A COUPLE GENERAL TSTMS WED/THU AFTERNOONS. SOME DRIER AIR
LOOKS TO WORK IN AHEAD OF DEVELOPING OMEGA RIDGE FRI/SAT WHILE THE
SFC LOW PULLS NE OF THE AREA. THIS WILL CONFINE THE BETTER MOISTURE
ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND PERHAPS PRODUCE NON/ACCUM -SNSH THU NIGHT
ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AS H85 TEMPS DROP TO -2 C ACCORDING TO
THE ECMWF...YET ONLY DOWN TO ARND ZERO GOING BY THE GFS. THU NIGHT
WILL BE THE COLDEST AT THE SFC AS WELL WITH HIGH ELEV TEMPS
DROPPING TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THIS SCENARIO WILL BE WATCHED FOR
POSSIBLE FROST/FREEZE CONCERNS. WITH CLOUD COVER LIKELY REMAINING
MCLDY/CLDY AND COOLER CP AIR MIXING BEGINNING THU...MAX TEMPS WILL
REMAIN NEAR NORMAL WED...WITH A DECREASE BY A COUPLE CATS THU/FRI
THEN A RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS SAT AS SFC RIDGING ENGULFS THE SE
STATES.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...NO CHANGES TO THE KCLT TAF FOR THE 21Z AMD.
OTHERWISE...MVFR IMPROVING TO LOW VFR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
EXPECTING CURRENT WEDGE INDUCED STRATUS TO RETREAT NE OVER THE NEXT
HOUR ALLOWING FOR MVFR TO SCT OUT.  WINDS WILL BE A BIT TRICKY AS
THE BOUNDARY ITSELF CONTINUES TO HOVER IN THE VICINITY...THUS
STARTED TAF NE...HOWEVER THINK VEERING TO SE IS LIKELY BY MID
AFTERNOON.  CONVECTION IS ALREADY STARTING TO INITIATE TO THE
WEST...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG I85 IN THE UPSTATE IN THE
NEAR TERM.  THUS...CARRIED NO WX MENTION IN THE PREVAILING LINE
BEFORE INTRODUCING A 4HR TEMPO AT 21Z TO ACCOUNT FOR TSRA AND GUSTY
WINDS AS WELL AS MVFR STRATUS.  BEYOND THAT...SCT SHRA WILL REMAIN
IN THE AREA THROUGH AT MIDNIGHT THUS CARRIED SHRA...WITH VCSH
PREVAILING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AMIDST LOWERING MVFR THEN IFR
CIGS/VISB.  THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL CARRY UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK WITH
VISB IMPROVING FIRST...THEN CIGS TO FOLLOW AN HOUR OR SO AFTER
SUNRISE.  BY THAT TIME WINDS WILL BE SOLIDLY OUT OF THE SE BENEATH
MVFR CIGS.

AT KHKY...VERY SIMILAR TO KCLT ABOVE REGARDING AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT
RESTRICTIONS...HOWEVER WITH SOME TIMING ADJUSTMENTS OF SHRA...WITH
LESS CHANCES FOR TSRA AS THE AIRMASS IS A BIT MORE STABLE.
NEVERTHELESS...UPSTREAM CONVECTION COULD IMPACT THE SITE LEADING TO
AMDS AT A LATER TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

AT KAVL AND THE SC SITES...SIMILAR CONVECTIVE TRENDS TO KCLT ABOVE
HOWEVER WITH SLIGHT TIMING ADJUSTMENTS AS CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP
CLOSER TO THESE SITES.  OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL REMAIN ESE...VEERING
SE OVERNIGHT TO REMAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD.  TEMPOS ARE FAVORED AT
ALL SITES FOR TSRA...WITH VCTS CARRIED THROUGH MUCH OF THE
EVENING/OVERNIGHT...EVENTUALLY GIVING WAY TO SHRA AMIDST IFR
CIGS/VISB...BEFORE NO WX IS MENTIONED JUST AHEAD OF SUNRISE WHEN
RESTRICITIONS IMPROVE.

OUTLOOK...UNSETTLED WEATHER/OCCASIONAL CONVECTION/RESTRICTIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS A FRONT BECOMES
STALLED NEAR THE AREA. DEFINITIVE DRYING DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY
UNTIL AT LEAST MID-WEEK.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            21-03Z        03-09Z        09-15Z        15-18Z
KCLT       MED   73%     MED   68%     HIGH  82%     HIGH  86%
KGSP       HIGH  98%     MED   75%     HIGH  80%     HIGH  85%
KAVL       HIGH  87%     HIGH  98%     HIGH  86%     HIGH  88%
KHKY       MED   66%     HIGH  92%     HIGH  96%     HIGH  92%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH  85%     MED   70%     HIGH  85%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH  90%     MED   69%     HIGH  88%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULE TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY.  COMPLET HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK/WJM
NEAR TERM...CDG/TDP
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...CDG/TDP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
658 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-012300-
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-
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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
658 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
EVENING. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL AND/OR GUSTY WIND...BUT THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL COME
FROM LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING
SEVERE HAIL OR WIND GUSTS.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
632 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

NCZ068-506>508-SCZ008-302315-
CLEVELAND NC-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-
EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-CHEROKEE SC-
632 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

...ROBUST THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL
IMPACT PORTIONS OF RUTHERFORD...CLEVELAND...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL
AND NORTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 629 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS...A
FEW WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...POISED TO OVERSPREAD THE ADVISED AREA
FROM THE SOUTH.  EMBEDDED STRONGER STORMS WHERE OBSERVED AS WELL...
PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELBY...FOREST CITY...MARION...RUTHERFORDTON...KINGS MOUNTAIN...SPINDALE...
BOILING SPRINGS...BELWOOD...GROVER AND LAWNDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 3569 8186 3558 8182 3561 8175 3557 8167
      3557 8154 3555 8151 3552 8151 3542 8146
      3533 8136 3528 8136 3526 8132 3517 8133
      3515 8177 3543 8216 3553 8211 3554 8208
      3560 8203 3562 8206 3573 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 240DEG 48KT 3515 8222

CSH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
638 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

SCZ007-008-302300-
SPARTANBURG SC-CHEROKEE SC-
638 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN SPARTANBURG AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 636 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A AROUND OF TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL POISED TO OVERSPREAD THE ADVISED AREA.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTERN SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...PACOLET...COWPENS...
BLACKSBURG...MAYO...ROEBUCK...AND CHESNEE.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 3486 8197 3519 8196 3516 8148 3489 8158
      3489 8159 3488 8163 3488 8164 3490 8165
      3490 8167 3491 8168 3491 8171 3485 8177
      3482 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 240DEG 48KT 3489 8162

CSH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

NCZ082-302315-
UNION NC-
640 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 640 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 7 MILES EAST OF MONROE...OR NEAR WINGATE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONROE...UNIONVILLE...WINGATE...MARSHVILLE...STURDIVANTS...FAIRVIEW IN
UNION COUNTY AND NEW SALEM.

HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES
UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 8030 3490 8034 3498 8055 3517 8048
      3516 8044 3517 8042 3516 8041 3518 8037
      3517 8036 3518 8031 3517 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 206DEG 12KT 3501 8042

07

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

NCZ068-070-071-SCZ008-009-014-302345-
CLEVELAND NC-GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC-YORK SC-
654 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MECKLENBURG...
GASTON...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND...YORK...EASTERN CHEROKEE AND
NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 654 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF YORK TO
10 MILES EAST OF CHESTER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GASTONIA...ROCK HILL...UPTOWN CHARLOTTE...YORK...CENTRAL CHARLOTTE...SOUTH
CHARLOTTE...SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE...EAST CHARLOTTE...NORTHEAST CHARLOTTE
AND NORTHWEST CHARLOTTE.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES
UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...TRY
TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY
FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED
ELECTRONIC DEVICES. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG
UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORMS APPROACH.

&&

LAT...LON 3506 8073 3500 8084 3508 8091 3501 8091
      3492 8086 3490 8088 3484 8087 3482 8090
      3479 8088 3471 8087 3458 8092 3499 8161
      3542 8134 3541 8122 3533 8070
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 186DEG 30KT 3498 8142 3476 8103

07

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
716 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

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

0647 PM     HAIL             2 ENE WINGATE           34.99N 80.41W
04/30/2016  E0.50 INCH       UNION              NC   PUBLIC

            HAIL OF AT LEAST MARBLE SIZED FELL IN EASTERN UNION
            COUNTY BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO AND RADAR DATA.

&&

OUTLAW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

NCZ082-302345-
UNION NC-
721 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 721 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 9 MILES EAST OF MONROE...OR NEAR MARSHVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINGATE...MARSHVILLE...STURDIVANTS AND NEW SALEM.

HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES
UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER OR BATH. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3491 8031 3500 8051 3516 8044 3517 8042
      3516 8041 3518 8037 3517 8036 3518 8033
      3518 8032 3516 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 208DEG 7KT 3502 8037

07