1 dust devil, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 9:57 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 957 AM EST SAT APR 6 2002 RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER THE INVADING RIDGE IS INTERACTING WITH COLD ADVECTION BEHIND A DEPARTING SHORTWAVE TO SPREAD STRATOCUMULUS INTO THE NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF OUR CWFA THIS MORNING. SKIES CLEAR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR CWFA. GSO SOUNDING SHOWS THIS MOISTURE TO BE AT AROUND 830MB OR SO...AND ALSO CONFIRMED THE 30 TO 40 KT LOW LEVEL JET PROGD BY THE MODELS YESTERDAY. THIS JET WILL MOVE EAST DURING THE DAY...AND AS COLD ADVECTION WANES...OUR WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH...BUT STILL POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS. GSP HAS BEEN GUSTING TO 25 KT OR SO THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...WHILE WINDS ARE MUCH LIGHTER...AND HAVE SHIFTED TO MORE OF AN EASTERLY DIRECTION...ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CWFA. WE HAVE SEEN THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR BEFORE IN STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW SITUATIONS...WITH WINDS CHANNELLING OUT OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY BRINGING A NARROW SWATH OF HIGHER WINDS DOWNSTREAM INTO THE UPSTATE...SO WILL TEAR OFF GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG/LAURENS FOR 10 TO 15 MPH...AND KEEP EAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH FOR THE OTHER COUNTIES IN ITS GROUPING. TEMPERATURES TRICKY...RAPIDLY CLOSING IN ON FORECAST MAXES IN SOME AREAS. THE MERCURY IS STRUGGLING TO RISE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE INVADING CLOUDS WILL ALSO DETER FULL SUN. SO...WITH NEWLAND STILL AT 33 AT THIS HOUR...WILL LOWER NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 50 FOR THE AFTERNOON...AND LOWER NC MOUNTAINS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 55. WILL ALSO OPEN UP RANGE OF TEMPERATURES ELSEWHERE...WITH THICKNESS SCHEME STILL IN FAVOR OF CURRENTLY ADVERTISED MAXES IN THE SOUTH. WILL ALSO MAKE CHANGES TO UPSTATE/NORTHEAST GEORGIA LOWS FOR TONIGHT TO MAKE TEMPERATURE RANGES THERE 5 DEGREES. FCSTID = 44 GSP 61 32 64 43 / 0 0 0 0 AND 61 32 64 43 / 0 0 0 0 CLT 61 30 65 42 / 0 0 0 0 HKY 56 28 60 39 / 0 0 0 0 AVL 54 26 59 38 / 0 0 0 0 .GSP... GA...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT GAZ018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT NCZ034>037...NCZ054>057...NCZ066>072...NCZ082. SC...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT FOR ZONES SCZ004>014...SCZ019. BURRUS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A large dust devil damaged a home and a separate building. The porch of the house was shifted 4 to 5 inches off its foundation and windows were blown out of the building.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2002
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