Hail in North Carolina, June 3, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
239 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002

UPPER RIDGE REMAINS STRONG OVER SE US NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE S FLOW WILL CONT HOWEVER SO WILL KEEP CHANCE
TRW IN MTNS/NC FOOTHILLS THIS EVE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE W UPSTATE SC
AND NE GA. CHANCE TRW CONT TUE AND WED WITH INCREASING COVERAGE AS
SYSTEM APPROACHES AREA FROM THE W LATE WED.

FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL APPEARS TO BE
HEADING THROUGH AREA THU INTO FRI. ONCE THIS FEATURE PUSHES
THRU...EXPECT COOLER DRYER AIR FOR WEEKEND. MODELS BRING RETURN FLOW
NORTH LATE SUN INTO MON FOR S AND W ZONES SO WILL INCREASE CLOUDS
BUT WILL NOT ADD POPS ATTM.

FCSTID = 77
GSP   71  92  71  91 /  20  20  30  30
AND   72  93  72  92 /  20  20  30  30
CLT   70  91  70  90 /  20  20  20  30
HKY   67  88  68  88 /  30  30  30  30
AVL   64  86  65  85 /  30  30  30  40

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

RB

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-
SCZ001>007-010>013-019-032000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1042 AM EDT MON JUN 3 2002

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING...

THE ATMOSPHERE IN A LARGE PART OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. A COUPLE OF
BOUNDARIES...SEPARATING VERY MOIST AIR AT THE SURFACE...FROM DRIER
AIR TO THE NORTHEAST...MAY HELP FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 77
CORRIDOR. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...SOUTH THROUGH THE
WESTERN PART OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

ALTHOUGH COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
GREAT...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. SMALL AREAS WOULD BE
AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE WEATHER. LARGE HAIL FROM DIME TO QUARTER
SIZE...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BE
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN COULD FALL...AS
MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY. LOCALIZED FLOODING
COULD RESULT...ESPECIALLY IF A STORM DEVELOPS OVER AN URBAN AREA.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

JONES