1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Mar 31, 1:56 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 156 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 AS FAR AS THE TONIGHT PERIOD GOES IN THE ZFP...12 HR POPS WILL BE AT LEAST LIKELY FOR TS/SHRA UNTIL SCOURING COLD FRONT MOVES THRU LATER THIS EVENING. WILL RE-EXAMINE DETAILS CLOSER TO ZFP ISSUANCE TIME FOR THE IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM. OVERNIGHT...STILL EXPECT CLEARING EAST OF THE MTNS...WITH LINGERING CLDS & BZY CONDS IN THE NC MTNS. WILL HANG ONTO GOING SMALL POPS FOR UPSLOPE SHOWERS IN N MTNS. DRY WESTERLY FLOW THRU A DEEP LAYER DEVELOPS ON MONDAY & AFTER A BZY-WDY MORNING...HIPRES WILL BUILD EAST INTO THE CWFA...LOOSENING GRADIENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. BROAD SW FLOW DEVELOPS ON TUESDAY AS A GRADUAL INCREASE IN LLVL MOISTURE DEVELOPS ON RETURN FLOW OUT AHEAD OF APRCHG COLD FRONT. 12Z AVN LOOKS TO BE FASTER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS IN BRINGING IN MEASURABLE PCPN IN THE NC MTNS EARLY WED AM...& THEN ACRS THE BALANCE OF CWFA THRU 18Z AS FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE CWFA IN THE AFTERNOON. UNABLE TO VIEW ETAX DATA TO COMPARE TIMING...SO BEST TO LEAVE CURRENT PCPN TIMING AS IS...LIMITED TO DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. IN THE EXTENDED...CWFA REMAINS IN A GENERAL WNW FLOW ALOFT...SOUTH OF THE BEST CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW THU & FRI WITH LLVL RIDGE CENTER MOVING FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO NE U.S. OVERALL ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO LOOK DRY ENOUGH & ANY FORCING WEAK ENOUGH TO CONTINUE CURRENT DRY FCST...BUT EASTERLY LLVL FLOW MAY RESULT IN MORE CLOUDINESS THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE ADVERTISED. BECAUSE OF THIS...WILL INCREASE CLD PCT IN MATRICES FOR THU NITE THRU FRI NITE. ON DAY 7...OPMRF TRANSLATES HIPRES WELL OFFSHORE...ALLOWING DEEPER RH TO INCREASE ACRS REGION ON STRENGTHENING RETURN FLOW. PREFERRED TRENDS OF ECMWF/MRF ENSEMBLE MEANS ARE NOT AS AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS SCENARIO...SO WILL KEEP SUNDAY DRY. FCSTID = 55 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-312100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1152 AM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE GULF STATES INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND IS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLARKESVILLE GEORGIA...TO GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA...TO STATESVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. WHILE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD QUICKLY DEVELOP FROM HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND KEEP POSTED ON WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. HANDEL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and a power line were reported blown down.
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