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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 2:21 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
MCS MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CWFA ATTM. SFC FLOW AHEAD
OF THE SYSTEM IS STRENGTHENING AND BAKCING WITH DWTPS RAPIDLY
RECOVERING INTO THE LOWER 60S. SYSTEM SHOULD CONTINUE TO CHUG EAST
PRODUCING PLENTY OF DAMAING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AND THERE MAY
EVEN BE A TORNADO OR TWO ASSOCIATED WITH A MESO LOW THAT HAS FROMED
OVER THE WESTERN UPSTATE. ONCE THIS SYSTEM CLEARS THE CWFA...THE
QUESTION BECOMES WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE AS YET NON-EXISTANT SECOND MCS
WE ARE EXPECTEING.
NAM AND RUC BOTH SHOW CONSIDERABLE DESTABLIZATION DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS ACROSS ERN TN/KY SOUTH INTO AL/GA AHEAD OF THE SFC
FRONT UNDER THE STRONG H5 LOW CURRENTLY OVER SE MO. IF THE SFC
CONVERGENCE STRENGHTENS AS THE MODELS ADVERTISE...THEN WE SHOULD SEE
ANOTHER SYSTEM AS FORMIDDABLE AS THE CURRENT ONE. IN FACT...EHI/S
ARE HIGHER WITH TONIGHTS EXPECTED SYSTEM AS FLOW BACKS STRONGLY
AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING SFC LOW THAT PASSES TO OUR N. FOR NOW WL KEEP
LIKLEY POPS IN THE ZONES THROUGH THE NIGHT AS TIMING IS NOT A SURE
BET...BUT THE EVENTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF MORE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT
DOES LOOK VERY PROBABLE.
AS THE STRONG UPPER LOW CONSOLIDATES OVER OHIO SAT...NW FLOW AND
MUCH COLDER AIR INVADE. H8 TEMPS WL FALL TO AROUND -8 DEG C OVER
MUCH OF THE MTNS SAT NGHT. TEMPS WL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SAT OVER
THE HIGH TERRAIN...AND SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW WL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE
IN THE DAY. SAT NGHT 1000-500 MB LAYER RH VALUES INCREASE TO OVER
70% MOST OF THE NGHT...AND NW FLOW INCREASES TO AROUND 35 KTS WITH
VERY LOW HEIGHTS. ALL OF THIS POINTS TO A GOOD SHOT OF NW FLOW SNOW.
WL UP TOTALS A LITTLE...ESPECIALLY FROM MADISON CO N. WARM GROUND
SHOULD KEEP ACCUMS DOWN IN THE VALLEYS...BUT FALLING TEMPS SHOULD
RESULT IN SLUSH FREEZING INTO ICE WHICH WL MAKE FOR BAD TRAVEL. AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL. DO NOT PLAN TO
ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH ATTM.
WE WL...HOWEVER...ISSUE A FREEZE WATCH FOR SAT NGHT FOR ALL OF THE
NC MTNS. OUTSIDE THE MTNS TEMPS SHOULD STAY ABOVE FREEZING...AND
THERE SHOULD BE ENUF MIXING TO PRECULDE MUCH FROST. HOWEVER...IT WL
NOT TAKE MUCH COOLER TEMPS FOR THE FOOTHILLS TO SEE A FREEZE.
SUN NGHT WL HAVE BETTER FROST AND POSSIBLE FREEZE POTENTIAL OUTSIDE
THE MTNS WITH ANOTHER FREEZE EXPECTED IN THE MTNS.
&&
.LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
EXTENDED PERIOD OF THIS PACKAGE BEGINS WITH CONTINUED SUPPORT
FOR NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS FOR HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. LATEST
GFS AND THE UKMET BRING ANOTHER WEAK BOUNDARY...AND INCREASED
FLOW AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BORDERING TENNESSEE. THE AIRMASS IS
EXPECTED TO STILL BE UNUSUALLY COLD. CLOUDINESS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE IN SOME FASHION OVER THE TENNESSEE BORDER MONDAY...
BUT PARTLY CLOUDY AND A NOTICEABLE WARMING TREND EXPECTED TO ENSUE
ON MONDAY.
MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES DIFFER QUITE A BIT WITH REGARD TO THE
NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM...EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH OVER THE FORECAST
AREA DURING THE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NITE PERIOD. GFS ADVERTISES ENOUGH
MOISTURE AND LIFT WITH SHORTWAVE ACTION TO WARRANT CONVECTIVE
CHANCES...ALTHOUGH POPS WERE LOWERED TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE NORTH
CAROLINA PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD. MODELS PROGGING A QUITE MOIST ALBEIT WEAKLY-FORCED
ATMOSPHERE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WE LEFT THESE
PERIODS WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS...ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS A STRONG
SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL BE NEARING THE WESTERN CWFA
AS NEXT THURSDAY NITE ENDS.
&&
.AVIATION...
PERIODS OF IFR FOG WILL CONTINUE AT KAVL UNTIL SUNRISE.
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL DEEPEN AND TRACK EAST ALONG A
STALLED FRONT. AS THE DEEPENING LOW APPROACHES...THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. BY MID
MORNING...ALL TERMINALS SHOULD SEE A DECENT SW WIND (SOUTH AT
KAVL). WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AS THE MIXING HEIGHT INCREASES IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S WITH DWPTS IN THE
MID 50S OR BETTER. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO
BUILD TO 900-1500 J/KG WITH VERY LITTLE CIN. ENOUGH FORCING TO
TRIGGER DEEP CONVECTION MAY ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AS ONE IN A SERIES
OF VORTS PASS OVER THE REGION. WILL HANDLE WITH A LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TEMPO FOR TSRA AT ALL TERMINALS. ANOTHER
WAVE OF TS IS EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT AFTER 0Z SAT.
AT THIS POINT...WILL LIMIT MENTION OF TS AFTER 0Z SAT TO KAND.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FREEZE WATCH FOR NCZ033-048>054-058-059-062>065 FROM 6 PM
SATURDAY TO 6 AM SUNDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...JDLHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 555 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-240955- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 555 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. THE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ALSO USHER IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...WITH FREEZING LOWS LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...AND THE GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM RABUN COUNTY TO NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE WIND AND FREEZE THREAT...PLEASE SEE THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE...NPWGSP...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PUSH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...SEE THE LATEST URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWGSP...FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT...AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS MAY BE AT RISK AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES THEN RECOVER THROUGH MID WEEK...AS ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE PLAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GERAPETRITIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 429 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-230900- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN- TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE... FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA... WAYNESVILLE 429 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...HIGH ELEVATION SNOW AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE MOUNTAINS. MEANWHILE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS TO THE AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. WHILE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...COOLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW THE SNOW LEVEL TO LOWER TO ABOUT 3500 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH ELEVATION SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THIS FLOW UP THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED SNOW SHOWER DEVELOPMENT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS ABOVE 3500 FEET FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HOWEVER...AS THE SNOW LEVEL CONTINUES TO FALL...ISOLATED VALLEY LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER COULD RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IF FORECAST TRENDS EVOLVE AS EXPECTED...A SNOW ADVISORY AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
431 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM TSTM WND DMG WATERLOO 34.35N 82.06W
04/22/2005 LAURENS SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ON RIVER FRONT ROAD.
0400 PM HAIL UNION 34.72N 81.62W
04/22/2005 0.50 INCH UNION SC EMERGENCY MNGR
MARBLE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
&&
44PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
433 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S GAFFNEY 35.03N 81.66W
04/22/2005 CHEROKEE SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
&&
44PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
503 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0228 PM TORNADO 4 NW PICKENS 34.92N 82.76W
04/22/2005 PICKENS SC EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED 3
BARNS ON ARTIE DR
&&
LANESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ034-035-054>056-066>070-SCZ002-003-005>014- 019-222300- ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC- CHESTER-CLEVELAND-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE- GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART- LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD- SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-UNION SC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CHESTER... CLARKESVILLE...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HICKORY...LAURENS...LINCOLNTON...MARION... MORGANTON...ROCK HILL...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG... TOCCOA...TRYON...UNION 554 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 187... IN GEORGIA... ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART AND STEPHENS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 189... IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...BURKE...CALDWELL...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...GASTON... LINCOLN...MCDOWELL...POLK AND RUTHERFORD. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...CHEROKEE...CHESTER...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD... LAURENS...PICKENS...SPARTANBURG...UNION AND YORK. THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. RWH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
555 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM HAIL ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
04/22/2005 1.00 INCH ANDERSON SC NWS EMPLOYEE
QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN ANDERSON.
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW GREENWOOD 34.21N 82.18W
04/22/2005 GREENWOOD SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
2 TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 225. ONE OF THE TREES PARTIALLY
COVERED THE ROADWAY.
&&
44The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown onto a power line and a second, partially rotted tree fell on a vehicle.
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