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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 13, 3:12 PM EST, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 312 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... CLOUDS WERE SLOW TO DEVELOP TODAY AND ALLOWED TEMPS TO RISE HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. PRECIP TONIGHT HAS BEEN DELAYED A FEW HOURS BUT MOSTLY ON TRACK. STATIONARY FRONT WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTH TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS LOWS MOVE EAST ALONG THE FRONT. MOSTLY ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH SEVERAL DISTURBANCES TRACKING THROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. RAIN SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. STILL SOME POSSIBILITY OF STRONG CONVECTION THIS EVENING. MOSTLY RAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH A FEW REMAINING STORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD IN BEFORE THE MID-WEEK SYSTEM ARRIVES. COULD BE A BETTER RAIN MAKER. THE MODEL PREFERENCE WAS GFS/NCEP ENSEMBLE BLEND. SO DID THE BEST WITH THAT. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... FOLLOWED HPC LEAD BY TRENDING TOWARD ENS MEAN GIVEN THE RUN TO RUN INCONSISTENCY OF THE MDLS. THIS MEANS CHC PRECIP CONTINUING WED NITE THRU THU NITE AS SFC LOW PASSES TO OUR SOUTH THEN UP THE COAST. SFC LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA FRI AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. THIS SFC HIGH HOLDS ON THRU SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO OUR WEST BUT MOVES NORTH AWAY FROM OUR AREA. COULD BE SOME HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WED NITE/THU AS COLD AIR FILTERS IN. BEST CHC OF MTN SNOW WILL BE THU NITE WHEN AIR WILL BE COLDEST. OTHERWISE P-TYPE SHOULD BE RAIN. TEMPS GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN AIR MASS MODERATES TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNTIL ABOUT 06Z. MDLS APPEAR TO BE OVERDOING THE MOISTURE AND PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS AND 12Z RAOBS. SFC DEW POINTS NOT NEARLY AS HIGH AS FCST...ESP BY THE NAM. THIS KEEPS WEAK CAPPING IN PLACE. THEREFORE HAVE REMOVED ALL PRECIP MENTION UNTIL CLOSER TO 06Z. MDLS DO AGREE ON MOISTURE RAPIDLY INCREASING BY THEN WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN MOVING IN AROUND THEN AS WELL. ISOLATED TSRA STILL POSSIBLE...BUT WITH THE LACK OF INSTABILITY AND TIMING OF PRECIP HAVE REMOVED FROM THE TAFS FOR NOW. NAM SHOWS AREA OF STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND LIFT WITH THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS LOOKS CREDIBLE AS EVEN THE GFS SHOWS WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NE OVERNIGHT. HAVE GONE CLOSER TO NAM TIMING FOR MVFR CIGS OVERNIGHT...AND HOLD THEM THRU THE MORNING MONDAY. CIGS COULD LIFT TO VFR NEAR 18Z...BUT KEPT OUT OF THE TAFS FOR CONSISTENCY. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME MVFR VSBY WITH THE SHOWERS. BUT WITH ONLY LIGHT PRECIP EXPECTED KEPT THEM VFR. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DEO LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...RWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 536 AM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-141100- 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- 536 AM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS MIXED WITH RAIN SHOWERS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3000 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 538 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 GAZ018-026-028-029-132337- ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-STEPHENS GA- 538 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 CORRECTED FOR GRAMMER. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH AS WELL AS BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS PRESENT STORM THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. KRENTZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
625 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005
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0614 PM HAIL 2 NW HARTWELL 34.37N 82.96W
03/13/2005 1.00 INCH HART GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY 911 OFFICIALS RECEIVED A REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE
HAIL IN MT. OLIVET.
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SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005
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0640 PM HAIL 6 NE HARTWELL 34.42N 82.86W
03/13/2005 1.00 INCH HART GA TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005
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0655 PM HAIL BELTON 34.52N 82.50W
03/13/2005 0.88 INCH ANDERSON SC AMATEUR RADIO
HAM OPERATOR REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT BELTON, SC.
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SBKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 725 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 SCZ012-140100- LAURENS SC- 725 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY... AT 725 PN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN FORK SHOALS AND GRAY COURT MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. BRIEF HAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORM PASSES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/GSP RBN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 828 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-140700- ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC-ELBERT GA- FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC- GREATER PICKENS SC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA- HART GA-LAURENS SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-RABUN GA- SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-UNION SC-YORK SC- 828 PM EST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH PART OF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS EARLIER THIS EVENING...BRINGING LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE SAME GENERAL AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH THE THREAT DIMINISHING A COUPLE HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AGAIN WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT...WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TOCCOA GEORGIA TO CHESTER SOUTH CAROLINA...AND MAINLY IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THAT AREA AROUND HARTWELL...ANDERSON...GREENWOOD... ABBEVILLE...AND LAURENS. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS COULD ALSO OCCUR. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY TONIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURSE FOR LATEST INFORMATION. JONES
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:27 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reported lightning caused power outages to 3400 customers from downtown to the east side of town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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