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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 1:51 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 251 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT. THE NORTHERN END OF A WEAK MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL SHORTLY AMPLIFY OVER THE FORECAST AREA...DRYING OUT THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS. A LARGE MID LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS PARKED OVER THE GREAT BASIN...THOUGH IT HAS DEAMPLIFIED AS THE FLOW ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S. HAS BECOME MORE ZONAL. A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...MOVING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT. CUMULUS FIELDS WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS DIURNAL CONVECTION. EASTWARD MOVING SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL HELP TO INITIATE CONVECTION THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS...EVEN AFTER SUNSET. AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. SOME LINGERING HAZE IN THE LOWER PIEDMONT MAY PERSIST THROUGH WED. LOW VISIBILITIES SHOULD BE MIXED OUT EARLIER THAN TRENDS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. DRY AIR ENTRAINING INTO THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS THROUGH WED. HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS WIDESPREAD AS ON TUES. LOW LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY MOIST...LOWER 70S...UPPER 60S THROUGHOUT THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. CHANCE POPS WILL RETURN TO THE MTNS WED...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. NAM AND GFS SHOW BERMUDA RIDGING RETURNING OVER THE CWFA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NAM HAS THE AXIS OF THE RIDGE ALMOST ON TOP OF THE CWFA THURSDAY THEN SHOWS SOME WEAKENING FRIDAY. THE GFS KEEPS THE AXIS FARTHER SOUTH. AS A RESULT...NAM CAPS THE ATMOSPHERE THURSDAY THEN ERODES THE CAP FOR FRIDAY. GFS KEEPS THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE EACH DAY. ALTHOUGH WEAK ON THE NAM...BOTH MODELS SHOW LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE EACH AFTERNOON. THEREFORE HAVE TONED DOWN THE POP OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS FOR THURSDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UNCERTAINTY...BUT KEPT CHANCE ALL AREAS. CHANCE DIURNAL POP AGAIN FOR FRIDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPS CONTINUE EACH DAY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... OPERATIONAL GFS FAIRLY CLOSE TO ENSEMBLES AND OTHER MODELS UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD. GFS INITIALLY DROPS SURFACE FRONT TOO FAR SOUTH THEN PREVIOUS RUNS DEVELOPED STRONG RIDGING OVER THE EAST COAST. 12Z GFS HAS WEAKENED THE RIDGING...BUT HAS ANOMALOUSLY STRONG SHORTWAVES AND SURFACE LOWS OVER THE CWFA. HAVE FOLLOWED CONSENSUS FORECAST WHICH LEAVES THE FRONT TO OUR NORTH...BUT DOES DEVELOP DECENT LEE TROUGH OVER THE AREA. CONSENSUS IS ALSO AGAINST THE UPPER AND SURFACE LOWS. THEREFORE WARM...MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION EXPECTED WITH CHC ALL AREAS EARLY... THEN CHC MOUNTAINS/SLIGHT CHC ELSEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE...AND CHC ALL AREAS BY THE END. NEAR TO JUST ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... NIL AMD KAVL TAF UNTIL COMMUNICATION PROBLEM WITH THE ASOS IS CORRECTED. LIMITED CONVECTION EXPECTED OVER THE NC MTNS THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING INTO THE PIEDMONT LATER IN THE EVENING. I FAVORED MAV GUIDANCE FOR VSBYS IN PLACES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY KEPT FOG THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING. MID AND LOWER LEVEL DRYING WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS WILL FILTER THROUGH THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...ALONG WITH SOME CLEARING OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT. FOG TIMING MAY BECOME AN ISSUE IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT AND DEVELOP EARLIER THAN PIEDMONT TAF SITES. CLEARING SKIES...PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT AREAS OF FOG OVER THE FORECAST AREA. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN EARLIER IN THE MORNING WED THAN OBSERVED ON TUES MORNING...WITH DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER AND BETTER MIXING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...GMS/JAT/RWH LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...GMS/JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 AM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-261015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 615 AM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH RAIN OVER A SHORT ENOUGH TIME TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006 GAZ026-028-SCZ004-010-252230- ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HART- 535 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...HART AND OCONEE COUNTIES... AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY SPRINGS...OR 10 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE HARTWELL OVER THE NEXT HOUR. BOATERS ARE URGED TO GET OFF THE LAKE AS THIS STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE A PARTICULAR THREAT TO BOATS ON THE LAKE. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. DICARLO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006
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0613 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E ROYSTON 34.29N 83.02W
07/25/2006 HART GA EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE
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DICARLOThe Greer radar (KGSP), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down along Bethany-Bowersville Rd and on Cedar Creek Circle.
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