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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 28, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 230 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE SHOWS SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 1500 J/KG OVER MUCH OF THE NC FOOTHILLS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. SEVERAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...MANY OF THEM ROTATING...ARE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT VALLEY OF EASTERN TN IN AN AREA OF STRONG PVA OVERSPREADING THE REGION. THE LINE OVER TN SHOULD QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS BEGINNING IN A COUPLE HOURS...AND OUGHT TO BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY ABOUT 0300 UTC. A FEW OF THE CELLS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME SEVERE AND ROTATE. SOME OF THESE MULTICELL CLUSTERS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. IN FACT...A FEW LEGITIMATE SUPERCELLS MAY EVEN DEVELOP. FORTUNATELY...THE LCL/S ARE QUITE HIGH SO THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE IS ANY TORNADO POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE LOWER ACROSS THE UPSTATE WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE MIXING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 50S RIGHT NOW. 850 MB WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE ONLY ON THE ORDER OF 30 KTS ON THE WRF...AND ARE EVEN WEAKER ON THE GFS. CONSIDERING THE WINDS I HAVE IN THE GRIDS...NOTHING HIGHER THAN BREEZY SHOULD UNLOAD INTO THE ZONES. SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LINGER ALONG THE TENN BORDER FRI MORNING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO RETREAT BY AFTERNOON...AS THE SW TROUGH MOVES RAPIDLY INTO NEW ENGLAND. THE BALANCE OF THE DAY WILL SEE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES MNTNS/MOSTLY SUNNY PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS... WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL MAX TEMPS. AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION FRI NIGHT...WE SHOULD SEE OUR COOLEST TEMPS OF THE SEASON SO FAR. HOWEVER...WEAK WARM ADVECTION WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FRI EVENING...IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER STRONG SW TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS MAY RESULT IN WARMER MIN TEMPS ON THE PEAKS AND RIDGETOPS THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED (LIKELY HOLDING TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING). HOWEVER...THE VALLEYS SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM DECOUPLING AND BOTTOMING OUT IN THE MID-UPPER 30S SAT MORNING. EXPECT AT LEAST SCATTERED VALLEY FROST AS A RESULT. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER DIGGING SW TROUGH WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE AREA SAT NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THERE ARE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELSAS USUAL...WITH THE GFS ONCE AGAIN BEING FASTER THAN THE NAM. BASED ON MODEL PERFORMANCE SO FAR THIS FALL...WILL SIDE WITH THE FASTER GFS. IT APPEARS THAT FORCING WILL BE A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUSLY PROGGED...SO WE HAVE HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN ADVERTISING CHANCE POPS ACROSS ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA LATE SAT NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. AFOREMENTIONED SW TROUGH WILL TAKE THE EASTERN LONG WAVE TROUGH AXIS EAST OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGING TO BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE COUNTRY DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. THE IMPACT ON SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL BE A WARMING TREND TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS BY MONDAY... AND THIS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE GFS ADVERTISES ANOTHER STRONG SW TROUGH MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA/FAR NORTHEAST CONUS DURING MID-WEEK...WHICH DRIVES ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE AREA. CONSIDERING THE BUILDING MID-LEVEL RIDGE...CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THE BOUNDARY WILL MAKE IT BEFORE STALLING. THEREFORE...WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT THE FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT TAF SITES FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS AT ALL NC TAF SITES WHERE THE BEST FORCING IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. BY 0300 UTC THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED RAIN BAND SHOULD BE THROUGH ALL SITES. WINDS WILL SHIFT FAIRLY QUICKLY TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT WINDS WILL LIKELY TURN OUT OF THE WEST BEHIND ANY SQUALL LINE THAT ADVANCES ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...THOUGH THEY WILL LIKELY GO CALM OR EVEN BACK TO LIGHT SOUTHWEST FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE ACTUAL FROPA. THE KAVL GFS MOS HAS BEEN TAKING THAT SITE WAY DOWN LATER TONIGHT WHICH MAKES NO SENSE CONSIDERING THE MIXING THEY WILL HAVE. HOWEVER THERE SHOULD BE A FEW HOURS OF MVFR CIGS AS WINDS GO MORE OUT OF THE NNW LATER TONIGHT. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MCAVOY/LANE LONG TERM...LANE AVIATION...MCAVOY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1210 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-291000- 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- 1210 PM EDT THU SEP 28 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE. SEE OUR PRODUCT /CAESPSGSP/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IT WILL BE WINDY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FROST IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM BURNSVILLE TO NEWLAND...AND ALSO IN THE GREAT SMOKY AND BALSAM MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1205 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ003-006>009-012>014- 290000- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER 1205 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A STRONG UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LINE MOVES INTO THE MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL INCREASE. WHILE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE LINE...ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA MOST AT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDES ALL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND THE UPSTATE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO CHESTER. BY MID EVENING THE LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE QUICKLY EAST OF REGION. MCAVOY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 304 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 GAZ018-026-028-SCZ004-281930- FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HART-STEPHENS- 306 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING FRANKLIN...HART...AND STEPHENS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EASTANOLEE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A FAST MOVING STORM...THAT WILL BE NEAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF LAKE HARTWELL AROUND 330 PM EDT. 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. GMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 317 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 NCZ035-502-282015- ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL- 317 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ALEXANDER AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRANITE FALLS...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN ALEXANDER AND SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELLENDALE AND TAYLORSVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED. MOORE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006
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..REMARKS..
0258 PM TSTM WND DMG MORGANTON 35.74N 81.70W
09/28/2006 BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN MORGANTON. ALSO 4 INCH DIAMETER
TREE LIMBS DOWN ALONG COLLEGE STREET IN TOWN.
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MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 338 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-290900- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 338 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 ...SCATTERED FROST POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. AS THE HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND WILL COMBINE WITH CLEAR SKIES TO ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DIP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THIS IS EXPECTED TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FROST AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR WIDESPREAD FROST FORMATION WILL BE IN THE HIGH VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING SPRUCE PINE...NEWLAND...AND BANNER ELK. HOWEVER...AT LEAST SCATTERED FROST IS EXPECTED IN THE FRENCH BROAD...LITTLE TENNESSEE...AND PIGEON RIVER VALLEYS. A FROST ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS AT SOME POINT ON FRIDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 344 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 SCZ010-282030- ANDERSON- 344 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BELTON BY 355 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN ANDERSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANDERSON...AROUND BROADWAY LAKE AND BELTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread tree damage in locations in and around Elberton. There was also some light structural damage. A man was injured and knocked unconscious for a while when a tree fell on his vehicle. Power was out to much of the city for several hours.
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