1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 2, 5:19 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006
.SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/...
NEW ZONE PACKAGE AND ASSOCIATED MATRIX PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED
TO REFLECT ISSUANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 135...IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FAR WESTERN 3 NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 254 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006/
SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO DIVE INTO TN VALLEY TONIGHT...CROSSING AREA
MON. WARM FRONT TO LIFT NE ACROSS AREA THIS EVENING...DIRECTING
SCATTERED CONVECTION E ACROSS AREA. LAPSE RATES STEEP ENOUGH FOR
CONCERN ABOUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND HAVE OUTLOOKED ENTIRE
AREA...ESPECIALLY MTS. COLD FRONT APPROACHES MTS TOWARD
DAWN...WHEN MODEL HAVE BEST OMEGA...BUT GUIDANCE POPS NOTABLY
BELOW LIKELY...AND HAVE CUT BACK TO HIGH CHANCE IN W WITH LOW
CHANCE IN E. WINDS TO INCREASE IN WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
TONIGHT AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS. WILL ISSUE LAKE WIND ADVISORY NC MTS
MIDNIGHT UNTIL 6 AM.
AS FRONT MOVES ACROSS AREA MON...BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION SHIFTS
TO E PORTION OF AREA. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE RATHER STRONG AND CAPE
BECOMES RATHER LARGE IN E...SO ANOTHER DAY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONCERN...THIS TIME MAINLY I-77. BY LATE AFTERNOON POPS DROP IN
FOOTHILLS WITH DRYING BEHIND FRONT...WHILE MOISTURE ACCOMPANYING
UPPER SYSTEM REACHES N NC MTS IN UPSLOPE FLOW...SUPPORTING INCREASED
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND TO COME UP AHEAD OF FRONT ALMOST ENTIRE AREA
MON AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY SHIFTING WITH FROPA BEFORE EVENING...AND
WIND OF ADVISORY CRITERIA MAY BE POSSIBLE IN NC MTS.
LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
STRONG FROPA EARLY MONDAY NIGHT. GOOD COLD ADVECTION AND H8 WNDS
OF 40 TO 50 KTS WL LIKELY RESULT IN WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN
THE NRN MTNS...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE SRN AND CENTRAL MTNS AS WELL.
NAM HAS QUITE A BIT OF NW FLOW MOISTURE BANKED UP AGAINST THE
MTNS. BUFKIT AND AWIPS SOUNDINGS IMPLY THAT THERE COULD BE SOME
FREEZING DRIZZLE BETWEEN ABOUT 1500 AND 4000 FEET LATER AT NIGHT.
WON/T CARRY THAT NOW AS CONFIDENCE IS STILL A LITTLE LOW...BUT ITS
WORTH WATCHING.
WINDY IN THE MTNS AND BREEZY ELSEWHERE ON TUE...THOUGH WITH THE
AMOUNT OF H5 ENERGY OVER THE GREAT LAKES STATES AND NEW
ENGLAND...WNDS MAY VERIFY STRONGER...ESPECIALLY IN THE NC ZONES. MAX
TEMPS ARE IN LINE WITH GUIDANCE...WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S MOST
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS. SOME MTN RIDGETOPS PROBABLY
WON/T MAKE IT OUT OF THE 40S ON TUE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES IN
PLACE.
WITH H5 UPPER LOW SLOWLY PUSHING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WED
MORNING...SFC RIDGE WL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. THE NAM IS A
LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE UPPER LOW...AND THEREFORE CENTERS
THE SFC HIGH JUST ABOUT ON TOP OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS EARLY WED.
CONSIDERING THE DRY AIRMASS AND GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING THIS WOULD
AFFORD...A FROST OR EVEN A FREEZE WOULD BE A GOOD BET FOR THE NC
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...AND POSSIBLY FOR THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. IF
THE GFS IS RIGHT...MIXING WL BE STRONGER WITH THE CHANCES OF A
FROST/FREEZE NOT AS GOOD. FOR NOW INCLUDED PATCHY FROST IN THE
NON-MTN ZONES WHERE THE LOW IS 36 OR LESS.
LATEST GFS HAS COME MUCH MORE INTO LINE WITH THE 00 UTC RUN OF
THE ECMWF. THIS SOLUTION IS SLOWER WITH THE NEXT UPPER LOW THAT
MOVES OUR WAY. WITH H8 TEMPS WARMING TO AROUND +14 DEG C THU AND
FRI AHEAD OF THE LOW...MAX TEMPS LOOK TO BE AT LEAST IN THE 70S IF
NOT 80S THOSE TWO DAYS. HAVE INCLUDED A LOW CHANCE POP FRI AND
SAT AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. NOT SURE HOW MUCH
MOISTURE THIS WAVE WL TAP AS IT DOESN/T LOOK TO BE OF SUFFICIENT
AMPLITUDE TO REALLY TAP THE GULF. DRY AND STILL MILD ON SUNDAY.
AVIATION...
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MOVING INTO SW NC MTS TO DIMINISH AS IT PASSES
BETWEEN KAVL AND KAND...WHERE VCSH WIL BE CARRIED. ACTIVITY MAY NOT
MAKE IT AS FAR E AS KGSP/KGMU. EXPECT SCT LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AS WARM FRONT LIFTS N BRINGING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO
AREA...WITH SOME HIGH ALTOCUMULUS LEFTOVER FROM CONVECTION IN MTS.
WIND STAY UP OUT OF SW TONIGHT...BUT WITH SLIGHT VEERING...KAVL
WIND SHOULD TURN FROM S TO NW...LOCKING IN LOW VFR CIG OVERNIGHT.
EXPECT LOW MVFR CIGS SC TAF SITES AS WELL WITH MOISTURE BETWEEN
WARM AND COLD FRONTS. BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES NE TO NC
PIEDMONT BY MORNING...SHIFTING FOCUS OF LOW VFR CIGS FROM SC
SITES...TO KHKY/KCLT. BY LATE MORNING...WIND SHOULD COME UP AS
GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF APPROACHING SURFACE LOW.
FIRE WEATHER...
DEWPOINTS MIX OUT INTO THE 20S ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. IN FACT...BUFKIT SOUNDINGS IMPLY THAT MOS DEWPOINTS MAY
BE 3 TO 5 DEG TOO HIGH IN SOME INSTANCES. WHILE I DID GO A LITTLE
UNDER MOS...I DIDN/T GO THAT LOW. WITH DOWNSLOPE HELPING TO WARM MAX
TEMPS INTO THE M60S TO NEAR 70 IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...MIN
RH/S WL FALL TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS IN MANY LOCATIONS. ATTM WINDS ARE
NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WATCH. HOWEVER...BOTH THE
NAM...AND ESPECIALLY THE GFS...STILL HAVE QUITE STRONG CYCLONIC FLOW
OVER THE REGION. THEREFORE...THE MODEL WINDS MAY ALSO BE UNDERDONE
FOR TUE. CONSIDERING THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE WINDS AND IN HOW MUCH
WETTING RAIN WE WLL GET...DO NOT PLAN TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
THIS PACKAGE. HOWEVER...IF QPF IS LIGHT...A WATCH WL LIKELY NEED TO
BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065 FROM
MIDNIGHT MONDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 105 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-031000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 105 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... AND WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ALONG INTERSTATE 77. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY...ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 GAZ018-026-028-SCZ004-010-022315- ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HART-STEPHENS- 620 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOMER...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF COMMERCE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... NORTH OF CARNESVILLE BY 640 PM EDT. LAVONIA BY 655 PM EDT. LAKE HARTWELL BY 700 PM EDT. FAIR PLAY BY 710 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES LAKE HARTWELL. HOWEVER...THE STORM WILL STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES OVER THE LAKE...SO BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS IT APPROACHES. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 843 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 NCZ033-048>050-052-053-030145- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE 843 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 840 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 MPH ACROSS THE GREAT VALLEY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE. IF THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HOLDS TOGETHER...IT WILL APPROACH THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AFTER 9 PM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WILL REACH THE WESTERN EDGE OF MADISON COUNTY AT 915 PM AND THE AREA AROUND HOT SPRINGS BY 920 PM. THE EXTREME NORTHERN PART OF HAYWOOD COUNTY COULD BE AFFECTED AS WELL. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS... REACHING YANCEY COUNTY AFTER 930 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...VERY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 957 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 NCZ034-035-054>056-066-067-030300- CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-POLK-RUTHERFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY... COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON 957 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE MOUNTAINS... AT 957 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OFF THE BLUE RIDGE AND OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THROUGH 1030 PM. COMMUNITIES ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND AT HIGH ELEVATIONS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH AROUND 1015 PM. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS... WIND GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG...BUT COULD STILL REACH THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. MOORE
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down across roads in the northern part of the county.
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