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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 25, 6:11 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 711 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/... WILL UPDATE FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 251 UNTIL 06Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 237 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... PRESENTLY CU FIELD IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE IN AN AREA OF -5 LI/S ON THE GOES SOUNDER DATA. THIS IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY. SBCAPES IN THIS AREA AVERAGE BETWEEN 1000-1500 AND WE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS POP BEFORE LONG. WHILE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE NOT GREAT...WE DO HAVE A DEEP MIXED LAYER TODAY AND DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL THROUGH SUB-CLOUD LAYER DAPE IS RATHER HIGH. SO FAR NOTHING HAS DEVELOPED UPSTREAM THAT WOULD THREATEN US. MOST OF THE STORMS INSTEAD HAVE INITIATED ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE MCS THAT EARLIER WENT THROUGH AR. THE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX SPAWNED BY THIS SYSTEM TOOK OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND IS CURRENTLY DRIVING CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL KY. SO...PRESENTLY...THERE IS NOTHING TO OUR WEST WHICH WOULD MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. I CERTAINLY EXPECT THIS TO CHANGE...BUT AT PRESENT I DON/T HAVE A REAL GOOD FEEL FOR WHEN OR WHERE EXACTLY CONVECTION WILL INITIATE. WHILE CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT PER THE LIMITED INSTABILITY ON THE MODELS AND THE LACK OF ANY KIND OF STRONG LOW LEVEL JET OR WARM ADVECTION...I WILL KEEP CONVECTION IN THE FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR CONVERGENCE ON THE SURFACE FRONT AS IT DROPS INTO THE AREA. THE FRONT ITSELF WILL DROP INTO THE REGION VIA CAD PROCESSES...THOUGH IT IS SLOWER ON THE LATEST NAM WHICH IS MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH THE GFS. THIS RESULTS IN QUITE A BIT OF INSTABILITY AND STRONG CONVERGENCE IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE CWFA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IN FACT...0-6KM SHEAR WILL BE NEARLY 60KTS...THOUGH LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE WEAK. EXPECT THAT WE MAY SEE SOME STRONG STORMS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT BEGINNING A LITTLE AFTER NOON. THE GFS APPEARS TO BE OVER-DONE WITH PCPN IN THE COLD AIR NORTH OF THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING FROM QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. PER COLLABORATION...ALL OF THE NEIGHBORING OFFICES HAVE DECIDED TO GO CLOSER TO THE NAM. THEREFORE I WENT WITH POPS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE MAV ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN THE MORE STATICALLY STABLE AIR NORTH OF THE FRONT. THE NAM AND GFS CONTINUE TO SHOW DIFFERENCES WITH THE STRENGTH OF UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE SYSTEMS CROSSING THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE CONSENSUS OPINION OF FOLLOWING THE WEAKER NAM SOLUTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOLLOWED...ENDING PRECIPITATION EARLIER WEDNESDAY EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A SURFACE WAVE...AND DRYING THE AREA OUT EARLIER ON THURSDAY AS SURFACE FLOW BACKS AND GAINS A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT. WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OUT OF VIRGINIA FRIDAY...BUT WITH MARGINAL MOISTURE. POPS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL EXTENDED FORECAST...WHEN THE BOUNDARY ENTERS OUR AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL UNDER CLOUD COVER AND IN NORTHEAST FLOW THURSDAY...MODERATING SOMEWHAT FRIDAY AS IN DOWNSLOPE WARMING. LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... A VERY AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS EXPECTED DURING MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST...WITH A MEAN LONGWAVE OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. A SLOW MOVING CLOSED UPPER LOW UPSTREAM...AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE SYSTEM...WILL KEEP OUR AREA ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF EAST COAST RIDGE AS A SURFACE WAVE CRAWLS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WITH AN EXPECTED MOISTURE INFLUX ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RIDGE...CHANCE POPS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FORECAST... DECREASING WITH TIME AS UNCERTAINTY CREEPS INTO THE FORECAST SOLUTION. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SURFACE RIDGE...EVEN IF ALOFT...TO INCLUDE THUNDER IN THE FORECAST. THE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE WILL BE LIMITED BY CLOUDS AND MOISTURE OVER THE WEEKEND IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING SURFACE WAVE...WITH WARMING MONDAY AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF OUR AREA...AND MORE WARMING TUESDAY IN DOWNSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE WAVE. AVIATION... PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THIS SET OF TAFS IS WHAT TO DO WITH CONVECTIVE TREAT THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND THE TIMING OF LOW CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH COLD AIR DAMMING ON WED. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NOT INCLUDED ANYTHING OTHER THAN /CB/ GROUPS IN ANY OF THE TAFS. SINCE THERE IS NOT ANY ONGOING UPSTREAM CONVECTION...IT IS ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO TIME THUNDERSTORMS WELL ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ANY TEMPO GROUPS. HOWEVER...THERE ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL BE CONVECTION SOME TIME LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING AT KAVL AND KHKY. ONLY THING TO DO IS WATCH THE TRENDS AND AMEND WITH STORMS LOOK TO BE A COUPLE HOURS OUT. AS FOR THE TIMING OF THE LOW CLOUDS...WILL USE A BLEND OF THE MAV/MET MOS. THIS MEANS THAT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY DAWN. WINDS SHOULD BECOME FAIRLY LIGHT AT MOST TAF SITES A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET...THEN INCREASE WITH BACK DOOR FRONT BETWEEN 10-13 UTC && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 533 AM EDT TUE APR 25 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-260945- 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- 533 AM EDT TUE APR 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 OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN TO AREAS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE ATMOSPHERE MAY SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 531 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006 NCZ034>037-055>057-252230- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...MOCKSVILLE...MORGANTON... SALISBURY...STATESVILLE 531 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... AT 531 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HICKORY TO JUST WEST OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR THROUGH 7 PM. PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 617 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006 NCZ053-054-065-067-252302- BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION... RUTHERFORDTON 617 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO MCDOWELL COUNTY... AT 610 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY... NORTHEAST OF BAT CAVE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY AND COULD BRUSH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY NORTH OF LAKE LURE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL REACH THE SUGAR HILL AREA IN MCDOWELL COUNTY AROUND 630 PM. PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DEO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0703 PM HAIL 3 SW MORGANTON 35.71N 81.74W
04/25/2006 E0.88 INCH BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL-SIZED HAIL WHICH
LIGHTLY COVERED THE GROUND BETWEEN 7 AND 705 PM. ALSO
RECEIVED AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
0706 PM HAIL 6 S MORGANTON 35.65N 81.70W
04/25/2006 E0.75 INCH BURKE NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
A FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF REPORTED THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL.
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OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
734 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0726 PM HAIL HICKORY 35.74N 81.33W
04/25/2006 E0.88 INCH CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IN THE
LONGVIEW AREA OF HICKORY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 23RD
STREET AND HIGHWAY 70.
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OUTLAWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 738 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006 NCZ033-048>050-260030- AVERY-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 738 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... AT 735 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...MOVING QUICKLY EAST TOWARD THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AT 40 MPH. AS THESE STORMS OVERSPREAD THE HIGH MOUNTAINS NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF ASHEVILLE... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. CSH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL GRANITE FALLS 35.80N 81.43W
04/25/2006 E0.25 INCH CALDWELL NC AMATEUR RADIO
SPOTTER REPORTED PEA-SIZED HAIL.
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OUTLAWThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down, several on homes and vehicles, and a roof off of a lumber company building on the south side of Statesville. Eighty percent of the city was without power after the storms passed.
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