Hail in North Carolina, April 3, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR FIRE WEATHER SECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
342 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
QUITE A LOT GOING ON WITH THIS FORECAST THRU TONIGHT. STRONG SHORT
WAVE ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW MOVES THRU TODAY PUSHING A COLD
FRONT THRU WITH IT. ATMOS WILL BE UNSTABLE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES
AND GOOD SPEED SHEAR. BEST FORCING WILL BE MOVING THRU THIS MORNING.
WILL INCREASE POP TO LIKELY OVER THE MTNS AND HIGH CHC NRN TIER.
EVEN THOUGH POP LOWER ELSEWHERE...SCT THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THRU
THIS MORNING. SEVERE CHC BEST OVER MTNS/NE GA AND WESTERN UPSTATE
EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFTS TO NC PIEDMONT AND ERN UPSTATE
FOR LATE MORNING. PRECIP CHC LINGERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND ANY HEATING INCREASING THE
INSTABILITY. THAT SAID...SOME WLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW COULD DEVELOP AND
BEST INSTABILITY AND FORCING SHOULD BE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY
THEN. THERE WILL BE SOME NW FLOW PRECIP FOR THE MTNS THIS EVENING
THEN DIMINISHING TO THE NRN MTNS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ATMOS BECOMES
COLD ENUF FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW SHOWERS MIXING IN AFTER
MIDNIGHT...BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED.

NEXT CONCERN WILL BE THE GRADIENT WINDS. WINDS INCREASE THRU THE
DAY. NAM SOUNDINGS SUGGEST DEEP MIXING LAYER DEVELOPS CREATING
SIGNIFICANT GUST POTENTIAL EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS. GFS NOT QUITE
AS HIGH WITH THE GUST POTENTIAL. WILL GO WITH A WIND ADVISORY FOR
THE NC MTNS AND A LAKE WIND ADV ELSEWHERE FOR NOW. VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT WINDS OVER THE MTNS TONIGHT. WINDS INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND
ATMOS REMAINS WELL MIXED WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES. FCST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST WIND GUSTS COULD EASILY REACH WARNING CRITERIA.
CROSS SECTIONS SHOW DEEP LAYER DOWNWARD OMEGA WITH CAA OVERNIGHT.
WILL ISSUE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE NC MTNS TONIGHT. POTENTIAL
TEMPERATURES DO NOT SHOW ANY STEEP NOSE DIVES TO THE SFC OUTSIDE
OF THE MTNS...BUT SHOULD BE WINDY/GUSTY THERE. SO DAY SHIFT MAY
NEED TO EXTEND LAKE WIND ADV...OR ISSUE WIND ADV. WILL STILL BE
BREEZY FOR TUESDAY.

GFS A LITTLE STRONGER/FARTHER SOUTH WITH THE SHORT WAVE DIVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC WED NITE. THE NAM FASTER AND
FARTHER EAST WITH THE PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM FRONT THAT
MOVES NORTHWARD TO OUR WEST WED AND THU. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY AND
THE VERY DRY AIR MASS MOVING IN TUE...WILL KEEP FCST DRY TUE THRU
WED NITE.

TEMPS VERY WARM TODAY...THEN NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL TONIGHT THRU
WED NITE.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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 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...
VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS A VERY
DRY AIR MASS MOVES IN. WINDS MAY REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA OVER SOME
LOCATIONS. COORDINATION WITH LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES WILL BE NEEDED
TODAY TO DETERMINE IF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NECESSARY. THE DRY AIR
MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER
BY A FEW POINTS...BUT WILL REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS.
WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CRITERIA.
HOWEVER THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 PM
     MONDAY.
NC...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065 FROM 6 PM
     MONDAY TO 6 AM TUESDAY.
  ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065 UNTIL 6 PM
     MONDAY.
  ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082 UNTIL 6
     PM MONDAY.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>014-019 UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...BPM
AVIATION...JDL
FIRE WEATHER...RWH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-041000-
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-
606 AM EDT MON APR 3 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 WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS
WILL BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE STRONG ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. WINDY
CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE THIS EVENING OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS.
PLEASE SEE CAENPWGSP FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AND WINDS MAY REACH
RED FLAG CRITERIA IN SOME LOCATIONS. COORDINATION WITH LAND
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY TO DETERMINE IF A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NEEDED.

VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY...BUT WINDS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

NCZ048-051>053-059-030900-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...CHEROKEE...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE
410 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING AREAS...

AT 405 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SMOKIES...MOVING
EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. THROUGH 5 AM...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE
SMOKIES...OVER THE PIGEON RIVER GORGE AND NEWFOUND MOUNTAINS...AND
APPROACH THE LOWER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50
MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THESE AREAS. THESE STORMS ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
UNTIL 11 AM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LANE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
553 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 AM     HAIL             MARION                  35.68N 82.01W
04/03/2006  M0.88 INCH       MCDOWELL           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NICKEL TO DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT THE 911
            CENTER.

&&

RWH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
619 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0608 AM     HAIL             MORGANTON               35.74N 81.70W
04/03/2006  M1.00 INCH       BURKE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

&&

RWH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
627 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 AM     HAIL             MARSHALL                35.80N 82.68W
04/03/2006  M0.75 INCH       MADISON            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE MADISON CO EOC. LIGHTNING STRUCK 1
            HOUSE BUT FIRE UNDER CONTROL.

&&

RWH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0513 AM     HAIL             WAYNESVILLE             35.48N 83.00W
04/03/2006  M0.88 INCH       HAYWOOD            NC   PUBLIC

            NICKEL HAIL BROKE A WINDOW AND COVERED THE GROUND

0514 AM     HAIL             ASHEVILLE               35.57N 82.55W
04/03/2006  M0.75 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER AT UNCA REPORTED PENNY HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

0625 AM     HAIL             DYSARTSVILLE            35.60N 81.87W
04/03/2006  M1.00 INCH       MCDOWELL           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO NICKEL HAIL

0637 AM     HAIL             8 SE HENDERSONVILLE     35.24N 82.36W
04/03/2006  M0.88 INCH       HENDERSON          NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL HAIL COVERING THE GROUND NEAR SALUDA

&&

RWH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
809 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 AM     HAIL             10 W MORGANTON          35.74N 81.88W
04/03/2006  M0.75 INCH       BURKE              NC   UTILITY COMPANY

            HAIL

&&

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