1 hail, 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 8, 1:51 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 251 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... MOST OF THE ACTION FOR THIS FORECAST IS CONTAINED IN THE NEXT 18 HOURS OR SO. UPSTREAM RADARS SHOW AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF CELLS LINED UP ALONG A BOUNDARY MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. CATEGORICAL POPS ARE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION AS IS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. MAIN QUESTION IS HOW WELL THIS ACTIVITY WILL HOLD UP AS IT MOVES INTO LESS AND LESS FAVORABLE AIR. OF NOTE IS THE NEW DAY1 OUTLOOK WHICH KEEPS THE SLIGHT RISK TO OUR IMMEDIATE EAST AFTER 12Z. EXPECT A NUMBER OF UPDATES EARLY THIS MORNING...THE FIRST OF WHICH SHOULD BE AROUND THE TIME OF THE TORNADO WATCH EXPIRATION AROUND 5 AM. THE MODELS SHOW DECENT UPPER FORCING BUT SOMEWHAT POOR INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT. MODELS ARE IN A BIT BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT THIS CYCLE. THE NAM APPEARS TO HANG ONTO PRECIP BEHIND THE FRONT TOO LONG INTO THE EVENING...SO THE GFS WAS FAVORED. WILL KEEP A CATEGORICAL POP ACROSS THE EAST FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY. EXPECT EVENTUAL REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY...SO POP WAS KEPT FAIRLY HIGH OVER THE WEST FOR THE AFTERNOON AND THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING. ANY LINGERING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD FOR THE MOST PART BE WELL TO OUR EAST IN THE MID TO LATE EVENING. THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM IS TRANQUIL IN COMPARISON AS UPPER/SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. FEW CHANGES WERE MADE AND THEY WERE RELATIVELY MINOR...MAINLY A NUDGE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TOWARD THE NEW MAV GUIDANCE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE MEDIUM RANGE AS IT RIDGES DOWN TO THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS. A PASSING SHORTWAVE LATE WEDNESDAY STILL LOOKS MOISTURE STARVED.ISLIGHT CHC POPS WILL BE CARRIED WED EVE THRU THU AFTN FOR MTNS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY RISE TO ABOVE AVG FOR LATTER PART OF WEEK. DECIDED TO ADD THE NEW DAY 7 TO THE GRIDS NOW IN CASE DAY SHIFT IS BUSY LATER THIS MORNING. IT LOOKS DRY. && .AVIATION... DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ADVERTISED AT ALL TAF SITES THIS PACKAGE WITH THE APPROACHING PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION...FOLLOWED BY CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT ITSELF. MVFR VISIBILITIES/CEILINGS ADVERTISED FOR MOST OF THE DAY...WITH BEST TIME FOR TSRA PROGD BETWEEN 07Z AND 10Z FOR KAVL...AND 12Z TO 16Z AT KGSP/KAND/KCLT. CONVECTION MAY BE AS LATE AS 13Z ARRIVING AT KCLT. WE ADVERTISED SOMEWHAT IMPROVED VISIBILITIES BUT WITH STILL MVFR CEILINGS FOR THE AFTERNOON...AND ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT ADVERTISE THUNDER CHANCES DURING THIS TIME...THEY COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME AS LONG AS THE COLD FRONT HAS YET TO PASS THE AREA. A CB WAS INCLUDED WITH CLOUD GROUP AT KCLT AS LATE AS 22Z. SURFACE WIND SHOULD REMAIN RATHER STIFF FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTS IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. THE OUTLOOK PERIOD FEATURES A TURN OF THE SURFACE WIND TO NORTHWEST AT KAVL AND TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND AT ALL OTHER TAF SITES...WITH LOWERING CEILINGS AGAIN AS 85H MOISTURE MAX PASSES OVER THE REGION. NO PRECIPITATION IS ADVERTISED DURING THE OUTLOOK PERIOD...MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE UNFAVORABLE LOW LEVEL WIND DIRECTION. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MOORE LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...SAB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 AM EDT SAT APR 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0332 AM HAIL WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.00W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH HAYWOOD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BURRUSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-SCZ001-004-080900- FRANKLIN GA-GREATER OCONEE-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...TOCCOA 345 AM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND OCONEE COUNTY OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 5 AM... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLAYTON TO LAKE BURTON AND WEST TO DAHLONEGA AND CLEVELAND IN NORTH GEORGIA WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST VERY QUICKLY...AS THE ENTIRE AREA SHIFTS VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND OCONEE MOUNTAINS BY 430 AM...AND THEN TO GREATER OCONEE AND THE GEORGIA FOOTHILL AREAS AROUND TOCCOA AND BOYDVILLE BY 5 AM. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...AS WELL AS PERIODS OF HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS ENTER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 AM EDT SAT APR 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 AM TSTM WND GST 10 SE ASHEVILLE 35.47N 82.42W
04/08/2006 M0 MPH BUNCOMBE NC NWS EMPLOYEE
RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURED A WIND GUST TO 47 KNOTS OR
54 MPH...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL.
&&
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 AM EDT SAT APR 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 AM TSTM WND GST 10 SE ASHEVILLE 35.47N 82.42W
04/08/2006 M54 MPH BUNCOMBE NC NWS EMPLOYEE
RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURED A WIND GUST TO 47 KNOTS OR
54 MPH...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL.
&&
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
434 AM EDT SAT APR 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0408 AM HAIL CLAYTON 34.88N 83.40W
04/08/2006 E0.88 INCH RABUN GA EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL NEARLY NICKEL-SIZED FELL AT THE 911 CENTER IN
CLAYTON.
0354 AM HAIL 7 WSW CLAYTON 34.84N 83.51W
04/08/2006 E1.00 INCH RABUN GA EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS FELL AROUND LAKE BURTON.
&&
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 AM EDT SAT APR 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0428 AM HAIL 2 W MARION 35.68N 82.04W
04/08/2006 E0.75 INCH MCDOWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY OFFICIAL RECEIVED REPORT FROM PUBLIC.
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KRENTZThe Greer radar (KGSP), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:53 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel size hail in the Abingdon community, and in other areas of the northern and western part of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2006
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