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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 9, 9:30 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1030 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... CWFA EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF MAIN CONVERGENCE AXIS THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH STALLED BNDRY BUT BROAD AREA OF DEVELOPING LLVL CONVERGENCE DOES WORK BACK INTO SW NC LATE IN THE DAY. GENERALLY THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION WILL REMAIN WEAKLY FORCED...WITH PERHAPS POCKETS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY ACRS THE SW 1/2 OF THE CWFA. LLVL FLOW DOES VEER TO SE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO LIFT MAY BE AIDED BY UPSLOPE. DEEP CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL IN NO DOUBT GET A LATER START ACRS THE NC PIEDMONT/FTHLS BASED ON EXPANDING MVFR DECK WITHIN MOIST NE FLOW...WHICH WILL BECOME SCT-BKN CU LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ALL IN ALL...CURRENT POP MAGNITUDE OF SCATTERED AND ORIENTATION WOULD SEEM TO BE ON TRACK. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 222 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2006/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... UPPER RIDGE IS W OF AREA WITH TROF E...KEEPING REGION IN WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT. WEAK SHORTWAVES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NW TO SE NEXT FEW DAYS. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AND MODELS BRING A WEAK UPPER WAVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN-EVE WITH SFC BOUNDARY OVER S CWA. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN FCST. ISOLD SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATE AFTN-MID EVE. TEMPS WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER OVER NE CWA WHERE WEAK HI PRES RIDGES IN BEHIND SFC BOUNDARY. AS ONE SFC BOUNDARY WASHES OUT S OF AREA THU...ANOTHER ONE MOVES IN FROM THE N FRI. EXPECT SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION TO CONTINUE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. USED MODEL BLEND FOR TEMPS. LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... HPC HAS FAVORED THE 00 UTC RUN OF THE ECMWF AGAIN TODAY. AFTER COLLABORATING WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES...WE WILL REMOVE ALL POPS FROM THE SUN-MON PERIODS. THIS ACTUALLY AGREES WITH THE HPC FRONTAL POSITION WHICH IS WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THE GUIDANCE GRIDS MAINTAIN POPS THAT SEEM A BIT TOO HIGH CONSIDERING THE SYNOPTIC REGIME. BY NEXT TUE THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH RECOVERY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE RIDGE FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS. AVIATION... EXPECT AVIATION WEATHER TRENDS THIS MORNING TO BE VERY SIMILAR...IF NOT IDENTICAL...TO TUE MORNING. MVFR VISBY HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED AT KAVL...AND EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF AT LEAST LIFR CIG/VISBY THERE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR VIS EXPECTED AT OTHER TERMINALS THIS MORNING. DESPITE HEALTHY MOS POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...ALL WILL DEPEND UPON HOW STRONGLY THE ATM DESTABILIZES LATER TODAY. WITH A MOIST E/NE LOW LEVEL FLOW SETTING UP NORTH OF THE FRONT...WE MAY SEE CU/STRATOCU DEVELOP QUICKLY AS HEATING COMMENCES. THIS COMBINED WITH WEAK LAPSE RATES WILL PUT A DAMPER ON DESTABILIZATION...WHILE ORGANIZED SOURCES OF LIFT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIND. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF LEAVING CONVECTION OUT OF THE FORECAST ATTM. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 350 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-100800- 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- 350 AM EDT WED AUG 9 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 EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 209 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 NCZ082-091915- UNION- 209 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING UNION COUNTY... AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDLAND...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNC CHARLOTTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. DARCY/DICARLO
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down between highway 601 and Morgan Mill Rd and another tree down along Lawyers Rd.
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