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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:11 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... EVEN WITH UPPER RIDGE CENTERED RIGHT OVER THE CWFA...MID LEVEL TEMPS NOT AS WARM AS WEDNESDAY. DEW POINTS MIXED OUT AS WELL...BUT NOT AS MUCH AS WEDNESDAY. COMBINED WITH THE VERY WARM SURFACE TEMPS... ATMOSPHERE BECAME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH NO CAP. BEST CHANCE FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH THE EVENING REMAINS THE MOUNTAINS AND NC FOOTHILLS. ISOLATED CONVECTION ELSEWHERE...BUT LEAST LIKELY OVER THE SOUTH. EVEN WITH THE HIGH FREEZING LEVEL AND LIGHT WIND...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LOSS OF HEATING. STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. VERY WARM NIGHT TONIGHT WITH CONVECTIVE DEBRIS AND RECOVERING DEW POINTS. UPPER RIDGE BREAKS FRIDAY AS SHORT WAVES MOVE TOWARD THE AREA. ALTHOUGH TEMPS NOT AS WARM AS TODAY...ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LIKE TODAY...BETTER COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH LESS CHANCE OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER. CANNOT RULE OUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE LATTER PERIODS OF THE FORECAST WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT ON AN APPROACHING SURFACE BOUNDARY...AND THAT FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN OUR VICINITY FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WE WILL FEATURE A CHANCE OF SHWOERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH ALMOST THE ENTIRE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY PERIOD. THOSE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY BE ENHANCED SOMEWHAT BY A PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW OF TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. WE WILL FEATURE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN...INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY...FOR FAVORED SOUTHEAST-FACING SLOPES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH CHANCES VARYING BY A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS ALL OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE OTHER PERIODS. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING TIMING AND STRENGTH OF ANY UPPER VORTS THAT MAY AFFECT US AS THE EASTERN RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND SOME SEMBLENCE OF TROFINESS DEVELOPS OVER PART OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL INTO THE 70S AND 80S WITH THE FRONT IN OUR AREA. BY THURSDAY...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BREAKING UP OVER OUR FOOTHILLS. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL AFFECT KAVL AND POSSIBLY KHKY UNTIL THE EVENING. THE STORMS COULD DRIFT SOUTH TO THE SC SITES BEFORE DISSIPATION. LEAST LIKELY TO AFFECT KCLT. ALREADY HAD SHORT TEMPO FOR TS KAVL WITH CB ELSEWHERE. WILL MONITOR CLOSELY FOR AMENDMENTS. UNLESS A STORM MOVES OVER A TAF SITE...VFR IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. MVFR FOG LIKELY AT KAVL BY SUNRISE. HAVE SHORT TEMPO FOR MVFR HAZE SC SITES WITH UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE... MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND LIGHT WINDS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL WAIT UNTIL 00Z OR LATER TAFS TO ADDRESS THOSE STORMS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...SAB AVIATION...RWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 530 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-230930- 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- 530 AM EDT THU JUN 22 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 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP EACH DAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006
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0335 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE BREVARD 35.27N 82.69W
06/22/2006 TRANSYLVANIA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN THE PISGAH FOREST AREA FROM A
POWER LINE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF ECUSTA ROAD AND
MORRIS ROAD.
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BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
426 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006
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0340 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE LURE 35.44N 82.21W
06/22/2006 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS REPORTS TREES DOWN IN THE LAKE LURE AREA.
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BSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 436 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 NCZ504-222130- GREATER BURKE- 436 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING EASTERN BURKE COUNTY... AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VALDESE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGANTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006
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0425 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW PICKENS 34.84N 82.76W
06/22/2006 PICKENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR MCCULLOM ROAD AND RIGGINS
ROAD.
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BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006
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0504 PM HAIL POLKVILLE 35.42N 81.64W
06/22/2006 E0.75 INCH CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL AS LARGE AS DIMES CURRENTLY FALLING
IN DOWNTOWN POLKVILLE.
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BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
515 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006
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0504 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE FOREST CITY 35.32N 81.84W
06/22/2006 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN OFF OF 74 BYPASS NEAR
THE SANDY MUSH AREA. ALSO...FIRES RESULTING FROM
LIGHTNING STRIKES REPORTED IN FOREST CITY.
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BSHThe Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning ignited a fire, destroying a storage shed at a business. The 911 center received as many as 4 calls related to structural fires associated with lightning.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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