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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 2:16 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND MUCH OF THE BLUE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON. AT LEAST LIKELY COVERAGE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS...WITH SCATTERED TO THE SOUTH. WILL WATCH RADAR TRENDS AND MAKE FINAL DECISION ON COVERAGE BEFORE ISSUANCE. MORE SEVERE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING EVEN WITH THE MOIST AIR MASS. CAPES AS HIGH AS 4000 J/KG WITH SOME SPEED SHEAR. STORMS ARE MOVING MORE TODAY WITH THE STRONGER WIND FLOW...HOWEVER THE NUMBER OF STORMS COULD LEAD TO TRAINING. ISOLATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...SO CANNOT RULE OUT SOME FLASH FLOODS. STORMS DIMINISH IN STRENGTH AFTER SUNSET...BUT STORMS AND SHOWERS LINGER MUCH OF THE NIGHT. RIDGE LINGERS TO OUR EAST AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING COASTAL SYSTEM...WITH TROF TO OUR WEST. MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES SATURDAY...SO ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED. COVERAGE SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO TODAY GIVEN THE UPPER AIR PATTERN. LIKELY WEST TO LOW CHANCE SOUTH. SEVERE CHANCE LESS SATURDAY...BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. VERY MILD NIGHT AGAIN TONIGHT...AND COOLER SATURDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS AND LOWER THICKNESSES. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT APPEARS LIKELY FOR OUR FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH A COMBINATION OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY...TROPICAL MOISTURE AND PERSISTENT UPSLOPE FLOW. THERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL UPPER DISTURBANCES ROTATING ACROSS THE REGION AS THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND A TROF EVOLVES OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES. IN ADDITION...THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHIFT A TROPICAL LOW WESTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST STATES...THEN TREK IT TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN...AND IF THAT HAPPENS...THERE COULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR UPSLOPE FLOW FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT AND OTHER LOCATIONS WITH A SOUTHEAST ASPECT. THE TIME OF HEAVIEST RAIN...AND GREATEST COVERAGE...APPEARS TO BE SHAPING UP FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WE FEATURE OUR HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENT FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING. THE HPC 5-DAY RAINFALL PROG INDICATES A WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH SWATH OF PRECIPITATION FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. WE PLAN TO ISSUE AN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND COINCIDENT WITH THIS PACKAGE. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTING OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH ONLY ISOLATED ELSEWHERE RIGHT NOW. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL SITES AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LOW VFR LIKELY...BUT CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY BE LOWER IF CENTER OF CELLS MOVE DIRECTLY OVER THE SITE. STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET. EXPECT AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR VISIBILITY ALL SITES NEAR SUNRISE. WHERE RAIN FALLS...LONGER MVFR PERIOD WITH TEMPO IFR LIKELY. COULD EVEN BE SOME LOW CEILINGS AT THESE LOCATIONS. VFR EXPECTED AFTER SUNRISE WITH CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CEILINGS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SATURDAY...BUT WILL WAIT UNTIL THE 00Z TAFS TO ADDRESS THESE. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD EXCEPT VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. && .HYDROLOGY... THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE SLOW-MOVERS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHEREVER THEY FORM. STREAM AND WATER LEVELS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CAREFULLY UNTIL CONVECTION WEAKENS LATER TODAY. WE PLAN TO ISSUE AN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND COINCIDENT WITH THIS PACKAGE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...SAB AVIATION...RWH HYDROLOGY...SAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-241015- 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- 615 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 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 AGAIN TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...SPSGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1256 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
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0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE BREVARD 35.29N 82.67W
06/22/2006 TRANSYLVANIA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN NORTH OF PISGAH FOREST
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LGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
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0215 PM HAIL CHESNEE 35.15N 81.86W
06/23/2006 E0.75 INCH SPARTANBURG SC POST OFFICE
DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL LASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
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GMSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 NCZ071-232000- MECKLENBURG- 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...ONE JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY CENTER...ANOTHER NEAR UNC CHARLOTTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA THROUGH 3:45 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. BRIEF PERIODS OF PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
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0253 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E FINGERVILLE 35.13N 81.97W
06/23/2006 SPARTANBURG SC CO-OP OBSERVER
A COUPLE OF PINE TREES DOWN...NOT FAR FROM LOCATION.
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GMSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
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0200 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E CHESNEE 35.15N 81.79W
06/23/2006 CHEROKEE SC PUBLIC
COUPLE OF TREES DOWN NEAR GROCERY STORE.
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GMSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
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0312 PM TSTM WND DMG CASHIERS 35.11N 83.10W
06/23/2006 JACKSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CASHIERS.
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GMSThe Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A utility worker working on a water line was injured when lightning struck the ground nearby.
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