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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, 2 hours 19 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
410 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0407 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S MORGANTON 35.70N 81.70W
06/23/2006 BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN SOUTH OF MORGANTON
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LGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE COLUMBUS 35.20N 82.14W
06/23/2006 POLK NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN GREEN CREEK
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LGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 448 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 NCZ057-232145- ROWAN- 448 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY... AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLEVELAND...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALISBURY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
517 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0443 PM HAIL 3 W MAIDEN 35.58N 81.26W
06/23/2006 E0.75 INCH CATAWBA NC TRAINED SPOTTER
0443 PM HAIL 5 S MAIDEN 35.50N 81.21W
06/23/2006 E0.75 INCH LINCOLN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
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LGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 522 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 SCZ008-232215- CHEROKEE- 522 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW WOODLEAF 35.78N 80.60W
06/23/2006 ROWAN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...BLOCKING ROAD ON COOL SPRINGS
RD AT HART RD. POWER POLES ALSO REPORTED BLOWN DOWN.
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LGThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines and a tree down on the west side of Statesville.
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