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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 20, 2:24 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 324 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... CONVECTION HAS BLOSSOMED RAPIDLY OVER THE SOUTHWEST CWFA IN MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER THE AREA. LOW LEVEL WIND HAS YET TO MAKE THE TURN TO A WESTERLY DIRECTION...SO MIXING WAS MINIMIZED IN THE SOUTH DESPITE NEARLY FULL SUN AND LAPSE RATES HAVE BECOME QUITE STEEP. WIND SHEAR STILL SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS THROUGH 21Z OR SO...THEN FORECAST DATA SUGGESTS WEAKENING SHEAR BUT STILL A HAIL THREAT. UPSTREAM...A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN TENNESSEE...AHEAD OF A VORT CENTER. THIS COMPLEX SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE FAR WESTERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE UPSTATE THROUGH THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN PERHAPS TREK A BIT TO THE EAST. NAM AND GFS BOTH BREAK UP THE PRECIP FIELD IN FAVORED-DOWNSLOPE LOCATIONS...THEN ORGANIZE ANOTHER CONVECTIVE CLUSTER OVER THE EASTERN ZONES AS THE COLD FRONT FROM UP NORTH SAGS SOUTH. WE WILL FEATURE HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS IN THE SOUTH...TRENDING TO ISOLATED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS THIS MORNING SHOWED A TROF UPSTREAM THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN OUR DIRECTION OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...MODELS SUGGEST A SECONDARY FRONT OR SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BACK DOOR FROM THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AS ANOTHER LOBE OF DPVA AFFECTS THE REGION WITH SHORTWAVE. AGAIN...IT APPEARS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE WILL HAVE GREATEST COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION. AT THE SAME TIME...FRONT CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE STATIONARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH. ANY OSCILLATION OF THE FEATURE BACK NORTHWARD COULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY BETTER COVERAGE OVER THE SOUTHERN CWFA. WE WILL PLAN CHANCE POPS FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS...AND LIMIT TO ISOLATED OR LESS FOR THE MORE NORTHERN AREAS...WHERE RETURN FLOW MAY NOT BE AS GREAT. ANOTHER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY NIGHT...AS DIVERGENCE IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JETLET CROSSES THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. TIMING OF H5 SHORTWAVES VARIES WIDELY FROM MODEL TO MODEL FOR THE SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON PERIOD...BUT CONSENSUS BRINGS THE BEST UPPER SUPPORT TO THE SRN APPALACHIANS AROUND 12Z MONDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...THEN SLIP SOUTH OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRES SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MIDWEST ON THURSDAY...AND SWING SLOWLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL RAMP UP ACCORDINGLY THU THROUGH SAT...AS A SURFACE FRONT REMAINS STALLED ACROSS THE REGION. && .AVIATION... DELAY OF SURFACE FRONT PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA HAS RESULTED IN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. WIND SHOULD VEER TO MORE OF A WESTERLY DIRECTION AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTH PAST KHKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MAY MAINTAIN SOME SEMBLENCE OF SOUTHWEST CHARACTERISTICS AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. TSRA ORGANIZING NOW OFF TO THE WEST. WE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP AT KAND FOR MVFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN THE 20Z TO 23Z TIME FRAME...WITH VCSH INCLUDED FROM LATE AFTERNOON TO 00Z AT ALL OTHER SITES EXCEPT FOR KHKY. AFTER THIS EVENING...A GENERAL LIGHT WEST WIND SHOULD DOMINATE. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF VARIABLE WIND DIRECTION WITH LIGHT SPEEDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY OUTLOOK PERIOD. THE FINAL HOURS OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD AGAIN FEATURE WEST WINDS AROUND 6 TO 8 KTS...WITH VFR CEILINGS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG/SAB LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...SAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-211000- 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- 600 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WITH THE BEST CHANCE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ASHEVILLE TO GREENVILLE AND ROCK HILL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A FEW OF THESE COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 PM HAIL BLACKSBURG 35.12N 81.52W
05/20/2006 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE SC AMATEUR RADIO
REPORTED AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN BLACKSBURG.
0544 PM HAIL CHARLOTTE 35.20N 80.83W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH MECKLENBURG NC AMATEUR RADIO
OFF OF SHAMROCK RD. IN CHARLOTTE.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
552 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0547 PM FLASH FLOOD GAFFNEY 35.07N 81.66W
05/20/2006 CHEROKEE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
PEOPLE STRANDED IN BROAD RIVER FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS IN
GAFFNEY.
0548 PM HAIL 5 W GREENWOOD 34.19N 82.24W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH GREENWOOD SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 557 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 NCZ059-063-202300- NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 557 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY... AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SYLVA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS FROM SYLVA TO CULLOWHEE. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
610 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0558 PM HAIL SHELBY 35.29N 81.54W
05/20/2006 E0.50 INCH CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
NEAR THE SHELBY AIRPORT ALONG BEN JONES ROAD.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
630 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0621 PM HAIL 5 W GASTONIA 35.25N 81.26W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH GASTON NC AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF I-85 AND
HIGHWAY 74.
0435 PM HAIL 8 SE ROCK HILL 34.86N 80.93W
05/20/2006 E2.00 INCH YORK SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
0445 PM HAIL SIMPSONVILLE 34.73N 82.26W
05/20/2006 E0.75 INCH GREENVILLE SC PUBLIC
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL 8 NE GAFFNEY 35.15N 81.56W
05/20/2006 E1.75 INCH CHEROKEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
0630 PM HAIL DALLAS 35.31N 81.18W
05/20/2006 E0.75 INCH GASTON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
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BSHThe Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One large tree and some large limbs down on Old Dowd Rd near Charlotte-Douglass Airport. Limbs fell on a mobile home, causing some damage.
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, May 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5508468.