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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 1:20 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 220 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THE NEAR TERM. CONVECTION IS TAKING ITS OWN SWEET TIME TO DEVELOP...BUT EXPECT INITIATION TO TAKE PLACE BY 19Z AS THE LAST OF THE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AND DEBRIS CLOUDS IS WORKED OUT OF THE REGION. WHAT IS SOMEWHAT TROUBLING IS THE MID LEVEL DRYING MOVING ACROSS THE MTNS SEEN IN THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY... WHICH SHOULD INCREASE OUR POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN THE STRONGER STORMS OVER THE PIEDMONT AS THIS MOVES EAST. FOR THE FIRST PERIOD...WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE ISSUANCE TO DECIDE IF LIKELY POPS ARE WARRANTED ANYWHERE...PROBABLY EAST OF THE MTNS...BUT ALL LOCATIONS WILL GET AT LEAST A CHANCE THROUGH THE EVENING. BEYOND THAT...WILL CUT BACK OVERNIGHT AS FORCING SHOULD MOVE EAST OF AREA. FOR SATURDAY...UPPER/SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST/NORTH. THE GFS APPEARS OVERDONE WITH PRECIP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...BUT RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH FOR DIFFERENTIAL HEATING TO TRIGGER SOME DEEP CONVECTION...SO A SLIGHT CHANCE WILL BE CARRIED THERE. DOWNSLOPE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST YET THIS SEASON...90 OR ABOVE IN MANY LOCATIONS. NOT QUITE READY TO GO AS HIGH AS THE MET GUIDANCE THOUGH. THE STRNGTHENING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...WHILE A DRY AND PERSISTENT SURFACE RIDGE WILL TAKES UP RESISDENCE ALONG THE EAST COAST. SOME CLOUDS MAY LINGER ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES AS THE OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA...BUT PRECIPITATION WILL NOT BE CARRIED IN THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE WARM UNDER THE RIDGE ALOFT...TEMPERED SLIGHLY BE AN EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW COMPONENT. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE KEY FEATURE OF THE MEDIUM RANGE IS THE STRONG EAST COAST UPPER RIDGE THAT PERSISTS INTO TUESDAY...THEN BEGINS BREAKING DOWN ON WEDNESDAY. ON THURSDAY AN UPPER TROUGH PROGRESSES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...REACHING THE EAST COAST BY FRIDAY. A DRY AND PERSISTENT SURFACE RIDGE RESIDES ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH MOISTURE GENERALLY REMAINING WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS. THE GFS SHOWS A CUT OFF UPPER LOW OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...BUT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD REMAIN WELL EAST OF THE AREA. ON THURSDAY MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND SMALL POPS WILL BE SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY... WARRANTING CHANCE POPS. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT WARM UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...THEN COOL AS HEIGHTS FALL AND EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW PERSISTS. FRIDAY WILL BE A BIT WARMER AS LIMITED WARM ADVECTION PRECEDES FRONTAL PASSAGE. && .AVIATION... MAIN SHORT TERM TAF CONCERN IS CONVECTION. AT 17Z...SOME LOW LEVEL INHIBITION HAD YET TO BE OVERCOME WHILE A LARGE PATCH OF DEBRIS CLOUDS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD POP THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH AT ANY TAF SITE TO INCLUDE MORE THAN JUST A VCSH AND CB CLOUD GROUP. OTHERWISE...RELATIVELY STRONG WINDS AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER SHOULD BRING GUSTY SW WINDS DOWN TO THE GROUND. CLOUDS WILL THIN AFTER SUNSET AGAIN AS THE MAIN VORT LOBE MOVES EAST. KAVL HAS THE BEST CHANCE AT MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT...BUT ALL OTHER SITES WILL BE KEPT VFR FOR NOW. THIS WILL BE CHANGED DEPENDING ON WHICH SITES GET RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY IS VFR WITH DOWNSLOPE KEEPING THE LOW CLOUDS AT BAY AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT/PM LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 539 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-270945- 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- 539 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 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 OVER THE AREA TODAY. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY. LANE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 337 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 SCZ007>009-262030- CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG-YORK- 337 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECTING CHESNEE...AS WELL AS CHEROKEE AND YORK COUNTIES... AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAYO...OR 11 MILES WEST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF THICKETTY BY 345 PM EDT. GAFFNEY BY 350 PM EDT. BLACKSBURG BY 405 PM EDT. CLOVER BY 430 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 337 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 SCZ007>009-262030- CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG-YORK- 337 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHESNEE...AS WELL AS CHEROKEE AND YORK COUNTIES... AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAYO...OR 11 MILES WEST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF THICKETTY BY 345 PM EDT. GAFFNEY BY 350 PM EDT. BLACKSBURG BY 405 PM EDT. CLOVER BY 430 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG CHERRYVILLE 35.38N 81.38W
05/26/2006 GASTON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
5 TREES DOWN OF 12 INCHES DIAMETER AT THE KENTUCKY FRIED
CHICKEN IN CHERRYVILLE. MARBLE-SIZED HAIL.
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 11 W LINCOLNTON 35.48N 81.44W
05/26/2006 LINCOLN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
A TREE LIMB OF 15 INCH DIAMETER OFF A BRADFORD PARE TREE.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW LINCOLNTON 35.43N 81.30W
05/26/2006 LINCOLN NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ONE TREE DOWN 4 SW OF LINCOLNTON.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N DALLAS 35.36N 81.18W
05/26/2006 GASTON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 321 NORTH OF
DALLAS.
0451 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N GREER 35.01N 82.23W
05/26/2006 GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE ON MOBILE HOME.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION ON THE DATE AND TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N GREER 35.01N 82.23W
05/25/2006 GREENVILLE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE ON MOBILE HOME.
&&
THE PERSON WHO REPORTED THIS MISTAKENLY MADE THE IMPRESSION
THAT THE TREE FELL ON THE MOBILE HOME TODAY. HE CALLED BACK TO
CORRECT THAT SINCE IT FELL ON THURSDAY.
OUTLAWThe Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down across the Charlotte area. One tree fell on a vehicle.
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: 5508902.