1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 1:41 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 241 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE DIURNALLY FIRED TSTM CHANCES ACRS THE MTNS AND IMMEDIATE FTHLS THIS EVENING...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WITH THE CONTINUED EASTERLY FLOW...WEAK INSTABILITY AND SOME DEVELOPING LLVL WAA...THAT ISOLATED ACTIVITY COULD LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WANING UPPER RIDING WILL GIVE WAY TO BROAD TROUGHING AND BETTER WSW FLOW THROUGH A DEEP LAYER ON THURSDAY. MORE ROBUST DEEP LAYER RH VALUES STILL ON TRACK TO ENVELOP THE WESTERN CWFA IN THE AFTERNOON...SO DESPITE THE CONTINUED WEAK SHEAR...CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE BETTER WITH LIKELY CVRG IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A SOLID CHANCE ELSEWHERE. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... NAM DEVELOPS GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS COUPLED WITH A VERY MOIST AIRMASS RESULTS IN GOOD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE DURING THIS TIME. NAM POPS FROM 12-18 UTC FRI ARE IN THE 60-70 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. THE GFS DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR...BUT ITS BEST FORCING AND RESULTANT PRECIPITATION IS A LITTLE RATHER WEST...ACROSS EASTERN TN. THEREFORE...WILL HOLD ON TO LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES THU NIGHT...AND ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...AIRMASS LOOKS QUITE MOIST ON FRIDAY...WHICH SHOULD CURB SEVERE THREAT. BEST SHEAR ALSO LOOKS TO LAG INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF A MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES FRI EVENING...BUT FOR NOW THE BIG STORY LOOKS TO BE A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. FRONT WILL BE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY...BUT AS HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT...WE MAY DESTABILIZE ENOUGH FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. IN FACT...WITH BETTER SHEAR AND MUCH LOWER FREEZING LEVELS...A FEW STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL WON/T BE OUT OF THE QUESTION. HOWEVER...THE CHANCES OF THIS LOOKS SLIM...AND WILL KEEP POPS LOW ENOUGH THAT THEY DON/T UNLOAD INTO THE ZONES. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LONG WAVE TROF WILL HAUNT THE EASTERN STATES THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PART OF THE FORECAST. THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS WE WILL NEARLY BE RIGHT UNDER THE UPPER LOW. THERE WILL PROBABLY BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVECTION WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT FOR NOW LEFT THE TUE-WED PERIOD DRY. && .AVIATION... AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...KAVL HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE A TSTM...AND BASED ON CURRENT CVRG WILL CARRY A CB STARTING AT 20 UTC. OTHERWISE...ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF EASTERLY WIND OF LESS THAN 10 MPH...SCT VFR CU AND AREAS OF VFR HAZE. DEVELOPING WEAK WAA TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN SOME STRATCU...BUT LIFT WEAK ENOUGH AND RH PROGS INCONCLUSIVE TO ADVERTISE ANYTHING WORSE THAN SCT MVFR LVL STRATCU. PLAN ON PERSISTENCE WITH FOG/HAZE REDEVELOPMENT LATER THIS EVENING LASTING THROUGH MID-MORNING THURSDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MCAVOY/CSH LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...CSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-010730- 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- 322 AM EDT WED MAY 31 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 THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1059 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL ELK PARK 36.16N 81.98W
05/30/2006 E0.88 INCH AVERY NC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
NICKEL SIZE HAIL BETWEEN ELK PARK AND BANNER ELK.
0335 PM HAIL 1 N BANNER ELK 36.18N 81.87W
05/30/2006 E0.75 INCH AVERY NC CO-OP OBSERVER
PENNY SIZE HAIL OR SLIGHTLY LARGER.
&&
TJBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1250 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 NCZ033-311715- AVERY- 1250 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING AVERY COUNTY... AT 1250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWLAND...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AVERY COUNTY NEAR BEECH MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH. NED
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
121 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0119 PM HAIL 3 S MARION 35.64N 82.01W
05/31/2006 E0.75 INCH MCDOWELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL AS LARGE AS DIMES FALLING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
I-40 AND HIGHWAY 221, JUST SOUTH OF MARION.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM HAIL OLD FORT 35.63N 82.18W
05/31/2006 E0.75 INCH MCDOWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER RECIEVED REPORT OF DIME SIZED HAIL IN
OLD FORT FROM OFF DUTY FIREMAN.
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E LEDGER 35.96N 82.13W
05/31/2006 MITCHELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE THROUGH A HOUSE JUST EAST OF LEDGER ON BEAR CREEK
ROAD.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
210 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL 1 N MAGGIE VALLEY 35.53N 83.09W
05/30/2006 E1.75 INCH HAYWOOD NC PUBLIC
GOLF BALL HAIL 1 MILE FROM THE CATALOOCHEE SKI RESORT
OFFICE REPORTED BY RESORT MANAGER.
&&
TJBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 216 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 NCZ053-311900- BUNCOMBE- 216 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY... AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTREAT AND BLACK MOUNTAIN...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ASHEVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SWANNANOA BY 235 PM EDT. PEA 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. NED/GMS
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees blown down and pea size hail covering the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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