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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, 54 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
236 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM HAIL CLEMSON 34.68N 82.81W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
308 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM HAIL 4 W ANDERSON 34.52N 82.72W
05/20/2006 E0.88 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER 4 MILES WEST OF EXIT
19 ON INTERSTATE 85.
0228 PM HAIL CLEMSON 34.68N 82.81W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0244 PM HAIL 3 NE ANDERSON 34.55N 82.61W
05/20/2006 E1.75 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0246 PM HAIL ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0250 PM HAIL ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
05/20/2006 E0.75 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS PENNY SIZE HAIL.
0255 PM HAIL PELZER 34.64N 82.46W
05/20/2006 E0.88 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS NICKLE SIZE HAIL.
&&
SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM HAIL GROVER 35.20N 81.48W
05/20/2006 U1.75 INCH CLEVELAND NC PUBLIC
&&
LANEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
401 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0250 PM HAIL ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
05/20/2006 E0.75 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR BELVIEW AVENUE IN ANDERSON
0332 PM HAIL N ENOREE 34.66N 81.97W
05/20/2006 E0.88 INCH SPARTANBURG SC AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED 3 MILES NORTH OF ENOREE
0348 PM HAIL GREENWOOD 34.19N 82.15W
05/20/2006 E0.88 INCH GREENWOOD SC TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE
IN GREENWOOD.
0350 PM HAIL 3 NE BLACKSBURG 35.15N 81.48W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AS WELL AS TREES DOWN 3 MILES
NE OF THE CITY OF BLACKSBURG.
&&
BSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL 5 SE SALEM 34.84N 82.92W
05/20/2006 E1.75 INCH OCONEE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
412 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0408 PM HAIL 5 E LONG CREEK 34.77N 83.17W
05/20/2006 E0.75 INCH OCONEE SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL 5 MILES EAST OF LONG
CREEK.
&&
BSHThe Greer radar (KGSP), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs blown down at Clemson University, some of which fell on vehicles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5508230.