1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 21, 10:03 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1103 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... SATELLITE IMAGERY AND UPSTREAM RADARS SHOW A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TRAVERSING TENNESSEE...WITH EASTWARD EXTENT OF THIS COMPLEX A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE GEORGIA AND OCONEE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. ATMOSPHERE EXPECTED TO BECOME SLIGHTLY TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE LATER TODAY. OLD FRONTAL ZONE REMAINS ENTRENCHED IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND WILL LIKELY SINK ONLY A LITTLE SOUTH...IF AT ALL. THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM APPEAR TO BE RIDING ALONG THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THIS FRONT...AND DRIVEN BY PERTURBATIONS WITHIN THE MEAN NORTHWEST FLOW THAT HAS AFFECTED THE SOUTHEAST STATES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. ONE SUCH DISTURBANCE SHOULD APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY. SCATTERED CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP IN AT LEAST OUR SOUTHERN AREAS AND THE FAR WESTERN MOUNTAINS. CONVECTIVE CHANCES IFFIER TO THE NORTH...WHERE SOME DRIER AIR AND MORE WEST TO NORTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW BEHIND SURFACE BOUNDARY MAY LIMIT SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY. FOR THE UPDATE...WE WILL RAISE RAIN CHANCES TO 40% FOR THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN-MOST UPSTATE AREAS. WILL RAISE POPS TO 30% FOR THE REST OF THE UPSTATE...INCLUDE MORE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ALSO RAISE TO LOW CHANCE FOR POLK AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES. NO CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST MAXIMA...WHICH SEEM IN LINE WITH LOW LEVEL THICKNESS SCHEME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2006/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... TOPS REMAIN RATHER COOL UPSTREAM WITH ERN TENN MCS AND THE TREND ON REFLECTIVITIES HAS BEEN TO BECOME MORE ROBUST HEADING INTO NORTH GEORGIA. WIDESPREAD STRATIFORM RAIN HAS REALLY WORKED OVER THE AIRMASS OVER THE WESTERN CWFA SO FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF STORMS THIS FAR EAST LOOKS QUESTIONABLE. ANYWAY...PRETTY GOOD BET THE STRATIFORM PCPN ACRS THE UPSTATE WILL BE GONE BY 6 AM AND WILL MAINTAIN JUST A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS ACRS THE FAR SW THIS MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE EAST/SEWARD MOVEMENT OF CURRENT ACTIVITY. LLVL FLOW WILL BE MORE TRUE DOWNSLOPE TODAY...AND SHOULD SUBSTANTIALLY CUT DOWN ON TSTM CVRG...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MTNS AND FURTHER AWAY FROM INSTABILITY AXIS OFF TO OUR SOUTH. GENERALLY UPPER LVL PATTERN REMAINS SIMILAR TO YSTDY...WITH ACCOMPANYING DEEP LAYERED SHEAR...ALTHOUGH DRIER SUBCLOUD LAYER REALLY CUTS INTO INSTABILITY. NONETHELESS...GIVE SHEAR PROFILES A FEW SVR STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND WILL HIGHLIGHT THREAT IN HWO. CWFA WILL COME MORE UNDER THE EFFECTS OF COOLER SFC RIDGING ON MONDAY RESULTING IN ABOUT A TWO CATEGORY COOLING OF MAX TEMPS VERSUS SUNDAY. GENERALLY SHOTGUNNING CHC POPS FOR TSTMS ON MONDAY AS ONE LAST IMPULSE ROTATES THROUGH. LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ATMOSPHERE LOOKS TO BE STABLE ON TUESDAY THANKS TO A MORE PRONOUNCED NE LLVL FLOW AROUND HIGH PRESSURE CENTER LINGERING OFF TO OUR NORTH. ETAKIT SNDGS INDICATE A PRONOUNCED MID-LVL CAP...LIKELY PRECLUDING ANY DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. BY WEDNESDAY...AS THE PATTERN STARTS TO FLATTEN SOME...MOISTURE AHEAD OF NEXT IMPULSE COULD MAKE IT INTO FAR WESTERN SECTIONS...SO WILL HANG ONTO JUST A TOKEN SLIGHT CHANCE POP. SHARP LOOKING IMPULSE SLATED TO EFFECT THE CWFA THURSDAY AND SOLID CHANCE POPS STILL LOOK GOOD. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON POTENTIAL PATTERN CHANGE STARTING FRIDAY WITH RISING HEIGHTS AND DEVELOPING EASTERN U.S. RIDGING FOR NEXT WEEKEND. AVIATION... STRATIFORM RAIN AREA DOWNSHEAR OF THE DECAYING MCS OVER NE GA WILL KEEP RAIN IN AT KAND AND PERHAPS KGSP FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. OTHERWISE...EXPECT QUITE A BIT OF FOG AT KAVL WHERE LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH DWPTS SHOULD KEEP VSBYS IN THE 1-2SM RANGE MUCH OF THE NIGHT. OUTSIDE OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY FOG IS A SOMEWHAT TOUGHER CALL AS THERE WL BE A LITTLE MIXING THROUGH THE NIGHT. EXPECT THAT KCLT AND KAND WL SEE INTERVALS OF MVFR FOG...WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE IN THE TAFS. WITH HIGH CLOUDS AROUND MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND AT LEAST A LITTLE MIXING...I DON/T THINK THEIR VSBYS WILL BOTTOM OUT. WINDS WL PICK UP OUT OF THE WEST AGAIN BY LATE SUN MORNING ACROSS THE UPSTATE. KCLT SHOULD SEE A LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW BECOME WESTERLY AS A WEAK FRONT LIFTS BACK NORTH THROUGH THE AIRPORT. THIS WILL BE A TOUGH CALL HOWEVER AS TO WHEN WINDS TURN AROUND. I THINK THE MOS MAY BE A LITTLE FAST. ABOUT THE ONLY TAF SITES THAT MIGHT SEE THUNDER TODAY ARE KAVL AND KAND WHICH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE AXIS OF GREATEST INSTABILITY. HAVE /CB/ GROUPS IN AT BOTH SITES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 632 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-221045- 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- 632 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 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 WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WESTERN UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
150 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0144 PM HAIL TOCCOA 34.58N 83.32W
05/21/2006 E1.00 INCH STEPHENS GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY EOC REPORTS HAIL OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE.
&&
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
151 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0149 PM HAIL EASTANOLEE 34.52N 83.26W
05/21/2006 E1.50 INCH STEPHENS GA TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING PORCH.
&&
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM HAIL 4 NE BLACKSBURG 35.16N 81.47W
05/20/2006 E2.00 INCH CHEROKEE SC PUBLIC
2 INCH HAIL FELL JUST SOUTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
BORDER...AND NORTHEAST OF BLACKSBURG.
&&
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Fifteen to eighteen roads were blocked by fallen trees in and around the city of Abbeville. There were also quite a few power outages due to trees and limbs falling on lines in the city. Trees were also downed up to 5 miles east of town where the skirting was blown off of a mobile home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in South 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5508487.