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 5, 1:45 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... SHORT WAVE (OVER EASTERN TN/N GA AT MID AFTERNOON) AND ATTENDANT SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVING AS ABOUT EXPECTED. REGIONAL RADARS SHOW GOOD COVERAGE TO OUR W AND WITH FORECAST AREA CONTINUING TO DESTABALIZE PER LAPS CAPES...SEE NO REASON WHY MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL FEATURE CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA UNTIL ABOUT 00Z AND THEN MOVE SHOWERS QUICKLY OFF TO THE SE AS SHORT WAVE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END ALL AREAS BY 04Z. COULD SEE AN ISOLATED SEVERE EVENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE BEST THREAT AREA IS JUST TO OUR S ACROSS CENTRAL SC. AS SHORT WAVE DEPARTS THIS EVENING...SHOWERS TO END WITH SOME PARTIAL CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS DRYER AIR ADVECTS IN FROM THE NORTH. SURFACE HIGH OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL RIDGE OVER THE REGION ON SAT PRODUCING A NICE DAY. SHOULD SEE QUITE A BIT OF SUNSHINE THOUGH IT WILL BE FILTERED BY HIGH CLOUDS PER MODEL TIME SECTIONS. A BLEND OF MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE LOOKS HARD TO BEAT FOR MINIMUM TONIGHT AND MAX ON SAT. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT SUN BUT HAVE TRENDED CLOSER TO NAM WITH SYSTEM ON SUN. SFC LOW SPINS UP OVER MS-AL AND HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES DOWN ALONG E SIDE OF MTNS. AS ISENTROPIC LIFT AND MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW INCREASE...LIFTING MOISTURE OVER WEDGE...EXPECTING A COOL...SOAKING RAIN ACROSS CWA SUN. THEN SYSTEM TRACKS E TOWARD MID ATLANTIC COAST AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER AREA BY LATE MON INTO TUE. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE HAVING DIFFICULTY RESOLVING THE TRAIN OF SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH UPPER FLOW NEXT WEEK AND TIMING IS UNCERTAIN. HAVE RETAINED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER MTNS FOR TUE...THEN NEXT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE W TUE NIGHT WITH CHANCE POPS SPREADING ACROSS THE MTNS...THEN ENTIRE CWA WED AND THU. LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWS SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH COLD FRONT PUSHING THRU AREA FRI...THEN COOLER...DRYER HIGH PRESSURE POISED TO BUILD IN BEHIND IT. && .AVIATION... RATHER DIFFICULT AVIATION PACKAGE AS EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT ALL TAF SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOS GUIDANCE NOT A LOT OF HELP WITH CEILING/VSBY FIELDS AS I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST MVFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING WITH THE PRECIPITATION AND VSBYS LOWERING TO AROUND 2SM IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. THIS HAS BEEN THE HISTORY OF OBSERVATIONS TO OUR WEST. SHORT WAVE NOW OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE TRIGGERING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS PER LATEST REGIONAL RADAR. AS FAR AS TIMING...EXPECT KAVL/KAND TO EXPERIENCE TSRA/SHRA BY 20Z...KGSP/KGMU BY 21Z AND KCLT/KHKY BY 22Z. AS SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA BY 02Z...EXPECT SHOWERS TO END. EXPECT THAT BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE STAURATED ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A COUPLE HOURS OF MVFR CIGS ONCE THE SHOWERS DEPART. HOWEVER...MOS SKY CONDITIONS AND MODEL CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE THAT ANY CEILINGS SHOULD LIFT/DISSIPATE BY 06Z. WITH RAIN EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES SOME LIGHT FOG EXPECTED AROUND SUNRISE BUT WITH LOWERING DEWPOINTS EXPECT ONLY RESTRICTIONS TO AROUND 5SM. AFTER 12Z...VFR CONDITIONS ALL SITES. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LG LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...LG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-061000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 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 FRI MAY 5 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 TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED...AND A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK COULD BE ISSUED IF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and large limbs down on East Butler Rd near Woodruff Rd.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5507958.