A dust devil produced minor damage in Upstate South Carolina.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A dust devil produced minor damage in Upstate South Carolina.
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 Apr 15, 12:39 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
139 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY MOVES OVER OUR REGION TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...THEN SHIFTS TO THE EAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
ANOTHER UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE MID ATLANTIC FROM THE WEST DURING
THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING AWAY FROM THE AREA TODAY...
ALLOWING THE LAST VESTIGE OF CLOUD COVER TO EXIT THE CWFA. THIS WILL
RESULT IN MOSTLY SUNNY BUT COOL CONDITIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
OBSERVED LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES FROM THIS MORNING/S SOUNDINGS
SUPPORT A 1-2 DEGREE INCREASE IN MAX TEMPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...SO
THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL BE MADE TO THE FORECAST.
TONIGHT...AFTER CONSUMING THE LATEST GUIDANCE...I/VE DECIDED THAT A
FREEZE WARNING IS NECESSARY IN THE PIEDMONT AND MUCH OF THE
FOOTHILLS. ALTHOUGH NUMERICAL GUIDANCE CONSENSUS ARGUES FOR MINS IN
THE MID 30S...GUIDANCE IS ALMOST ALWAYS TOO WARM DURING STRONG
RADIATIONAL COOLING EPISODES. UNDERCUTTING BY 3 DEGREES (WHICH MAY
EVEN BE TOO CONSERVATIVE)...RESULTS IN WIDESPREAD MINS OF 30-32.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 345 AM TUESDAY...RIDGE AXIS CONTINUES ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION
AND SHIFTS THE CENTER OF SFC HIGH OFFSHORE AND TO THE NE WED. A VERY
DRY AIRMASS WILL PREVAIL WITH RIDGING EXTENDING DOWN THE EAST COAST
AND NE/LY WINDS PROVIDING A BIT LOWER TD/S ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT AS WELL AS LOWER MAX TEMPS THAN THE REST OF THE CWA EVEN IN
MAX INSOLATION. BOUNDARY LAYER WILL WARM MORE SO THAN THE LAST FEW
DAYS AND WED NIGHT MIN TEMPS SHOULD ONLY BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL...WELL ABOVE ANY FROST OR FREEZING CONCERNS. A WARMER DAY ON
TAP THU WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
HIGH PRESSURE REESTABLISHES ACROSS COASTAL GA AND SFC WINDS REMAIN
WEAK WITH A TREND TOWARD SE/LY WITH VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MIXING
OR MOMENTUM TRANSFERS EXPECTED BOTH WED AND THU. IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT...TD/S WILL BE FAIRLY STEADY STATE IN THE 30S WED AND
LOWER 40S WED...MAKING A CASE FOR LOW RH/S AND PERHAPS A FIRE WX
CONCERN ACROSS NE GA WED.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM TUESDAY...AN ODD REVERSAL OF MODELS HAS THE GFS NOW
TAKING THE CLOSED LOW EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY
DURING THE WEEKEND WITH ONLY MINOR EFFECTS ON OUR WEATHER BY LATE
IN THE WEEKEND. TWO DAYS AGO...THE GFS HAD THE CLOSED LOW REACHING
MYRTLE BEACH AT 12Z MONDAY AND NOW HAS IT MOVING OVER UPSTATE NEW
YORK AT 12Z MONDAY. LAST NIGHTS ECMWF HAD THE CLOSED LOW REACHING
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT NOON ON MONDAY. TWO EXAMPLES OF
THE GREAT DIVERSITY IN THE CURRENT MODELS. THE CONSENSUS HAS THE
LOW SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN BUT EVENTUALLY CLOSER TO THE EC...MOVING
THE LOW OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST EARLY MONDAY. POPS ARE KEPT
AT LOW CHANCE OVER NORTHEAST SECTIONS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH
VERY LOW TO NO CHANCE AROUND NE GA.
GOING INTO LATE MONDAY...THE GFS HAS WEAK VORTS MOVING ACROSS
GENERALLY OUR NORTH CAROLINA TO CHARLOTTE AREA. OTHER MODELS ARE
LESS FAVORABLE TO POPS...BUT SHOULD KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL AS WE HAVE THE COMBINED
AFFECTS OF SOME UPPER RIDGING COMBINED WITH A THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH
PRESSURE FORECAST TO BE CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND EARLY TUESDAY.
THIS POTENTIAL WEDGE MAY KEEP TEMPS DOWN A FEW MORE DEGREES WITH
ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AS WELL.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE THROUGH
EARLY EVENING...BEFORE DRY HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION...
ALLOWING WINDS TO BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE. OTHERWISE...SCT FAIR-
WEATHER CUMULUS WILL GIVE WAY TO CLEAR SKIES/VFR CONDITIONS BY
SUNSET.
OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE
WEEK...WITH VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF SITES. A COLD FRONT IS FCST TO
CROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING WITH IT A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR GAZ010-017-
028-029.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR GAZ018-026.
NC...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ033-
035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>509.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ510.
SC...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR SCZ007>014-
019.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR SCZ001>006.
&&
SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...JDL
SHORT TERM...SBK
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...JDLHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 456 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2008 GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506- 508-510-SCZ001>014-019-160900- HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 456 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-160900- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 456 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A dust devil affected a residence on Emile St. on the west side of Greenville. Thirty feet of awning on their house and garage was torn off, several shingles were lifted, a dog house was destroyed and other items were thrown about the yard.
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