A thunderstorm blew down a few trees over northeast Georgia.
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A thunderstorm blew down a few trees over northeast Georgia.
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 Jul 25, 4:37 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND A COLD FRONT
PASS THROUGH. CONDITIONS LOOK TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY FOR THE START OF
NEXT WEEK AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS WHILE REDUCING CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 530 PM EDT THURSDAY...THOUGH ISOLATED...SOME STRONG STORMS ARE
DEVELOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. THE FLOW HAS BACKED TO THE SE JUST
EAST OF THE MTNS AND THE RESULTANT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS FOR A FEW MORE
HOURS. THE MOIST INTENSE CONVECTION SHOULD GENERALLY DROP TO THE
SOUTH...FOLLOWING THE BEST INFLOW AND RICHEST LLVL DEWPOINTS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
ALTHOUGH STRATOCU FIELD HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY EXTENSIVE AND
CELLULAR OVER THE PIEDMONT DURING THE PAST HOUR OR TWO...THE CU IS
GENERALLY FLAT/UNINSPIRED. MEANWHILE...RIDGE TOP CU REMAINS SOMEWHAT
AGITATED NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT THE FIRST CELL HAS YET TO POP.
IN LIGHT OF 1500-2000 J/KG SBCAPE...WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE
LOW (NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE) OR SLIGHT (EVERYWHERE ELSE) CHANCE POPS
ACROSS THE AREA. IN LIGHT OF A GENERALLY UNFAVORABLE SYNOPTIC
PATTERN...AND RELATIVELY LOW CAPE VALUES FOR MID-SUMMER... ANY
CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP SHOULD DISSIPATE BY LATE EVENING. MIN
TEMPS SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO CLIMO.
FOR FRIDAY...THE UPPER AIR PATTERN ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS
WILL BE MARKED BY FALLING HEIGHTS...AS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TROUGH
APPROACHES FROM THE MISS VALLEY. THE RESULT SHOULD BE AN ENVIRONMENT
A LITTLE LESS HOSTILE TO CONVECTION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO APPEAR
A BIT MORE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ESP ACROSS
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA...AND A LIGHT E/SE UPSLOPE FLOW COULD
ACT TO FOCUS CONVECTION NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. THE RESULT SHOULD BE
POPS INCREASING A LITTLE ABOVE CLIMO (30-40 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA) BY THE END OF THE DAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 215 PM THURSDAY...THE SHORT TERM STILL LOOKS TO BE QUITE
ACTIVE AS MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO
BROAD UPPER TROF PATTERN PERSISTING THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD
WITH A SERIES OF VORT MAXES PASSING THROUGH THE REGION.
WITH UPSLOPE FLOW AND AND THE APPROACH OF A SHORT WAVE FROM THE
WEST...FRIDAY NIGHT WILL SHOW A NON-DIURNAL POP TREND AS EXPECT THAT
SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINE THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT. ON SAT...LOOKS LIKE NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS WILL AFFECT
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA AS THE UPPER SHORT WAVE TRAVERSES
THE AREA. THE 12Z NAM IS ESPECIALLY BULLISH WITH QPF AS IT DEVELOPS
A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX AND MOVES ACROSS NE GA AND THE UPSTATE.
A WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SLIP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SAT
NIGHT...BUT MODELS THEN KEEP IT STATIONARY ALONG THE LEE OF THE
MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY. THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A TRIGGER FOR ADDITIONAL
SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS ON SUNDAY...MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS
EASTERN SECTIONS.
USED A MODEL CONSENSUS FOR MOST GRID FIELDS. MAX TEMPS ARE FORECAST
TO BE ABOUT A CATEGORY BELOW AVERAGE.
AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM THURSDAY...GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT IS FORECAST BY
THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS FOR MON INTO TUE AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES
EAST...AND THEN TRANSITION TO THE NW AS A LARGE UPPER HIGH BUILDS
OVER TX. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE AREA ON
MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SUNDAY. THE 12Z
GFS SHOWS NO QPF RESPONSE ON MONDAY INTO MIDDAY TUE...SO WILL LEAN
TOWARD A DRYER SOLUTION FOR MON/TUE...BUT RAMP UP POPS INTO THE
CHANCE CATEGORY BY LATE IN THE DAY TUE AS THE FRONT TO THE SOUTH
RETURNS AS A WARM FRONT. FROM THERE...IT APPEARS THAT THE WEATHER
WILL BECOME QUITE UNSETTLED AGAIN BY MIDWEEK AS DEEP MOISTURE
SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION...COMBINED WITH WEAKLY DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT
AND PASSING UPPER IMPULSES. HENCE....WILL HAVE SOLID CHANCE POPS
FROM TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU...BUT SHOW A DIURNAL MAXIMUM OF POPS
DURING THE DAY. USED A COMBINATION OF WPC AND MODEL CONSENSUS GRIDS
FOR MOST OF THE FIELDS...EXCEPT THE BEFORE MENTIONED MON PERIOD WITH
LOWER POPS PER GFS. MAX TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN A CATEGORY OR
SO BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES...THOUGH WARMING SOME BY LATE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...EXTENSIVE MVFR/LOW VFR STRATOCU AND CUMULUS
CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF CIG
RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY IN THE PERIOD...ESP AT KCLT...
BUT CONTINUED HEATING SHOULD ALLOW CLOUD BASES TO LIFT WELL INTO THE
VFR CATEGORY BY LATE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN
SPARSE ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE A MENTION OF CONVECTION IN THE TAFS...
EXCEPT AT KAVL...WHERE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE GREATER
OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN.
A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL E/SE FLOW AND PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN EXPANSION OF LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY (ESP NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE). HOW LOW AND
HOW WIDESPREAD THIS CLOUD COVER WILL BE REMAINS OPEN FOR DEBATE. FOR
NOW...HAVE GENERALLY OPTED TO INTRODUCE MVFR CIGS AT MOST TERMINALS
AFTER 06Z...BUT CIGS COULD CERTAINLY BE LOWER...ESP NEAR THE BLUE
RIDGE.
OUTLOOK...DEEPER MOISTURE WILL INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WITH RESTRICTIONS BECOMING MORE LIKELY
ALONG WITH INCREASING SHRA/TSRA CHANCES. BRIEF DRYING IS POSSIBLE ON
MONDAY WITH HIGH PRES FOLLOWING FROPA.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
21-03Z 03-09Z 09-15Z 15-21Z
KCLT HIGH 92% HIGH 85% HIGH 94% MED 73%
KGSP HIGH 100% MED 71% MED 65% HIGH 80%
KAVL HIGH 92% LOW 44% MED 62% HIGH 80%
KHKY HIGH 85% LOW 52% LOW 42% MED 73%
KGMU HIGH 100% MED 72% MED 67% HIGH 80%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% LOW 54% MED 70%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...JDL/MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...JDLHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 328 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-261930- 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- 328 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE HIGH TERRAIN AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON..THEN MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM COULD OCCUR AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 439 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 GAZ010-NCZ062-063-SCZ001-252130- MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 439 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RABUN...NORTHERN OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINE MOUNTAIN...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF WALHALLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN REST... SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3484 8290 3473 8317 3501 8330 3509 8311 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
451 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013
NCZ505-506-252130-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
451 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY THROUGH
530 PM EDT...
AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF OLD FORT...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
MARION...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
OLD FORT...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3580 8214 3554 8197 3554 8199 3555 8201
3553 8203 3552 8215 3556 8224 3559 8229
3563 8227 3565 8229 3570 8229 3573 8220
3577 8216 3579 8216
07PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0516 PM HAIL OLD FORT 35.63N 82.18W
07/25/2013 E0.50 INCH MCDOWELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
UP TO HALF INCH HAIL REPORTED IN OLD FORT.
&&
JPTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 531 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 NCZ064-SCZ002-003-252215- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA- 531 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHERN PICKENS AND NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF ROSMAN...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF BREVARD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... JONES GAP STATE PARK... CAESARS HEAD... ROCKY BOTTOM... TABLE ROCK STATE PARK... SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3500 8244 3490 8284 3519 8287 3523 8266 07
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0518 PM TSTM WND DMG MARION 35.68N 82.01W
07/25/2013 MCDOWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
FIVE SEPARATE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN MARION.
&&
MCAVOYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013
GAZ010-017-252230-
HABERSHAM-RABUN-
548 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HABERSHAM AND
SOUTHWESTERN RABUN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BATESVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
CLARKESVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BATESVILLE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3482 8366 3484 8366 3485 8349 3457 8342
3456 8364 3460 8365 3463 8365 3466 8367
3468 8365 3476 8363 3479 8368 3481 8368
07The Greer radar (KGSP), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down on Laurel Lodge Rd near highway 197, with another tree down along highway 197 near the Habersham line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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