Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 22, 2013

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE
REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS SETTLES IN FOR
THE WEEKEND AND MODIFIES THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 430 PM...INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AND THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS
SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES WIDESPREAD CONVECTION
ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGIONS THROUGH 10Z THURSDAY.  ALSO
TOUCHED UP SKY AND TEMP GRIDS.  OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES WERE
MADE.

REMAINDER OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

AS OF MID AFTERNOON...A BROKEN BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NC FROM I-40 NEWD...WITH
OTHER STORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AIDED BY
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING. EXPECT THE STORMS TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
ACROSS THE MTNS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH THAT CONVECTION MOVING
EAST OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE EVENING. POP HAS BEEN
ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HIGH TEMPS STILL LOOK OKAY.

FOR TONIGHT...THE CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS SUGGEST THAT ANOTHER
ROUND OF STORMS WILL FIRE TO THE WEST AND THEN MOVE EAST INTO THE
FCST AREA IN THE EARLY EVENING. THE HRRR AND 4KM WRF PAINT A SIMILAR
PICTURE WITH NUMEROUS STORMS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FCST AREA
THROUGH MID TO LATE EVENING. A SHORT WAVE MOVING AROUND THE UPPER
TROF...COMBINED WITH SOME UPPER DIVERGENCE...SHOULD PROVIDE THE
NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR THIS CONVECTION TO THRIVE. WITH THAT IN
MIND...THE POP WAS RAISED TO LIKELY OVER THE WESTERN HALF. AFTER
SOME LOSS OF HEATING...THE STORMS SHOULD BECOME A BIT LESS NUMEROUS
OVER THE NC PIEDMONT. AT THAT POINT...THE POP WAS KEPT BELOW 50 PCT
ONLY BECAUSE OF SOME UNCERTAINTY GIVEN BY THE CONVECTION HAVING NOT
YET DEVELOPED AS OF 18Z. MIN TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN MILD.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST ON THURSDAY...MOST LIKELY
OVER THE MTNS IN THE MORNING AND THEN MOVING OUT OVER THE FOOTHILLS
IN THE AFTERNOON. NEW CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT
MAINLY OVER THE PIEDMONT IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS TRICKY BECAUSE OF
THE LIKELIHOOD OF WIDESPREAD DEBRIS CLOUDINESS INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON THAT WOULD LIMIT CONVECTION. THINK THE MTNS STAND A CHANCE
BECAUSE OF THE FRONT EARLY IN THE DAY. THE UPSTATE AND NE GEORGIA
HAS THE LEAST FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT...SO A 20 PCT POP WAS KEPT. THE
PIEDMONT HAS A BETTER CHANCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT SO A LIKELY POP WAS
CARRIED OVER THE EASTERN ZONES FOR A TIME. SEVERE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...BUT MORE LIKELY TO THE EAST OF I-77. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE
AFEW DEGREES COOLER.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM WEDNESDAY...A SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE LOCATED NEAR
THE EDGE OF OUR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT EARLY THURSDAY
EVENING. THIS LINES UP WELL WITH THE SHORT TERM SUITE OF MODELS...
AND LINES UP WITH WITH AN AXIS OF DPVA WHICH SHOULD BE CROSSING THAT
REGION LATE IN THE DAY/EARLY EVENING. CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODELS
ALSO DEPICT THIS TREND AND IS SUPPORTED BY INSTABILITY LINGERING
ACROSS THAT AREA. AS A RESULT WE WILL HAVE A CORRIDOR OF LOWER
CHANCE POPS IN OUR EASTERN FORECAST AREA (FA) UNTIL AROUND DARK OR
SO.

A SECOND AREA OF PRECIPITATION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE NC
MOUNTAINS WHERE ANOTHER LOBE OF ENERGY...EMBEDDED IN A SHARPENING H5
TROF...CROSSES THE AREA. WE WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS IN THE NC
MOUNTAINS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...IN A CONTINUALLY
DEEPENING FORCED UPPER AIR PATTERN. ALTHOUGH THE SHARPENING TROF
CROSSES ALL OF OUR REGION FRIDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE LOOKS TO DRY FOR
ANY PRECIPITATION.

MEANWHILE THE H85 ISALLOBARIC PATTERN WAS INDICATING SIGNIFICANT
CROSS CONTOURS OF THERMAL STRUCTURE AND HEIGHTS FRIDAY. THIS
SUGGESTS AT LEAST SIGNIFICANT COLD AIR ADVECTION (ESPECIALLY JUST
ABOVE THE SURFACE) AND MIXING DOWN. WE HAVE FOLLOWED BUFKIT
INFORMATION FOR WIND GUSTS FRIDAY...AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WE WILL
NEED SOME TYPE OF WIND HEADLINE FRIDAY FOR PART OF OUR FAA...
PARTICULARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL EDGE TOWARD THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL
BRING A COOL/COLD NIGHT AROUND THE AREA. SOME MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS TO
DIP INTO THE 30S...BUT BELIEVE ENOUGH MIXING SHOULD PREVENT FROST
DUE TO THE LINGERING GRADIENT OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF TO THE NORTHWEST
AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD. HOWEVER WE WILL
HAVE TO MONITOR TRENDS.

HIGH PRESSURE TO HOLD SWAY SATURDAY WITH A PLEASANT DAY ON
TAP.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM WEDNESDAY...RATHER GOOD AGREEMENT IS HAD IN THE UPPER
LEVEL OMEGA PATTERN OVER THE EXT RANGE. THE 12Z GFS IS A BIT OF AN
OUTLIER AND SHARPENS THE EAST COAST TROF AND SUBSEQUENT DEEP NW/LY
FLOW GRADIENT MORESO THAN THE OTHER OP MODELS...BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR A
SIGFNT LLVL RESPONSE. AT THE SFC...THERE ARE MAJOR DIFFERENCES
EVOLVING WITH THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN...THUS A LESS THAN AVG
CONFIDENCE IS HAD AS THE EXT RANGE PROGRESSES.

HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH SUN AND KEEPS
THINGS DRY. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL WITH A
REINFORCING CP AIRMASS MIXING IN. THE LLVL FLOW BECOMES DEFINED
SW/LY MON AS THE ATL HIGH NUDGES IN. THIS WILL ALSO ENABLE A WARM
FRONT OR STATIONARY TO PERHAPS IMPINGE UPON THE REGION MON NIGHT
INTO TUE. THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN THIS FEATURE...HOWEVER...AS THE
GFS KEEPS ANY FRONTOGENESIS WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION WITH A
WEAK TROF BUILDING INTO THE SFC SE RIDGE...WHILE THE ECMWF HAS THE
WARM FRONT STALLING OUT ACROSS THE CWFA DURING THE DAY TUE INTO WED.
RIGHT NOW...POPS HAVE BEEN CONTINUED IN THE LOW END CHANCE RANGE MON
THROUGH TUE...AND A DRIER HPC BLEND WAS MAINTAINED FOR WED.
SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY LITTLE SBCAPE DEVELOPING MON AS THE UPPER FLOW
KEEPS A SUBSIDENCE INVERSION IN PLACE...HOWEVER A RELATIVE WEAKENING
ALOFT TUE SHOULD ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ENHANCE CONVECTION
AND TSTMS. MAX TEMPS WILL WARM EACH DAY MON THROUGH THE PERIOD TO A
LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL IN GOOD SW/LY FLOW AND INSOLATION.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT FOR 21Z UPDATE...THINK CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR INTO THE
EARLY EVENING...WITH BKN CLOUD BASES AROUND THE 035 TO 045 RANGE.
THE LATEST GUIDANCE...INCLUDING THE CONVECTIVE MODELS...IS FOCUSING
MORE ON THE MID TO LATE EVENING ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT FOR WHEN A
BROKEN BAND OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH. REMOVED PREVIOUS PROB30 AND
WENT WITH A 4HR TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA WITH MVFR VISB.  THE FRONT
SHOULD STAY WEST OF THE TERMINAL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL
SERVE AS A TRIGGER FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT BY LATE MORNING
THURSDAY...THUS ANOTHER PROB30 GROUP TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD.
AS A RESULT...WIND DIRECTION SHOULD REMAIN S TO SW.

ELSEWHERE...VFR FOR THE TIME BEING. CONVECTIVE CLOUD BASES SHOULD
REMAIN IN THE 035 TO 050 RANGE...MAINLY FEW TO SCT...AND THEN SHOULD
DROP INTO THE MVFR RANGE THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION BECOMES MORE
NUMEROUS. THE FRONT WILL PROBABLY MAKE IT INTO THE MTNS THURSDAY
MORNING SO THE WIND AT KAVL WAS SHIFTED TO NW. ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS IS POSSIBLE OVER NC THURSDAY LATE IN THE PERIOD.

OUTLOOK... CEILING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTN/EVE. GENERALLY VFR WEATHER
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            21-03Z        03-09Z        09-15Z        15-21Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH  87%     HIGH  88%     MED   79%
KGSP       HIGH  92%     MED   71%     HIGH  91%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       MED   77%     HIGH  81%     HIGH  86%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH  80%     LOW   56%     MED   72%     HIGH  83%
KGMU       HIGH  92%     MED   69%     HIGH  88%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH  93%     MED   74%     HIGH  88%     HIGH 100%

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...SBK
NEAR TERM...CDG/PM/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...TS
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...CDG/PM/WIMBERLEY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-231100-
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-
410 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL
BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SOME OF
STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD
LEAD TO FLOOD ISSUES. EVEN AS WE REACH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POTENTIALLY SEVERE...MAY STILL
BE ONGOING...PARTICULARLY AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 26.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY DURING THE
PEAK DAYTIME HEATING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

STUREY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
519 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

SCZ003-222145-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
519 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLEVELAND...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BREVARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  TIGERVILLE...
  NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3501 8257 3506 8260 3507 8257 3507 8260
      3511 8262 3517 8245 3516 8245 3519 8242
      3521 8238 3518 8237 3519 8236 3507 8230

LANE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

NCZ505-506-222200-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
526 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY THROUGH
600 PM EDT...

AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MARION...
  LAKE JAMES...

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3580 8198 3574 8190 3568 8187 3563 8203
      3569 8208

LANE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

GAZ010-NCZ062-222200-
MACON-RABUN-
529 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RABUN AND SOUTHERN
MACON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF DILLARD...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
CLAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  OTTO...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3517 8340 3504 8322 3494 8346 3499 8353

LANE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
531 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

NCZ058-222200-
GRAHAM-
531 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY THROUGH
600 PM EDT...

AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROBBINSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STECOAH...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3545 8377 3544 8367 3542 8365 3543 8364
      3542 8358 3541 8359 3533 8366 3532 8369
      3530 8369 3527 8372 3530 8381

LANE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

GAZ026-028-222200-
FRANKLIN-HART-
534 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN FRANKLIN AND
NORTHWESTERN HART COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN SPRINGS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAVONIA...
  WHITWORTH...
  REED CREEK...
  LAKE HARTWELL...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3432 8321 3450 8311 3449 8304 3447 8301
      3448 8298 3446 8287 3427 8314

LANE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

SCZ002-222215-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
542 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NINE TIMES...OR 9 MILES WEST OF PICKENS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ROCKY BOTTOM...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 3507 8287 3507 8284 3500 8265 3486 8287
      3489 8291 3496 8292

LANE