Scattered thunderstorms developed across the Georgia Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening. One storm became briefly severe and produced localized wind damage across Elbert and Hart Counties.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across the Georgia Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening. One storm became briefly severe and produced localized wind damage across Elbert and Hart Counties.
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 May 31, 3:32 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
432 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE EARLY
HALF OF THE WEEK. A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ALONG A STALLED OUT FRONT FROM LOUISIANA TO THE VIRGINIAS EARLY IN
THE WEEK. AN UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE MID SOUTHEAST
EITHER MONDAY OR TUESDAY AND REMAIN FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL
MAKE IT A WETTER THAN NORMAL WEEK FOR OUR REGION.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 425 PM EDT SUNDAY...TWEAKED POPS/SKY IN THE IMMEDIATE NEAR
TERM TO ACCOUNT FOR MOST RECENT CONVECTIVE TRENDS WHICH CONTINUE TO
FEATURE SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHRA AND OR TSRA ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN
OF WESTERN NC...AND NOW MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GA. FURTHER
EAST...AIRMASS CONVECTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NC/SC PIEDMONT
REGION REMAINS ISOLATED AT BEST WHERE A DECREASING INSTABILITY
GRADIENT RESIDES. ALL IN ALL...POPS REMAIN AT LIKELY LEVELS OVER
THE MTNS WITH A FEW LOCATIONS OF CAT POPS WHERE CURRENT CONVECTION
RESIDES AND/OR WHERE CAM GUID FAVORS NEW DEVELOPMENT. TEMPERATURES
REMAIN UNCHANGED WITH MODEST CU ACROSS THE REGION HOLDING MOST
LOCATIONS IN THE LOWER/MID 80S AMIDST LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW AT THE
SFC.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCT CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT HAS BECOME NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE TENN
VALLEY/NORTH GA/TENN MTNS. LIKELY POPS STILL LOOK VERY GOOD ACROSS
OUR ZONES BORDERING TENN AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GA MTNS. CELLS
HAVE BEEN WELL-BEHAVED THUS FAR...BUT INSTABILITY SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A COUPLE OF BRIEF/PULSE SEVERE STORMS...
ALTHOUGH THE MAIN CONCERN SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE LOCALLY
HEAVY/POSSIBLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WITH TRAINING/BACK-BUILDING CELLS.
CONVECTION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH
INCREASINGLY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT DOWNSTREAM OF DEVELOPING UPPER LOW
AND INCREASING DEEP LAYER MOISTURE MAY ENSURE THAT CONVECTIVE
COVERAGE NEVER COMPLETELY DIMINISHES. IN FACT...SW WINDS IN THE 925-
850 HPA LAYER ARE FORECAST TO ACCELERATE TO 15-20 KTS...SIMILAR TO
LAST NIGHT. THIS EXTRA BOOST OF UPSLOPE FLOW/TERRAIN CONVERGENCE
RESULTED IN SCT/NUM SHOWERS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE THIS MORNING...AND
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPEN MONDAY
MORNING. THUS...A TREND OF SLIGHTLY INCREASING POPS IS DEPICTED NEAR
THE HIGH TERRAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE.
HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO FALL MONDAY AS WEAK SURFACE FRONT FINALLY
MEANDERS INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. A PLUME OF DEEP LAYER
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL ZONE WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD
THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE DAY. MEANWHILE...FORECAST SOUNDINGS
ARE QUITE BUOYANT BY AFTERNOON...WITH CAPE LIKELY MAXIMIZING IN THE
1500-2500 J/KG RANGE. IMPROVING WIND FIELDS DOWNSTREAM OF THE UPPER
TROUGH IS RESULTING IN 0-3 KM SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 20 KTS IN FORECAST
SOUNDINGS...WITH SUFFICIENT DCAPE TO LAY DOWN PLENTY OF OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES THAT COULD INTERACT WITH THE DECENT LOW LEVEL SHEAR TO
PROMOTE SOME UPSCALE ORGANIZATION. ALL OF THESE FACTORS WILL SUPPORT
LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OR SO OF THE FORECAST AREA...
WITH SOLID CHANCES TO THE EAST. LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESP WITH ANY CONVECTION THAT MANAGES TO GROW UPSCALE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 2 PM EDT SUNDAY...ON MONDAY EVENING THE MODELS HAVE AN UPPER LOW
TO OUR WEST....WITH THE ECMWF LOW OVER WESTERN TN...WHILE THE GFS
LOW IS OVER THE LOWER TN RIVER VALLEY. AN ATLANTIC SURFACE RIDGE
INITIALLY EXTENDING OVER THE CAROLINAS AND GA WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY
EASTWARD INTO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...WHILE THE TROUGH UPSTREAM
DOES LIKEWISE. BY WEDNESDAY THE ECMWF LOW REACHES EAST TN...WHILE
THE GFS LOW REACHES SOUTHERN MS.
AT THE SURFACE...A WEAKENING AND NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE
OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT ON MONDAY EVENING. SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE
WILL EXTEND EITHER SIDE OF THIS BOUNDARY. THE FRONT...OR ITS
REMNANTS...WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY THE
MODELS SUGGEST COLD AIR DAMMING AS HIGH PRESSURE NOSES DONE THE
EASTERN SEABOARD FROM NEW ENGLAND.
ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT FROM MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY TO SUPPORT ROBUST CONVECTION...PERHAPS ORGANIZED. ON
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE MUCH MORE
LIMITED...BUT STEERING FLOW WILL BE WEAK...AND FLOODING COULD BECOME
MORE OF A CONCERN. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL DUE TO
MOISTURE...WHILE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES LOWER FORM NEAR NORMAL TO
BELOW NORMAL DUE TO CLOUDS...PRECIPITATION...AND POSSIBLE COLD AIR
DAMMING.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 135 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST STARTS AT
00Z THURSDAY WITH A 500MB CUTOFF LOW SOMEWHERE AROUND ALABAMA. THIS
CUTOFF LOW IS FORECAST TO DRIFT EITHER SOUTH ACROSS THE GULF OR SE
OVER FLORIDA AT THE END OF THE WEEK. WHILE THE CUTOFF LOW DOES
THIS IT IS FORECAST TO OPEN UP INTO GENERAL TROFINESS OVER THE EAST
COAST WITH AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER TEXAS.
AT THE SFC...A LARGE PLUME OF PERSISTENT DEEP LYR MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH A DISSIPATING FRONTAL ZONE WILL KEEP THE FCST AREA
UNDER FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND MAINLY PM
THUNDER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. THIS PATTERN WEAKENS
SOME BY SUNDAY WITH THE RIDGE TO OUR WEST NOSING IN A BIT PRIOR TO
ANOTHER 500MB REENFORCING TROUGH DIPPING DOWN FROM MID CANADA.
ALSO NEXT WEEKEND...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DROP SE
FROM CANADA TO BE OVER NEW ENGLAND CREATING A TRANSIENT WEDGE OF
COOL AIR OVER OUR REGION. THE LATEST GFS HAS A 500MB CUTOFF LOW
FORM DIRECTLY OVER OUR AREA SUNDAY THEN DRIFTING A BIT EAST GOING
INTO NEXT MONDAY. THIS WOULD ENHANCE THE COOLING EFFECT OF COMBINED
NE FLOW FROM SURFACE HIGH PRESSSURE NEAR NEW ENGLAND WITH THE DEEPER
COOLING AND LOWER FREEZING LEVEL WITH THE H5 LOW. CAPE
VALUES FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT EACH DAY SHOULD BE GREATER
THAN 1500 ACCORDING TO ALL MODELS WHICH WILL SUPPORT PM THUNDER.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL AND MAY TREND COOLER IF
THE INFLUENCE OF THE CUTOFF LOWS AND WEDGE BECOME GREATER.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IT NOT MAKING MUCH EASTWARD PROGRESS.
NEVERTHELESS...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS ACTIVITY COULD PUSH INTO
THE PIEDMONT BY LATE AFTERNOON. VCSH IS BEING CARRIED AFTER 20Z...
ALONG WITH A TEMPO FOR SHRA. THUNDER CAN CERTAINLY NOT BE RULED
OUT...BUT DIDN/T HAVE CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE TS IN THE TEMPO ATTM.
OTHERWISE...SW WINDS AT 5-10 KTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SCT/BKN CU IN THE 035-045 RANGE. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR
THIS TO DEVELOP AS LOW CLOUDS APPEARS LOWER FOR MONDAY MORNING THAN
IN RECENT DAYS. THEREFORE...KEPT CONDITIONS AT THE VFR LEVEL THROUGH
THE PERIOD...EXCEPT FOR THE TEMPO SHRA THIS PM.
ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD
CELLS ARE AMASSING ACROSS THE MTNS AND GREAT VALLEY OF EAST TENN...
AND INTO NORTH GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT MAKING A GREAT DEAL OF
EASTWARD PROGRESS...BUT WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM
MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THIS ACTIVITY...SO VCTS WILL BE CARRIED BY NO
LATER THAN 21Z. MEANWHILE...TEMPOS ARE BEING CARRIED AT KHKY/KAVL IN
LIGHT OF CURRENT ACTIVITY NEAR THOSE TERMINALS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO
DEVELOP AS LOW CLOUDS APPEARS LOWER FOR MONDAY MORNING THAN IN
RECENT DAYS. THEREFORE...GENERALLY KEPT CONDITIONS AT THE VFR LEVEL
THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXCEPT AT KAVL...WHICH WILL SEE BETTER CHANCES
FOR RESTRICTIONS TOWARD DAYBREAK.
OUTLOOK...A MID LEVEL LOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. DEEP MOISTURE WILL LINGER ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST CONUS THROUGH THE WEEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORNING STRATUS AND FOG WILL
REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER WET GROUND.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 86% HIGH 83%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 98% MED 73% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 84% HIGH 81%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 91% HIGH 83%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 91%
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...CDG/JDL
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...JDLHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-011015- 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- 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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 605 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. JPT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
NCZ050-312045-
MITCHELL NC-
408 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
AT 408 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES EAST OF ERWIN...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKERSVILLE...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAKERSVILLE...BANDANA...BULADEAN...GREEN MOUNTAIN AND POPLAR.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3614 8218 3615 8215 3611 8213 3610 8209
3594 8216 3596 8219 3602 8220 3601 8225
3599 8225 3603 8231 3604 8234 3612 8234
3614 8229 3613 8227 3613 8225 3616 8222
3616 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 189DEG 14KT 3610 8223
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
NCZ051-058-312100-
SWAIN NC-GRAHAM NC-
429 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
AT 428 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBBINSVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FONTANA
LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FONTANA LAKE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
STECOAH...ALMOND...CHEOAH...WESSER...NANTAHALA AND GREAT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS N.P..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
FONTANA LAKE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3556 8378 3556 8375 3557 8374 3556 8372
3557 8371 3557 8363 3558 8360 3556 8358
3556 8350 3529 8358 3532 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 187DEG 20KT 3538 8368
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
434 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
GAZ010-NCZ062-312115-
RABUN GA-MACON NC-
434 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN RABUN
AND SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 433 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON...OR NEAR DILLARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAYTON...MOUNTAIN CITY...TIGER...DILLARD...SKY VALLEY...BLACK ROCK
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...HIGHLANDS...LAKE BURTON...SCALY MOUNTAIN AND
OTTO.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3486 8360 3494 8357 3495 8355 3499 8355
3500 8348 3500 8352 3502 8352 3503 8354
3516 8349 3505 8319 3480 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 204DEG 9KT 3495 8344
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
GAZ018-026-028-312200-
FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-STEPHENS GA-
536 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN HART...
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 535 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARNESVILLE...LAVONIA...GUMLOG...CANON...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...
BOWERSVILLE...MARTIN...AVALON...VICTORIA BRYANT STATE PARK AND
TUGALOO STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAKE HARTWELL IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3432 8332 3462 8324 3461 8323 3461 8321
3455 8312 3453 8310 3453 8308 3450 8307
3450 8306 3448 8304 3447 8300 3426 8313
3427 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 199DEG 11KT 3436 8321
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
543 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
NCZ037-057-312215-
ROWAN NC-DAVIE NC-
543 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ROWAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN DAVIE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 542 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALISBURY...MOCKSVILLE...SPENCER...COOLEEMEE...PIEDMONT RESEARCH
STATION...WOODLEAF AND FORK CHURCH.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3561 8053 3567 8066 3591 8053 3584 8039
3585 8042 3583 8043 3583 8046 3584 8047
3583 8049 3581 8047 3579 8048 3577 8045
3574 8046 3572 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 211DEG 11KT 3570 8055
MOORESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
GAZ028-029-312215-
HART GA-ELBERT GA-
550 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HART AND
NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 550 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBERTON...OR NEAR BOWMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTWELL...REED CREEK...BOWMAN...ROYSTON...LAKE HARTWELL...DEWY
ROSE...NUBERG...VANNA AND ROCK BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAKE HARTWELL IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3414 8306 3415 8307 3417 8310 3420 8309
3422 8308 3425 8310 3431 8310 3447 8300
3447 8289 3440 8284 3437 8284 3435 8280
3429 8278 3427 8274 3426 8275 3410 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 202DEG 9KT 3420 8297
MOOREThe Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway Patrol reported a couple of trees blown down near Bowman.
County comms reported multiple trees blown down on Liberty Hill Church Rd (3 SE Hartwell) and at Nancy Hart State Park (2 NNE). Also on Bowers Rd (4 W).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2015
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