A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across western portions of Upstate South Carolina during the late afternoon. Some localized damaging winds occurred across portions of Anderson County.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across western portions of Upstate South Carolina during the late afternoon. Some localized damaging winds occurred across portions of Anderson County.
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 18, 3:19 PM EST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
419 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW. A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY APPROACH AND MOVE OVER THE
AREA LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING INCREASED
PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO THE REGION. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER HIGH
PRESSURE WILL RETURN ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED WEATHER
LINGERING THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF DRIER HIGH PRESSURE
WILL RETURN TO OUR NORTH ON FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 415 PM...UPDATED THE POPS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTN THRU THIS
EVENING TO REFLECT LATEST RADAR TRENDS AND CONVECTION-ALLOWING
MODELS. EXPECT NUMEROUS SHWRS AND A FEW EMBEDDED TSTMS TO CONTINUE
ACRS THE REGION...WITH THE HIGHEST COVERAGE BEGINNING TO SHIFT FROM
THE MTNS TO THE PIEDMONT. OTHERWISE...TEMPS/WINDS/SKY ALL LOOK ON
TRACK.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
WITHIN THE PLUME OF ABOVE CLIMO PWAT VALUES AND LESSENING
INHIBITION/UPPER LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS ATOP THE SE CONUS...NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO PERCOLATE ACRS THE MOUNTAINS AND
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN THE PIEDMONT. FORCING AND INSTABILITY SHOULD
REMAIN ON THE WEAK SIDE THIS AFTERNOON...SBCAPE VALUES TOPPING OUT
JUST SHY OF 1500 J/KG. THE MAIN THREAT FOR STORMS TODAY WILL BE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...BUT WITH A 10-15
KT STORM MOTION...ANY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CHANCES ARE LIMITED.
DIURNAL LESSENING OF DEEP CONVECTIVE CVRG AND INTENSITY IS EXPECTED
THIS EVENING...BUT THERE REMAINS A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF SOME OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES SLIPPING IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH THE
NWLY UPSLOPE FLOW. THIS WARRANTS MAINTENANCE OF CHC POPS ALONG
THE TENN BORDER OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPS WILL BE 7-10 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
ON TUESDAY...ENCROACHING SFC COLD FRONT IS PROGGED JUMP TO
LEE/PIEDMONT TROUGH AND THE ONSET OF A MORE CONTINENTAL AIRMASS
WILL DISPLACE HIGH PWAT PLUME DOWNSTREAM OF THE CWFA BY EVENING.
DESPITE SOME WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW INITIALLY WEST OF THE SFC
TROUGH...ENUF LLVL CONVERGENCE SHOULD BE REALIZED WITH THE SEWARD
MOVEMENT OF SFC FRONT...AIDING IN DIURNALLY ENHANCED TSTMS. AT THIS
POINT...THE SHOTGUN CHANCE POP WILL REMAIN WITH PIEDMONT MAXIMUMS
CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 135 PM MONDAY...DRIER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH CP HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BEGIN PUSHING INTO THE REGION TUE NIGHT...WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO
QUICK DISSIPATION OF ANY LINGERING DIURNAL CONVECTION. THIS WILL
ALSO RESULT IN MINIMAL INSTABILITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WED
AFTERNOON...EXCEPT PERHAPS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AREAS...WHERE SOME
ISOLATED LATE DAY CONVECTION CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ALSO CANNOT
COMPLETELY RULE OUT SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN
MTNS...BUT COVERAGE WOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST.
BY LATE WED NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY...SHORT TERM NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IS
IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN DIGGING A SHORT WAVE TROUGH AS FAR SOUTH OF THE
OHIO VALLEY...WITH HEIGHT ASSOCIATED HEIGHT FALLS SENDING A
REINFORCING SURFACE BOUNDARY TOWARD THE AREA THURSDAY. WHILE THE
MODELS DO AGREE ON THIS SCENARIO...THE NAM IS DECIDEDLY MORE POTENT
WITH THE WAVE THAN OTHER MODELS...AND ALSO CONSIDERABLY MORE MOIST
AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THU AFTERNOON...WITH FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD SBCAPE VALUES IN THE 1000-2000 J/KG RANGE. MEANWHILE...
THE LATEST SREF MUCAPE PROBABILITIES LEND LITTLE SUPPORT TO THE
NAM/S MORE ROBUST BUOYANCY...AND SO WILL LIMIT POPS TO 20-30 PERCENT
THU AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE INTRODUCTION OF A CP AIR MASS...THE MAIN
EFFECT WILL ESSENTIALLY BE LOWER RH...AS THICKNESS VALUES WILL STILL
SUPPORT TEMPS ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 155 PM EDT MONDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST BEGINS AT 00Z ON
FRIDAY WITH A BROAD UPPER TROF DIGGING DOWN OVER EXTREME SE CANADA
AND NEW ENGLAND. HEIGHTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL MUCH OVER THE SE
REGION AS THE TROF DOES NOT DEEPEN ENOUGH OVER OUR AREA. HEIGHTS
BEGIN TO RISE AGAIN ON SAT AS UPPER RIDGING FROM THE WEST SPREADS
OVER THE REGION AND REMAINS IN PLACE THRU EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AT THE SFC...ANOTHER CANADIAN HIGH WILL WILL MAKE ITS WAY SOUTHWARD
FROM CANADA ON FRI AND SETTLE TO OUR NORTH BY EARLY SAT. THIS WILL
CAUSE LOW LVL FLOW TO BECOME MORE NLY AND THEN NELY BY SAT MORNING.
AS WE MOVE INTO SUN...THE CENTER OF THE HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE OFF THE
EAST COAST AND THE FLOW VEERS AROUND TO MORE SELY WITH MORE MOIST
PROFILES EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE UPSLOPE AREAS. THIS PATTERN
WILL PERSIST THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE MEDIUM RANGE WITH A
WEAK/DIFFUSE FRONT...ASSOCIATED WITH A NORTHERN PLAINS
LOW...APPROACHING THE CAROLINAS BY THE VERY END OF THE PERIOD LATE
MONDAY.
AS FOR THE SENSIBLE FCST...POPS TAPER OFF QUICKLY ON FRI MORNING AS
THE SFC HIGH MOVES FARTHER SE AND PROFILES DRY. THE REST OF FRI AND
SAT SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY WITH POPS INCREASING ON SUN AND MON AS MORE
MOIST...SELY FLOW SPREADS BACK OVER THE REGION. TEMPS WILL COOL ON
FRI AND SAT BUT LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY...AND THEN WARM
AGAIN ON SUN AND MON AS HEIGHTS RISE AND SLY FLOW SPREADS BACK OVER
THE REGION.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...ISOLATED DEEP CONVECTION ACRS THE PIEDMONT WILL STEADILY
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. CONVECTION ALLOWING
MODELS DEPICT THE BEST COVERAGE ACRS THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 20-24 UTC
SO WILL FCST A TEMPO TSRA FOR THIS PERIOD. STORMS SHOULD ASH OUT
THIS EVENING WITH VARYING LEVELS OF DEBRIS CLOUDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING
TONIGHT. UNLESS IT RAINS NOTABLY AT KCLT TODAY...WILL CONTINUE TO
LEAVE OUT AHEAD MENTION OF FOG OVERNIGHT.
ELSEWHERE...HOPEFULLY THE ISOLATED FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT TSTM
COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND WITH TIME THIS AFTERNOON TO GIVE
THE TERMINALS A BETTER THAN EVEN MONEY CHANCE OF SEEING A TSTM
TODAY. STORMS WILL DIURNALLY DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WITH THE BEST
CHANCES FOR LINGERING SHOWERS ACRS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. UNLESS
RAIN OCCURS AT ANY TERMINAL...FOG CHANCES REMAIN LIMITED. IT REMAINS
TO BE SEEN HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS AT ASHEVILLE TODAY TO POTENTIALLY
OFFSET FOG DEVELOPMENT GIVEN A LINGERING NW WIND AND DEVELOPMENT OF
LOWER STRATOCU CIGS.
OUTLOOK...THE REGION WILL REMAIN WITHIN A PLUME OF MOISTURE THROUGH
MID WEEK. MORNING FOG AND STRATUS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH MORNING
ABOVE WET GROUND. OTHERWISE...EXPECTING LIGHT WINDS WITH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING TSRA. THE MID WEEK PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT SHOULD BRING
BACK SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS...THOUGH THE FRONT MAY HANG UP OVER
THE SOUTHEAST ALLOWING PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER TO RETURN.
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 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 97% HIGH 100% MED 79% MED 68%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 97% HIGH 100% 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...JPT
NEAR TERM...ARK/CSH
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...CSHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 448 AM EDT MON MAY 18 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-190900- 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- 448 AM EDT MON MAY 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..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. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
127 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
NCZ065-181800-
HENDERSON NC-
127 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
...A HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL HENDERSON
COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 125 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS 5
MILES WEST OF HENDERSONVILLE...OR OVER ETOWAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HENDERSONVILLE...ETOWAH...MOUNTAIN HOME...LAUREL PARK...FLAT ROCK...
VALLEY HILL...CRAB CREEK...HORSE SHOE AND FORGE MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE
RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 8250 3526 8246 3523 8258 3527 8262
3529 8261 3529 8262 3530 8262 3533 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 242DEG 7KT 3531 8257
LANESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-019-182000-
FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-STEPHENS GA-ELBERT GA-GREATER PICKENS SC-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-ANDERSON SC-
337 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HART...
ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS...EASTERN FRANKLIN...OCONEE...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD...PICKENS...SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE AND ANDERSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 336 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF WALHALLA TO
6 MILES SOUTH OF CARNESVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ELBERTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELBERTON...HARTWELL...WALHALLA...AND CARNESVILLE.
LAT...LON 3399 8265 3398 8286 3401 8294 3417 8310
3423 8308 3427 8312 3424 8317 3425 8326
3480 8320 3501 8255 3491 8251 3440 8257
3397 8219 3397 8231 3406 8233 3406 8244
3408 8248 3401 8260 3396 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 255DEG 31KT 3475 8316 3427 8322 3396 8293
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 358 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015 NCZ035-056-502-504-182030- GREATER BURKE NC-ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC- 358 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...WESTERN CATAWBA AND SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 358 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF HICKORY...OR OVER CONNELLY SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HICKORY...MORGANTON...NEWTON...LENOIR...ST. STEPHENS...LONGVIEW... SAWMILLS...GRANITE FALLS...VALDESE AND BETHLEHEM. LAT...LON 3586 8120 3559 8125 3570 8173 3587 8158 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 278DEG 12KT 3576 8147 RWH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-182100-
FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-STEPHENS GA-ELBERT GA-GREATER PICKENS SC-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
400 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HART...
ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...OCONEE...PICKENS...
SOUTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM
EDT...
AT 400 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF WALHALLA
TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE TO NEAR ELBERTON TO 6 MILES WEST
OF WASHINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEMSON...SENECA...ELBERTON...HARTWELL...WALHALLA...PICKENS...
CARNESVILLE...MIDDLETON...ANDERSON AND CENTRAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...TRY
TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY
FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED
ELECTRONIC DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
STORMS APPROACH.
&&
LAT...LON 3399 8265 3397 8278 3401 8294 3417 8310
3423 8308 3427 8312 3424 8318 3425 8327
3428 8329 3489 8320 3504 8259 3433 8270
3418 8248 3408 8247 3407 8253 3401 8260
3396 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 263DEG 22KT 3486 8302 3430 8310 3415 8288 3377
8284
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
NCZ033-050-182100-
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-
417 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
MITCHELL AND CENTRAL AVERY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 417 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES WEST OF NEWLAND...OR 7 MILES WEST OF ELK PARK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWLAND...BANNER ELK...ELK PARK...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...SEVEN DEVILS...
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN...GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...B.R.
PARKWAY...LINVILLE FALLS TO GRANDFATHER...MINNEAPOLIS AND BULADEAN.
LAT...LON 3627 8189 3624 8190 3623 8191 3621 8190
3619 8188 3619 8186 3617 8183 3611 8181
3609 8179 3602 8214 3616 8222 3614 8218
3615 8215 3611 8213 3610 8208 3613 8205
3612 8203 3629 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 246DEG 14KT 3613 8211
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
NCZ048-182115-
MADISON NC-
448 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MADISON
COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 448 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...OR OVER HOT SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOT SPRINGS...WALNUT...ALLENSTAND AND SPRING CREEK.
LAT...LON 3603 8259 3600 8261 3597 8261 3596 8259
3579 8280 3584 8293 3585 8292 3587 8292
3588 8290 3593 8292 3593 8290 3594 8290
3595 8285 3592 8282 3597 8278 3598 8279
3600 8278 3605 8267 3606 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 202DEG 8KT 3590 8287
RWHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway Patrol reported multiple trees blown down from Starr to near Belton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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