A strong cold front brought a line of showers and strong to severe thunderstorms to northeast Georgia during the afternoon. Severe weather was limited to damaging winds, particularly across Habersham County.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A strong cold front brought a line of showers and strong to severe thunderstorms to northeast Georgia during the afternoon. Severe weather was limited to damaging winds, particularly across Habersham 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 Nov 30, 2:45 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
245 PM EST Wed Nov 30 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front will move swiftly east across the region this evening.
Drier and cooler conditions will return tonight through Thursday and
persist through Saturday. Moisture should return from the west for
the latter half of the weekend and possibly linger into early next
week.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
At 2 PM Wednesday: An upper trough will broaden and extend across
the Southern Appalachians overnight, with zonal flow resulting across
the southern tier of the USA resulting by Thursday. A weakening vort
lobe will pass cross the Central Appalachians overnight.
At the surface, a cold front will approach from the west this
afternoon, preceded by moist inflow from the Gulf of Mexico. Upslope
flow and modest isentropic upglide over the southern appalachians
will support moderate rainfall amounts, but the expected
acceleration of the front should preclude excessive rainfall.
Although instability is somewhat limited, enough shear will be
present to prevent completely excluding the chance of severe weather
across the area. The front should clear our area by late tonight,
followed by winds veering from south to northwest, and drier air
moving and clearer skies moving in. Minimum temperatures tonight
will run above normal. Maximum temperatures on Thursday will run
near normal.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of Noon EST Wednesday: Zonal flow will be in place aloft across
the eastern CONUS Thursday night through Friday. Meanwhile, shallow
NW flow moisture may persist along the TN border in the northern
mountains into Friday, but will carry no PoPs given the weak WNW
upslope character and very shallow moisture. Cold temperatures would
support flurries or snow, however, if more moisture arrives than
progged. Otherwise, surface high pressure will gradually build east
toward the Appalachian chain and keep profiles dry across the region.
A broad but shallow ridge will then develop through Saturday across
the southeast. Although model differences persist with the expected
upstream low pressure development across TX and the western gulf
coast, there is good agreement on little if any upglide moisture
returning through 00Z Sunday. Will thus keep the forecast dry
through Saturday afternoon. Temperatures Friday through Saturday
will be near to just below climo, slightly cooler Saturday than
Friday.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 230 PM EST Wednesday...the medium range portion of the
forecast continues to be plagued with uncertainty among the global
models. The extended period kicks off 00z Sunday with our area under
a weak upper ridge, with a surface high centered over the OH River
Valley and an upper low over the Baha Peninsula. A plume of moisture
associated with a gulf surface low begins to extend into the CWA
overnight Saturday, with pops ramping up to the chance category by
Sunday morning.
Models diverge at this point on the handling of the progression and
depth of the upper low as it ejects out of the desert Southwest,
which has fairly significant implications as far as pops/QPF in our
area. As WPC mentioned in today's extended discussion, the faster
ECMWF has displayed poorer run-to-run consistency than the GFS, so
confidence is generally higher in the 12Z GFS solution and the
forecast is weighted more heavily toward it and its ensemble mean,
which is also in relatively good agreement on the handling of the
upper low.
The first possible round of rainfall, associated with a gulf low and
weak front, will arrive Sunday night and last into Monday morning.
There may be a brief lull in the precip Monday during the day before
the upper low ejecting from the desert southwest develops a surface
reflection and frontal structure, and ramps up rain chances Tuesday
once again. Another lull in pops in anticipated Wednesday before
another frontal system arrives Thursday, though confidence in this
lull is low enough that low-end chance pops are carried through the
entire extended period. Bottom line...next week looks like it will
favor a rather wet pattern, though QPF totals are uncertain for the
time being. The temperature forecast is also uncertain to say the
least at the moment, though there is a good feeling that the medium
range will begin with temps about 5 degrees below normal. A
moderating trend back to average seems like the most likely solution
for the rest of the extended period at this point, though there are
some hints at much colder air arriving over the area towards the end
of the next work week, with some mixed precip possible over the
higher terrain. This will of course be re-evaluated in future
forecast cycles.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
At KCLT and elsewhere: Model guidance supports rain induced
afternoon vsby restrictions at Foothill sites and KAVL as a cold
front moves across the area, but keeps KCLT VFR. Convection is
possible at all sites. As the front moves through overnight, winds
veer from south to northwest in NC, and west in SC, remaining just
strong enough to keep daybreak vsby restrictions from occurring. IFR
vsby restrictions this afternoon will lift to low VFR this evening
before eroding completely overnight.
Outlook: Dry high pressure returns in the wake of the front for
Thursday thru Saturday.
Confidence Table...
19-01Z 01-07Z 07-13Z 13-18Z
KCLT High 91% High 96% High 100% High 100%
KGSP Med 70% High 99% High 100% High 100%
KAVL Med 70% High 95% High 100% High 100%
KHKY Med 74% High 90% High 100% High 100%
KGMU Med 66% High 99% High 100% High 100%
KAND Med 79% High 100% 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:
www.weather.gov/gsp/aviation
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...None.
NC...Wind Advisory until 7 PM EST this evening for NCZ033-048>053-
058-059-062>064-505.
SC...None.
&&
SYNOPSIS...HG
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...LEV
AVIATION...JATHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>064-505-011000- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF 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. WIND ADVISORY. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS UNTIL A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN...IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE AREAS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>504-506>510-SCZ008-009-014- 011000- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. BANDS OR LINES OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT COULD KNOCK DOWN TREES AND LIMBS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-011000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION-GREENWOOD- 450 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. BANDS AND LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST. A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND LIMBS. ENOUGH WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT TO PROVIDE FOR SOME ORGANIZATION OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SUCH THAT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..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. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1253 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
NCZ051-058-301830-
SWAIN NC-GRAHAM NC-
1253 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SWAIN AND GRAHAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EST...
AT 1253 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTH OF MURPHY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOWN OF
SANTEETLAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBBINSVILLE...TOWN OF SANTEETLAH...FONTANA LAKE...LAKE SANTEETLAH...
SMOKY MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-TWENTYMILE CREEK...
FONTANA VILLAGE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK...SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-CLINGMANS DOME AND WESSER.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 8401 3541 8402 3546 8396 3547 8392
3552 8388 3553 8382 3556 8377 3557 8363
3558 8360 3556 8358 3556 8356 3532 8341
3533 8343 3530 8350 3528 8367 3525 8370
3525 8385 3522 8396 3524 8401 3535 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 239DEG 49KT 3528 8405
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
128 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
NCZ051-052-058-301900-
HAYWOOD NC-SWAIN NC-GRAHAM NC-
128 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SWAIN...NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EST...
AT 127 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF BRYSON CITY...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRYSON CITY...CHEROKEE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK...SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-CATALOOCHEE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA...SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-OCONALUFTEE...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BALSAM MOUNTAIN...SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-BIG CREEK...SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NEWFOUND GAP AND SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-CLINGMANS DOME.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3558 8361 3556 8350 3566 8335 3566 8330
3573 8324 3572 8320 3576 8316 3579 8308
3577 8299 3579 8296 3574 8295 3574 8292
3568 8289 3551 8321 3552 8324 3547 8332
3547 8334 3544 8336 3533 8357 3555 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 239DEG 48KT 3554 8360
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
137 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
NCZ059-062-301900-
NORTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-
137 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EST...
AT 136 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES EAST OF ANDREWS...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTAHALA LAKE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...SYLVA...CULLOWHEE...WEBSTER...DILLSBORO...NANTAHALA
LAKE...B.R. PARKWAY-SMOKY MOUNTAINS TO BALSAM GAP...CHEROKEE...
BURNINGTOWN AND AQUONE.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 8371 3520 8373 3524 8369 3529 8358
3530 8346 3533 8343 3533 8334 3537 8333
3541 8335 3550 8317 3527 8301 3523 8322
3517 8322 3504 8356 3511 8362 3513 8362
3514 8365 3515 8365 3515 8372 3517 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 239DEG 48KT 3514 8361
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
201 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
NCZ052-059-062>064-301930-
HAYWOOD NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-
MACON NC-
201 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JACKSON...CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA...
HAYWOOD AND MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EST...
AT 201 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTH
OF SYLVA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...CULLOWHEE...LAKE
JUNALUSKA...CLYDE...HIGHLANDS...MAGGIE VALLEY AND BALSAM.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3525 8350 3532 8344 3533 8334 3541 8336
3550 8328 3552 8324 3552 8318 3555 8316
3560 8319 3563 8317 3572 8291 3562 8285
3563 8281 3557 8277 3547 8280 3539 8271
3505 8295 3499 8329 3500 8352 3504 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 252DEG 44KT 3559 8312 3527 8327 3504 8344
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
GAZ010-017-301930-
RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-
207 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES
UNTIL 230 PM EST...
AT 207 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF
CLEVELAND TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DAHLONEGA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...CORNELIA...BALDWIN...DEMOREST...MOUNT
AIRY...ALTO...MOUNTAIN CITY...TIGER AND DILLARD.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3491 8363 3495 8355 3499 8355 3500 8312
3499 8312 3491 8317 3488 8324 3482 8327
3479 8332 3473 8335 3469 8334 3467 8337
3449 8346 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367
3454 8362 3465 8366 3474 8362 3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 241DEG 36KT 3497 8351 3474 8372 3446 8400
RWHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
228 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ052-059-062>064-SCZ001-004-005-302000-
FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-RABUN GA-HABERSHAM GA-HAYWOOD NC-
NORTHERN JACKSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-MACON NC-
GREATER OCONEE SC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
228 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON...OCONEE AND SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL
300 PM EST...
AT 228 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF
FRANKLIN TO NEAR CLAYTON TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARKESVILLE TO 4
MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOCCOA...SENECA...BREVARD...WALHALLA...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...
CLEMSON...CORNELIA...BALDWIN AND WESTMINSTER.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
&&
LAT...LON 3491 8363 3500 8348 3503 8353 3548 8279
3530 8262 3522 8260 3513 8264 3506 8289
3499 8294 3481 8290 3489 8274 3463 8284
3447 8316 3449 8354 3444 8362 3451 8367
3454 8362 3465 8366 3474 8362 3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 243DEG 50KT 3537 8298 3498 8336 3487 8344 3478
8364 3454 8376
RWHThe Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms reported numerous trees blown down across the county.
Emergency manager reported a couple of trees blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, November 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 665280, 665281.