Scattered thunderstorms developed over northeast Georgia during the late afternoon. An isolated severe storm produced brief damaging wind gusts in Hart County.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over northeast Georgia during the late afternoon. An isolated severe storm produced brief damaging wind gusts in Hart 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 Jul 30, 1:39 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 239 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022 .SYNOPSIS... A stationary front aligned from west to east across our region will be the focus for abundant moisture and numerous afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms this weekend. This front will begin to move north on Sunday as a warm front. The front should dissipate by Tuesday, with high pressure over the western Atlantic taking control of our weather for the rest of the week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 235 pm EDT: Visible satellite imagery shows more breaks this afternoon, which is permitting SBCAPE values to climb to 2500-3000 J/kg around the southeast and southern periphery of the area. Elsewhere, instability remain a bit more muted by the earlier clouds and the warm profiles aloft. However, the existing synoptic scale frontal boundary already draped across the area will combine with differential heating boundaries to supply ample forcing for late afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. The warm and moist profiles will cap the instability somewhat through late day, and downdraft CAPE values will also be fairly modest. Thus, the severe storm potential is rather limited. Hydro issues could pose a problem with any training of cells given the 2+ inch PWAT air, but model signals are mixed on any southerly flow yielding anchoring near the high terrain. If that happens, the peak hydro threat could be late this evening, but the convection-allowing models have limited coverage after midnight. Confidence thus remains too low to post any Flash Flood Watches. Expect another very mild night with mins a couple of categories above normal. Patchy fog will develop in places where clouds scatter. The weak boundary stalled across the region will likely drift back northward to the northern tier of the area through Sunday. Precipitable water values will remain over 2 inches. It is conceivable that steering flow will be a bit better on Sunday, but low MBE velocities will likely still contribute to some measure of backbuilding and training of cells. An elevated hydro threat will persist, while the severe threat will remain rather minimal. Clouds should keep temperatures below climate normals Sunday afternoon. Again, we expect to post no Flood Watches this afternoon until we see how much rain falls through this evening and how antecedent conditions shape up for tomorrow. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 145 PM EDT Saturday: As a 500mb trough sharpens over the Great Lakes on Monday, a series of vort lobes will ripple across the Carolinas on its periphery, embedded in otherwise unamplified flow aloft. Bermuda High will remain in place in the western Atlantic, allowing south/southwest flow to continue to drive a robust moisture flux across most of the forecast area, as a quasi-stationary front somewhere near the NC-VA border retreats ever-so-slightly northward in response to the aforementioned upper-level forcing. By Tuesday, as the sharpening trough over the Midwest begins to exert its influence on the Carolinas, this boundary will retreat farther north, with some guidance depicting weak cyclogenesis across the Ohio Valley by late Tuesday. Generic thunder risk is expected both afternoons. Deterministic guidance depicts in the neighborhood of 1000-1400 J/kg and negligible deep-layer shear across much of the forecast area (notwithstanding anomalously low instability across the Upstate in the latest GFS), while SREF plumes and the GEM's spread parameter are indicative of fairly good confidence on these values. Better conditions are forecast for Tuesday as improving low-level moisture allows instability and expected convective coverage to soar, but with markedly lower confidence owing to uncertainty over the timing of best forcing aloft and the resultant evolution of the surface boundary through the day. Of perhaps greater concern is the heavy rainfall threat Monday. The overarching setup is almost a classic Maddox heavy rain pattern, with synoptically-driven southerly WAA allowing moisture to pool on the warm side of the stationary front at the NC-VA border. Enough instability should be present to drive scattered convection, and these storms will develop in a deeply-moist environment, with precipitable water values outside the mountains crawling into the 1.8-2.1" range, a deep warm cloud depth permitting efficience rain production, and weak steering flow allowing for slow-moving storms. So, while not all places will receive rain, those that do can expect to receive quite a bit. By Tuesday, the risk will diminish as the boundary lifts north and steering flow improves with the sharpening trough aloft. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 200 PM EDT Saturday: Not much change to the extended forecast this afternoon. Normal summertime pattern resumes for the remainder of the period. The passage of a trough axis aloft late Tuesday will result in a measure of drying at the midlevels, allowing precipitable water to fall and heavy rain/flood risk along with it. Surface-based instability will climb back to a seasonable ~1500 J/kg each afternoon, fueling typical diurnal thunderstorm coverage through the evening hours. Deterministic guidance is still hemming and hawing on the arrival of a shortwave on Friday - the feature is present in the latest CMC as well as a handful of GEFS members, yet absent in most other guidance. In any case, general thunder risk looks warranted through lateweek and into the weekend, with locally heavy rain but no elevated severe or flash flood risk apparent at this time. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... At KCLT and elsewhere: VFR conditions continue late this afternoon through this evening, except under any heavy showers or thunderstorms where visibility should quickly go IFR given the moist profiles. Timing of the better convection will center around 21Z to 01Z at KCLT, and perhaps an hour earlier at the mountain/foothill sites. Fairly light winds will turn around the dial through the period, with mainly northerly flow early becoming more southerly overnight into Sunday. Brief and variable gusts will be possible near any thunderstorms. Abundant low-level moisture should lead to developing MVFR then IFR ceilings before daybreak sunday, with LIFR cigs quite possible at KAVL and KHKY. Showers could persist through the night, especially from KAVL to KHKY, but with less intensity. Shower and thunderstorm coverage will return mid to late Sunday morning through the afternoon as a frontal boundary lifts north of the area. Outlook: Numerous, diurnal showers and thunderstorms will continue through early next week. A more typical summertime pattern will return by mid-week. Fog and low stratus may develop each morning in the mtn valleys and wherever appreciable rain has fallen the previous day. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...None. NC...None. SC...None. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...HG SHORT TERM...MPR LONG TERM...MPR AVIATION...HG
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 648 AM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-311100- 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-Cherokee-York- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood- Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville- Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 648 AM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop across the area this afternoon and evening, some with frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and torrential downpours. An isolated severe thunderstorm with damaging wind gusts cannot be ruled out. Localized flash flooding will also be possible if several storms move over one place in quick succession. The storms may not diminish until the early morning hours on Sunday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A localized risk of flash flooding will accompany any thunderstorms that develop over the next few days. This threat could gradually increase in scope as soils in more places become saturated from multiple rounds of heavy rain and creeks and stream levels rise in response to continued runoff. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. PM
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
209 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022
NCZ062-301845-
Macon NC-
209 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Macon County
through 245 PM EDT...
At 208 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southwest of Franklin, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Franklin, Ellijay, Scaly Mountain, Burningtown, Otto, Cullasaja and
Rainbow Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3524 8353 3524 8329 3523 8328 3523 8325
3524 8324 3524 8322 3521 8322 3519 8323
3516 8322 3515 8322 3500 8325 3499 8331
3506 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 277DEG 11KT 3514 8346
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HGSpecial Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 338 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022 SCZ012-302015- Laurens SC- 338 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT... At 338 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with torrential rainfall near Laurens, moving east at 10 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Laurens, Clinton, Ora and Hickory Tavern. Very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas. LAT...LON 3441 8214 3452 8218 3462 8194 3439 8187 TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 256DEG 7KT 3449 8209 WJM
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
344 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022
SCZ012-019-302015-
Laurens SC-Greenwood SC-
344 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Laurens
and northeastern Greenwood Counties through 415 PM EDT...
At 344 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles north of Greenwood, or 4 miles west of Waterloo, moving east at
10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Cross Hill, Cokesbury, Waterloo, Lake Greenwood, Greenwood State
Park, Coronaca and Mountville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3425 8223 3443 8222 3446 8193 3419 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 272DEG 8KT 3434 8214
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
WJMSpecial Weather Statement National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 427 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022 SCZ009-014-302100- York SC-Chester SC- 427 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CHESTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL YORK COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT... At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm with torrential rainfall near Chester, moving northeast at 25 mph. Locations to be impacted include... Chester, Rock Hill, Lowrys, Chester State Park, Richburg, Mcconnells, Newport and Edgemoor. Very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in these areas. LAT...LON 3463 8128 3472 8137 3497 8110 3476 8090 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 232DEG 20KT 3471 8125 WJM
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
450 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022
SCZ010-011-302115-
Abbeville SC-Anderson SC-
450 PM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Anderson and central Abbeville Counties through 515 PM EDT...
At 450 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of Anderson, or 6 miles east of Starr, moving east at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Anderson, Homeland Park, Belton, Iva, Lake Secession, Starr,
Antreville and Broadway Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3428 8277 3429 8277 3444 8281 3458 8245
3425 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 259DEG 18KT 3438 8259
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
WJMThe Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms reported several trees blown down between Hartwell and Nuberg.
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