Scattered strong thunderstorms developed across north Georgia during the afternoon and evening. One storm produced brief severe weather in Elbert County.
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Scattered strong thunderstorms developed across north Georgia during the afternoon and evening. One storm produced brief severe weather in Elbert 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 Apr 2, 8:36 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 936 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Showers and a few thunderstorms associated with a cold front will cross the region tonight through early Wednesday. Breezy conditions and northwest flow snow showers near the Tennessee border will be possible as much cooler air returns for the latter half of the week. Expect slowly warming temperatures by the start of next week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... As of 935 PM Tuesday: A few changes were made to the forecast for this update. Storms out west are a tick slower than CAMs had in previous runs. From the current trends, made adjustments to PoPs to account for this small delay, but overall, still on track for thunderstorms overnight. A look at the latest 00z sounding at FFC shows steep lapse rates from sfc-1km and 300-400 J/kg of sbCAPE, along with almost 200 sfc-1km SRH. SREF also shows an uptick in sbCAPE overnight along and south of the I-85 corridor. Given the latest obs and guidance, conditions still remain favorable for severe weather overnight with all hazards possible. With time, the aforementioned upper ridge will get shunted offshore with upper height falls overspreading the Southern Appalachians. Initial positive tilt of the trough across the Lower Mississippi Valley will foster boundary parallel deep-layer shear vectors indicative of training convection with updrafts rooted behind the updraft/downdraft convergence zone. However, as the upper troughs phase and the low rapidly deepens, the trough takes on more of a negative tilt through the overnight which allows for reorientation of the shear vectors to out of the west/southwest which would be orthogonal to the initiating boundary. In addition, the development of a pre-frontal surface trough across Alabama into Georgia will allow for increased low-level convergence and locally backed surface flow. Deep mixing this afternoon has brought down southwesterly flow to the surface along with lower dewpoints, but that will change drastically overnight as the surface trough arrives. The other feature of note that will play an important role in convective evolution is the development of a 50-70kt low-level jet across Georgia into the Carolinas as a mass response to the deepening surface low over Michigan. This will in turn advect a plume of deep moisture into the area with dewpoints surging into the mid 60s. Influx of rich boundary layer moisture will actually increase instability overnight during the traditional nocturnal minimum with MLCAPE values of 250-500 J/kg. Shear will not be hard to come by with 30-40 kts of 0-1km shear and 250-500 m2/s2 of 0-1km SRH, which will set the stage for a severe weather episode and all hazards. Shear vector orientation will support a broken line of cellular convection with hybrid linear segments and supercell structures. The greatest overlap of severe weather ingredients appears to be most likely along and south of the I-85 corridor on the northern end of the moisture return/instability and just north of the significant tornado parameter maximum of 2-4. All severe weather hazards will be possible including damaging winds, a few tornadoes and isolated hail up to quarter size. It is very important to note that the greatest threat for tornadoes will be occurring during the middle of the night, thus the reader is strongly encouraged to have multiple ways to receive warnings in place. Farther north, the severe weather threat remains more uncertain as convection encroaches on the mountains from east Tennessee. A few severe storms may be possible across the mountains and into the I-40 corridor, but will be conditional as to how far north the better moisture and instability makes it and how the storms pushing northeast along I-85 evolve. Otherwise, convection will push east of the area by or shortly after daybreak tomorrow morning with any lingering showers coming to an end shortly thereafter. The front will also push through with a somewhat cooler, but much drier airmass arriving in its wake. Deep mixing in the dry post-frontal air will mix down frequent wind gusts with strong downslope flow helping to keep temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. Bouts of showers rotating around the deep upper low will also swing across the region with period of showers most likely across the mountains, but a few isolated showers cannot be ruled out across the foothills. The highest mountain peaks/ridgelines may also be cold enough for snow showers and light accumulations. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... As of 114 PM EDT Tuesday: By Wednesday night, a well-established cutoff low will be centered over the lower Great Lakes, and the bulk of synoptic forcing will already be to our east. A few ensemble members depict the accompanying surface frontal circulation still lingering over the I-77 corridor, but even if this winds up being the case it'll push east in short order. On its backside, a slug of potent CAA will push across the forecast area as tight pressure gradient develops at the leading edge of an advancing cP air mass. Advisory-level gusts look increasingly likely at the higher elevations, mainly above 3500ft where the mountains penetrate into the stronger flow aloft. However, Wednesday night and into the first part of Thursday will be breezy everywhere. Expect lows on Thursday morning to fall into the low 40s most locations...and well into the 30s for the mountain zones. For locations along the NC-TN border, and into the northern NC mountains, enough moisture will likely linger in valleys that as NW flow gets going, we should be able to squeeze out some showers. Given the temperature forecast, at least the higher elevations may be under the gun for some light accumulation snowfall. GFS and NAM forecast soundings depict saturation well into the ice nucleation zone...and forecast SLRs support up to an inch and a half of snow at the higher elevations. The GFS even depicts some 50-75 J/kg sbCAPE...allowing for perhaps a rumble of thunder, and some extremely localized higher accumulations. Nonetheless, if current trends hold, we'll fall shy of advisory criteria for any of our mountain counties. On Thursday, as light snow continues along the highest elevations of the NC-TN border, the rest of the CWA will continue to dry out. So much so, in fact, that we may have borderline fire conditions Thursday afternoon. Despite highs some 12-15 degrees below normal on Thursday, diurnal mixing will be impressively deep - as high as 700 or even 650mb per some of the more aggressive long-range ensemble members - and will result in dewpoints crashing during the afternoon. The overall trend is a little moister as air aloft doesn't look quite as dry as it did in earlier model cycles...but it's still well within possibility that we'll wind up with Red Flag / Fire Danger criteria Thursday. Thursday night, the pressure gradient will slacken a little, enough that although winds will stay breezy, they'll be consistently below advisory criteria everywhere. Lows will drop into the 30s everywhere. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 206 PM EDT Tuesday: As the churning upper low finally passes off the New England coast Friday and Friday night, a ridge of high pressure will slide into the Ohio Valley for the weekend. Conditions will, for the most part, quiet down. Skies will clear, winds will - apart from some residual high-elevation gusts in the mountains early Friday - slacken, and temperatures will exhibit a wide diurnal range typical of clear and dry conditions. Highs will climb into the 60s each day through Sunday, and lows will fall to just above freezing. The main thing of note for the weekend will be frost/freeze potential. Given light winds by Friday night, frost appears likely along the Savannah River Valley, and then more widespread frost will be possible on Saturday night. The surface ridge will slide east by Sunday night, giving way to a moist return flow, weak WAA, and a warming trend in low temps that should inhibit any further frost formation. As a northern stream cutoff low lifts across the lower Midwest, surface low pressure over the Ozarks will begin to occlude. By the time its attendant cold front arrives in the Carolinas, most guidance depicts the circulation growing increasingly weak and moisture starved. Should present trends hold, some drizzle may be possible for the favored upslope zones of Appalachia, but little else. && .AVIATION /02Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... At KCLT and elsewhere: VFR conditions continue through the beginning of the evening hours through at least midnight for all terminals. A cold front out west brings scattered thunderstorms across all sites between 04-10z, with temporary restrictions for VSBY/CIGS. For this, a TEMPO at all sites for TSRA. Any lingering clouds behind the storms will be slow to depart with a gradual improvement to CIGS. Most sites are expected to return to VFR after daybreak, with the eastern terminals KHKY and KCLT an hour or two later. Winds will remain gusty through the TAF period but should remain SW/WSW at most sites, with KAVL turning NW after the storms pass. Outlook: Low clouds and scattered showers may linger over the mountains Thursday into Friday with gusty NW winds at most locations. Dry high pressure returns Saturday. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...None. NC...None. SC...None. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...CP/TW SHORT TERM...MPR LONG TERM...MPR AVIATION...CP
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 1049 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-040300- 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- 1049 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to move into the North Carolina mountains and move east across the remainder of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia through the overnight hours. In addition to isolated damaging wind gusts, the strongest storms will be capable of producing isolated brief tornadoes. Isolated large hail and localized flash flooding cannot be ruled out. While the threat for severe weather will be slightly higher across the mountains, severe thunderstorms are possible anywhere across the area tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms reported three trees blown down in the city of Elberton.
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