Scattered thunderstorms developed over the Georgia Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced brief severe weather near the South Carolina border.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over the Georgia Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced brief severe weather near the South Carolina border.
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 10, 1:58 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 258 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025 .SYNOPSIS... Rain and thunderstorm chances continue through Friday. Dry and cool weather returns for Saturday. Dry weather continues into early next week with a warming trend. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 230 PM EDT Thursday...Initial line of convection pushing across the mountains attm, generally light to moderate showers, but some embedded thunderstorms trying to work into northeast GA. This activity will steadily cross the forecast area this aftn and will have little instability to work with. Meanwhile, two distinct areas of convective activity can be seen upstream across the Midwest and central TN. These are associated with spokes of vorticity rounding through the base of large upper trough. The CAMs all have a general idea of these two rounds working into the forecast area this evening and overnight. The first round should be the strongest, as peak heating 1000-1500 J/kg of sbCAPE over the Cumberland Plateau and will be combined with around 50 kt of 0-6 km bulk shear. A marginal risk of severe storms still looks good for the NC mountains, with a few rotating storms or bowing line segments working in from the west early this evening. This activity should weaken as it crosses the mountains and loses instability, but some storms may be able to fully cross the forecast area. Confidence on strong to severe storms east of the mountains remains low, but a few isolated damaging wind gusts cannot be ruled out. Then finally, the second round coming from the Midwest may reach the forecast area late tonight, but should lose intensity and be just another round of showers that mainly affects the TN border counties before daybreak Friday. Lows will be about a category above normal under mostly cloudy skies. Friday, unsettled weather will continue as strong shortwave energy carves out an upper low over the Ohio Valley to the Southern Appalachians. Steep mid-level lapse rates and deep-layer QG forcing will support convection firing across the area thru the day, peaking in the aftn. Sfc low pres will form just east of the area, and bring low-level around out of the W to NW. So the better instability will shift east and severe threat should be low. Cooling temps aloft may support some small hail in the deeper convection. Also, the highest ridgetops could see minor snow accums. Highs will be mainly in the 50s in the mountains and 60s Piedmont, about 5-10 deg below normal. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 150 PM EDT Thursday: Closed upper low draped over the Eastern Seaboard will be centered just north of the area, over the Mid-Atlantic Friday night. Lingering wrap around moisture may keep some precip in the area, even some light snow across the higher elevations (>4000'). Dry air entrainment from northwesterly flow will essentially shutoff any precip chances by daybreak Saturday as the closed low lifts further north and the associated trough axis will be in the midst of shifting from west to east across the CFWA. Weak surface high begins to filter in from the west on Saturday, leading to drier conditions, but cooler temperatures as colder thicknesses remain in place and afternoon highs end up ~10 degrees below normal. Surface high sets up shop over the southeastern CONUS Saturday night and allows for good radiational cooling conditions to be on display. In this case, overnight lows will run 5-10 degrees below normal and there is potential for frost/freeze to form over the forecast area, specifically across the NC foothills and northern Upstate of SC, where the growing season has started. Heights rebound by Sunday as the trough axis is fully offshore and broad upper ridging begins to spill in from the west. Expected a rebound in afternoon highs Sunday compared to Saturday, with values right around normal. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 250 PM Thursday: Surface high slides offshore the Southeast Coast by Sunday afternoon/evening and will lead to a weak return flow out of the southwest. At the same time, the upper ridge will translate from west to east across the eastern CONUS as the axis slips offshore later Monday. A potent shortwave trough with a trailing cold front is shown encroaching the region from the northwest by the early morning hours Tuesday. QPF response is fairly weak as the better forcing remains north of the area, but model guidance continue to show precip developing in the mountains, mainly along the NC/TN border. Otherwise, the fropa will occur Tuesday and another area of high pressure will move into the area and control the sensible weather through the end of the forecast period. There are hints of another shortwave quickly shifting across the area by D7/D8, which could bring the next precip chances for the CFWA. Temperatures will quickly rebound to 5-10 degrees above normal Monday, ahead of the cold front, while temperatures return to near-normal values through the rest of the week behind the front. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... At KCLT and elsewhere: MVFR cigs are slow to erode from the south to north across the foothills and Piedmont, and should continue to scatter out this aftn. Meanwhile, a line of showers and weak tstms moving into the NC mountains. This line is expected to weaken as it pushes east this aftn, and will handle with TEMPOs for SHRA. Behind this initial line of showers winds should become light SW or vrb this evening with VFR conditions. Then another round of convection is expected to develop in eastern TN and cross the area this evening into the overnight. Guidance continues to support this activity being a little stronger than this aftn's convection, so will go with tempo and/or PROB30 for TSRA for that. Confidence in timing is still moderate at best, as the storms may organize into a line and pick up forward motion. Late tonight, MVFR to IFR cigs are expected to form and with light winds, some MVFR vsby restrictions possible thru daybreak Friday. The low clouds should being to lift late Friday morning, with VFR conditions expected by the end of the 18z TAF period, except for KAVL. Winds will increase out of the W/SW in the Upstate, NW at KCLT and KHKY, and NNW at KAVL. Outlook: A low pressure system will bring showers (and possibly thunderstorms) and associated restrictions into Friday afternoon. Dry high pressure returns for the weekend into Monday. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...None. NC...None. SC...None. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...ARK SHORT TERM...CAC LONG TERM...CAC AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 507 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025 NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ008>014-019-102-103-105>109-112115- Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Haywood- Buncombe-Catawba-Rowan-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-Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens- Chester-Greenwood-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains- Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-Southern Greenville- Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 507 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will cross the area this evening. A few of the thunderstorms strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts as the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ101-104-112115- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Swain-Graham- Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Oconee Mountains- Greater Oconee- 507 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 137 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
614 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025
NCZ058-102300-
Graham NC-
614 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY THROUGH
700 PM EDT...
At 613 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of Robbinsville, or 4 miles west of Town Of
Santeetlah, moving east at 25 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 hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Fontana Lake, Stecoah, Robbinsville, Fontana Village, Tapoco,
and Lake Santeetlah.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
western North Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 8401 3541 8402 3546 8396 3545 8394
3547 8390 3545 8386 3545 8382 3544 8381
3545 8380 3544 8376 3545 8373 3543 8366
3531 8369 3533 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 267DEG 24KT 3538 8394
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MPRSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
621 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025
NCZ048-102300-
Madison NC-
621 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY THROUGH
700 PM EDT...
At 621 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Marshall, or 6 miles northeast of Hot Springs, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Faust, Allenstand, Mars Hill, and Wolf Ridge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3600 8261 3599 8260 3597 8261 3595 8257
3598 8251 3595 8248 3593 8250 3591 8249
3591 8247 3580 8253 3592 8287 3595 8286
3592 8282 3593 8281 3597 8278 3598 8279
3600 8278 3602 8272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 290DEG 25KT 3596 8276
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
MPRSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
645 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025
NCZ051-052-058-102330-
Haywood NC-Graham NC-Swain NC-
645 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SWAIN...NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND
NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
At 644 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 13 miles southeast of Newport to 12 miles north
of Robbinsville. Movement was east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Waterville, Smoky Mountains, Cherokee, Fines Creek, Deals Gap,
Balsam Mountain, and Fontana Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
western North Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3552 8388 3556 8377 3558 8360 3556 8358
3556 8350 3566 8335 3566 8330 3573 8324
3572 8320 3576 8316 3579 8308 3574 8292
3564 8288 3551 8318 3552 8324 3547 8332
3547 8334 3544 8336 3535 8356 3547 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 291DEG 41KT 3579 8310 3550 8387
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MPRThe Greer radar (KGSP), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported (via Social Media) mainly dime to nickel size hail, with a few stones up to quarter size.
Public reported (via Social Media) reported at least quarter size hail in the Reed Creek area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1258181, 1258182.