Isolated thunderstorms moved across northeast Georgia during the late afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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Isolated thunderstorms moved across northeast Georgia during the late afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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 25, 1:51 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 251 PM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A stationary front across our area provides a focus for scattered showers and thunderstorms this evening and again Saturday afternoon and evening. Dry high pressure moves in for Sunday and Monday. Daily chances of showers and storms return Tuesday through late next week, along with above-normal temperatures. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 157 PM Friday: Afternoon water vapor satellite imagery depicts a weak upper trough over the Lower Mississippi Valley. Guidance is in excellent agreement that this feature will lift northeast across the Southern Appalachians this evening into the overnight hours. Increased forcing within an anomalously moist airmass has allowed for deep convection to blossom across central Tennessee into Alabama and eastern Mississippi. A few scattered lead showers and storms are also noted across far northern Georgia into eastern Tennessee. Much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia remain dry as of this writing with only a couple scattered showers trekking across the Smokies. Copious cloud cover has precluded the development of much instability and thus is expected to help keep things quiet through the rest of the afternoon into the early evening hours, although a stray shower cannot be discounted at any given location. As we head into this evening, the 12z suite of CAMs is in good agreement that upstream convection will grow upscale into a loosely organized QLCS that will push into western portions of the area generally around or after 7-8pm. Convection will weaken with waning instability with a broken band of showers progressing east of I-26 into the overnight. An accompanying modest cold pool may prove to be sufficient for a few embedded strong wind gusts, mainly west of I-26, but an otherwise unfavorable environment both thermodynamically and kinematically will limit any severe weather threat. A few scattered showers may linger east of I-77 Saturday morning, but should quickly push out of the area shortly after sunrise. A more potent northern stream trough swinging across the Great Lakes region will send a surface cold front towards the area during the day with the boundary sliding into the mountains and towards the foothills/Piedmont late Saturday afternoon. By this point, the region will reside behind the trough axis of the original trough with dry mid-level air arriving within the northwest flow regime. Flow will also have a downslope component off the mountains, which will further prove detrimental to the development of pre-frontal convection. The result has been a continued down tick in PoPs Saturday with only isolated to widely scattered showers and perhaps a couple thunderstorms ahead of the front, generally along and south of I-85. Afternoon highs will recover nicely ahead of the front with temperatures climbing back into the low 80s. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 100 PM Fri: Sfc cold front looks to have cleared the CWA by Saturday evening, although the trailing secondary push of cooler and drier air may still be near the Appalachian spine at that time, taking until Sunday morning to expand southeast across the whole CWA. Remaining PoPs diminish overnight as the upslope layer dries out along the NC/TN border, and as more stable air reaches the Piedmont and any lingering convection fizzles. Behind the secondary front, sfc high centered near Lake Erie will nose into the CWA thru Sunday, shifting to the Mid-Atlantic coastal plain by Monday morning in advance of the upper ridge axis. Max temps return to about normal Sunday but moderate a little above normal for Monday. Low RH at or below 30% is possible in our northern NC foothills and the eastern portion of our Piedmont zones on Sun and Mon. For the NE half of our CWA, more or less NE of I-26, pretty high confidence that subsidence will totally inhibit any convection Sunday and Monday, under profiles dry enough to warrant PoP near zero during that timeframe. Return flow however will set up on the periphery of the sfc high, ahead of the ridge, producing a midlevel moist layer and very weak upglide Sun night into Monday morning which leads some models to produce spotty QPF. That is not entirely out of the question although the forcing and lift are so weak it warrants only a slight-chance PoP, mainly in the Smokies, Balsams and vicinity. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 130 PM Fri: Sfc high will continue to shift southeastward Mon night; ridge axis will tilt toward the East Coast as upper pattern turns more progressive. To wit, cyclogenesis occurs in the central Plains as a shortwave shears off the Western trough; those features track across the northern Great Lakes Tuesday and the sfc high moves fully offshore. South to southwesterly flow from the surface to 700mb will promote a warming trend over the CWA through late week and also bring back springlike sfc dewpoints. Temps will run around 10 above normal Wed and Thu. The Appalachians look to be on the upstream side of the ridge by Tuesday, and subsidence inversion weakens to the point deep ridgetop convection again appears possible. The front associated with the Great Lakes low is generally shown to stall to our north Wednesday, keeping us more or less in the warm sector. Forcing generally looks weak, aside from diurnal instability. PWATs will rise to near the 90th percentile of climo. The return of sfc moisture does support at least seasonable diurnal instability of 500-1000 J/kg each day. Coverage is expected to be better Wednesday compared to Tuesday as profiles become slightly more favorable for convection. Chances increase further Thursday as the southern shortwave moves into the lower MS Valley. Convection Tue-Wed looks most likely to be garden-variety with actual thunder likely remaining isolated. Locally heavy rain may however lead to a localized flash flood threat each day. Deep shear increases as the shortwave approaches Thu, increasing the likelihood of at loosely organized multicell convection and a slightly better chance of severe winds and flash flooding. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... At KCLT and elsewhere: A myriad of restrictions will plague all terminals through the TAF period. A band of low-level stratus continues to pivot across portions of the Upstate into the mountains and foothills with attendant restrictions at KAND, KGMU, KGSP and KHKY. At least temporary MVFR ceilings will remain an issue for the next several hours before all sites are expected to return to VFR. A few showers may develop across the mountains this afternoon where a PROB30 remains at KAVL. While a stray shower cannot be ruled out elsewhere, confidence is too low to mention in the TAF. Thereafter, attention shifts to a line of showers that is expected to push into the area late this evening into the overnight hours. Embedded heavy rain may bring temporary reductions in visibility with another batch of MVFR ceilings behind the band of showers. Conditions are expected to return to VFR by mid to late morning Saturday. Outlook: A few isolated to scattered showers and storms will be possible Saturday afternoon ahead of an advancing cold front, but coverage will be much less compared to the last few days. Dry high pressure returns Sunday into early next week. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...None. NC...None. SC...None. && SYNOPSIS...Wimberley NEAR TERM...TW SHORT TERM...Wimberley LONG TERM...Wimberley AVIATION...TW
Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 504 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-260830- 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-Cherokee-York- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Chester-Greenwood-Oconee Mountains- Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee- Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-Southern Greenville- Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 504 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 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 showers and thunderstorms are expected into the evening. Locally heavy rainfall, especially over locations where previous heavy rain has fallen, could lead to isolated flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
452 PM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025
GAZ017-252130-
Habersham GA-
452 PM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
At 452 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southwest of Clarkesville, or near Demorest, moving northeast
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Demorest, Clarkesville, Raoul, Baldwin, Mount Airy, Alto, and
Cornelia.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3454 8362 3458 8364 3459 8364 3460 8365
3462 8364 3466 8366 3472 8356 3463 8346
3450 8345 3448 8346 3449 8354 3443 8362
3450 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 245DEG 12KT 3457 8361
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MOOREThe Greer radar (KGSP), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:08 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms reported a tree blown down in the town of Alto and another tree down in Demorest.
County comms reported quarter size hail in the town of Cornelia.
Public reported half-dollar size hail.
Multiple public sources reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail in the Toccoa area.
Public reported (via Social Media) trees blown down.
County comms reported a tree and power lines blown down on East Wolf Creek Rd. Another tree was blown down on Highway 441 north of Clayton around the same time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 2025
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: 1258192, 1258190, 1258191, 1258189, 1258193, 1258194.