Isolated thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a stationary front across northeast Georgia during the afternoon. One isolated severe storm produced large hail in the Elberton area.
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Isolated thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a stationary front across northeast Georgia during the afternoon. One isolated severe storm produced large hail in the Elberton area.
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 8, 1:11 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 111 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A few strong to severe thunderstorms can't be ruled out this afternoon and evening across portions the western Piedmont. A strong cold front makes a full passage Sunday and will filter in an arctic airmass Sunday night through Tuesday. Mountain snow along the NC/TN border is expected Sunday night through Monday. Temperatures gradually rebound after Tuesday, with dry conditions expected. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 1240 pm Saturday: The latest water vapor imagery depicts a very broad/low-amplitude upper trough centered just east of the Miss River Valley early this afternoon, with a train of mostly weak short wave short wave troughs from the Ohio Valley NW into the Canadian Prairie. Surface analysis depicts a weak/quasi-stationary frontal boundary bisecting our CWA, with slightly warmer/clearer conditions indicated south of the boundary...roughly across the southern half of the area. The latest SPC Mesoanalysis indicates 500-1000 J/kg of sbCAPE from the Lakelands/upper Savannah River Valley into north GA, with cumulus becoming increasingly congested/agitated across north and central GA. Convection-allowing models remain consistent in allowing scattered deep convection to develop along/south of the boundary...from central GA into the southern half of our area by late afternoon, continuing into the evening as mean cloud-bearing flow allows activity to move rather quickly E/NE toward the Charlotte Metro Area. Deep layer shear will be more than adequate for organized cell structures, including the potential for rotating updrafts/supercells in the more unstable air (e.g. across the southern tier of our counties.) The main severe threats would be from large hail with any rotating storms, as well as damaging wind gusts. Low level shear/helicity parameters are quite underwhelming, but a brief, weak tornado cannot be ruled out with any supercell structures. Scattered convection will move east by around midnight...or shortly thereafter, with another round of widespread low clouds and fog...perhaps locally dense expected by daybreak. Min temps will be well above normal in the cloudy/humid conditions. The upper trough will continue to deepen/amplify as it approaches the Appalachians on Sunday, with attendant strong cold front forecast to push into western North Carolina by late morning...pushing east of the CWA by the end of the period. Temperatures will begin falling across the mountains during the afternoon, with northwest upslope flow becoming established...and attendant scattered showers expected...especially across the counties bordering TN. Rain is expected to change to snow above ~4000ft by the end of the period as snow levels steadily fall in the strong cold advection. Other than the NW flow precip...the front is unlikely to bring any showers to the forecast area, as moisture and forcing are expected to become maximized to our east. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 1258 PM EDT Saturday: Strong CAA and steep height falls will be in the midst of entering the CWFA as a digging upper trough parks over the MS Valley and the attendant cold front should be in the process of exiting the eastern portions of the CWFA by the start of the forecast period. Low-level flow will turn west-northwesterly with strong vort lobes traversing across the area and moisture being advected off the Great Lakes. This combined with tanking snow levels and mechanical lift along the NC/TN border, expect northwest flow snow to crank up overnight Sunday. Tight pressure gradient (4-6mb) with ongoing snow and dynamical features aloft will support sporadic blizzard conditions at the highest elevations (>4000') along the immediate Tennessee border. Soundings from the CAMs are picking up on very shallow instability, which should only increase snowfall rates, especially in the favorable upslope areas in the Smokies, northern Madison County, and the Roan Mountain area. Perhaps an instance of thunder snow can't be ruled out either, but good luck finding the exact location where this might occur. The rest of the area remains quiet, but the CAA will uptick winds overnight Sunday. Despite temperatures getting close to freezing and matching up well with frosty values outside of the mountains, winds will be elevated too much for frost to develop and will keep temperatures too warm for a Freeze Warning. Overnight lows on Sunday will run 5-10 degrees below normal. Northwest flow snow will linger throughout the day Monday, but will be off and on as the area will be in between two large areas of vort energy. Downslope flow should help locations outside the NC/TN border to remain partly to mostly sunny, especially during the first half of the daytime period. Some changes will be noticeable by the evening hours as a bowling ball of vort energy associated with the closed upper low swings into the area. Enough dynamical forcing and low snow-levels could allow for the reinforced northwest flow snow to break containment east of the mountains depending on the orientation of the low. This provides an AFD mention for possible flurries across the western Piedmont and foothills and Upstate SC, but confidence is not high enough for a mentionable PoP. Seems like model guidance are in good agreement with the placement of the low and the timing happening after peak heating to allow for such setup to occur. Flurries will not be widespread, but a few locations may get lucky enough to see November flakes outside of the mountains. This will also be the best time period for some of the other mountain locations that don't normally feel the impacts of northwest flow snow to get in on the action as well, with little to no accumulation expected in the locations outside of the typical west to northwest facing slopes. With the impressive dynamics of this system and the Great Lakes connection, will not be surprised to see snow totals exceed expectations in some of the ridgetops and favored upslope areas. With that being the case, the latest snow totals match up well with the overall thinking and supports 6-10" at the highest elevations in the Smokies, and a solid 1-3+" along the immediate Tennessee border, with less than an inch elsewhere. Temperatures will be cold on Monday as afternoon highs will be colder than what we receive in the middle of January. Afternoon highs will run 15-20+ degrees below normal. The bowling ball closed upper low should shift east of the area by daybreak Tuesday as dry air entrainment gets going and essentially shuts off the northwest flow snow maker. The coldest night of the season will be Monday night as CAA fully settles in and very cold thicknesses remain in place. Expect a hard freeze across the entire CWFA with most locations in the 20s, teens and single digits expected for the higher elevations. In this case, all of the non-mountains zones should expect a Freeze Warning Monday night into Tuesday morning. Factor in the elevated wind gusts and the wind chill values will be near or below 0F above 4500', with single digits in the lower elevations, and teens for a large area outside of the mountains. Doesn't meet Cold Weather Advisory, but will be close. The trough axis shifts east of the area on Tuesday and a strong surface high will settle over the eastern half of the Gulf. Expect drier conditions and mostly sunny skies, with a gradual rebound in temperatures, but not much. Afternoon highs on Tuesday will continue to run 12-18 degrees below normal. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 106 PM EDT Saturday: Broad upper troughiness should linger overhead through a good portion of the workweek as the airmass continues to modify Wednesday and beyond. Model guidance continue to hint at a relatively diffuse cold front to move in Thursday associated with a passing shortwave over the northeastern CONUS. Expected to be moisture starved though as no real return flow and weak forcing won't be able to squeeze much of a QPF response across the CWFA. However, a reinforcing shot of drier air behind the front may cause some fire weather concerns Thursday and Friday as this will lower RH values. Otherwise, dry conditions are expected as temperatures return to near-normal or slightly higher values by next Thursday and linger through the end of the forecast period. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... At KCLT and elsewhere: Cigs have finally scattered and/or lifted to VFR across the Terminal Forecast Area this afternoon, although can't rule out brief periods of MVFR here and there for the first couple of hours of this forecast period. Meanwhile, moisture will remain adequate for some modest destabilization to occur in light of the strong heating that is underway, especially across the southern half of the area. A weak frontal boundary is expected to provide a focus for development of scattered deep convection late this afternoon into the evening...mainly impacting the upstate SC terminals and KCLT. Convection should primarily be of the shower variety, but isolated/widely scattered thunderstorms are expected, with the probability of such increasing toward the southern part of the area...such that a tempo for TSRA is included at KAND after 22Z. VCSH and/or Prob30s for SHRA appear to be the best forecast at the other terminals, but will need to monitor trends closely for potential AMD to include TS at the other Upstate terminals and KCLT. Convection is expected to diminish and/or move east of the area around, or shortly after midnight, with the potential for crashing cigs and possibly reduced visby increasing from late evening through the overnight. LIFR cigs are forecast at most sites between 06-12Z Sunday. The visby forecast is primarily MVFR, but can't at all rule out something lower, especially at the NC terminals. Skies should clear at most terminals by late morning, with VFR expected at most sites from ~15Z on. Winds will generally be light/variable until the daylight hours Sunday, when they are expected to become SW at 5-10 kts at most sites, with a further increase and some gustiness expected Sunday afternoon. Outlook: A strong cold front will cross the area from the west by late Sunday, bringing gusty winds, some low clouds and RA/SN showers to the mountains. Precipitation may linger Monday across the mountains. Gusty winds linger through Monday into Tuesday. Dry conditions Wednesday and Thursday with afternoon gusts possible. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...None. NC...None. SC...None. && SYNOPSIS...CAC NEAR TERM...JDL SHORT TERM...CAC LONG TERM...CAC AVIATION...JDL
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 222 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025 NCZ036-037-056-057-068-069-504-506-508-510-091930- Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Cleveland-Lincoln-Greater Burke- Eastern McDowell-Greater Rutherford-Eastern Polk- 222 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Piedmont North Carolina and western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Widespread freezing temperatures are likely Monday night. In many places this could amount to a hard freeze and end the growing season. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. GAZ010-017-018-NCZ035-053-059-062>065-501>503-505-507-509-SCZ101>106- 091930- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Alexander-Buncombe-Northern Jackson-Macon- Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-Caldwell Mountains- Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-McDowell Mountains- Rutherford Mountains-Polk Mountains-Oconee Mountains- Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee- Greater Pickens-Central Greenville- 222 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, Piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ070>072-082-SCZ008>014-019-107>109-091930- Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-Cherokee-York- Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Chester-Greenwood-Southern Greenville- Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 222 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, Piedmont North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated thunderstorms are expected to develop across the Piedmont of South Carolina and northeast Georgia, into the Charlotte metro area late afternoon through the evening. There is a marginal risk of a severe storm or two producing hail up to 1-inch diameter, damaging wind gusts, and an isolated tornado can't be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Widespread freezing temperatures are likely Monday night. In many places this could amount to a hard freeze and end the growing season. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. NCZ033-048>052-058-091930- Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Graham- 222 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Snow showers will develop along the immediate Tennessee Border Sunday evening and linger through Monday night. 1-3" of snow is possible, especially above 3500'. 4-6" is possible in the higher elevations of the Smokies, with up to 10" possible in the highest peaks of the Smokies. Snow could be heavy at times. Winds will pick up out of the northwest on Sunday night as gusts of 35-45 mph are possible, especially at elevations above 3500'. Wind gusts remain elevated through Monday and Monday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
330 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025
SCZ010-082100-
Anderson SC-
330 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH
400 PM EST...
At 330 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Anderson, or near Lake Hartwell, 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 hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Anderson, Homeland Park, Northlake, Anderson Airport, Lake Hartwell,
Broadway Lake, Sadlers Creek State Park, and Sandy Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3446 8286 3446 8287 3447 8287 3448 8289
3453 8291 3464 8260 3442 8252 3441 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 258DEG 18KT 3449 8280
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CACThe Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
County comms relayed multiple reports of quarter sized hail in and near the town of Elberton.
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