WNC Weather Blog

The following is from the National Weather Service:

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 AM EDT FRI APR 21 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-220745-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
331 AM EDT FRI APR 21 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOOK FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY EVENING. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.

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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT FRI APR 21 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-220900-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
408 PM EDT FRI APR 21 2006

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO
THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...AND COULD BECOME
SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. SEVERE STORMS
MAY ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA AND PRODUCE A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL. LATER TONIGHT...
A LARGE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE
AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE
WEAKENING AS IT APPROACHES THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...THERE WILL STILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE
WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
AND WESTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

PERHAPS THE BIGGER THREAT WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. THIS
MAY PRODUCE A THREAT OF ISOLATED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING IN
THESE AREAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND IT IS POSSIBLE A FLOOD
WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
LATER TONIGHT.

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LANE

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If you're in WNC, you might check some Rain Gauge Data

Looks like we are in for some wet weather.

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The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstoorm Watch for the area.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 206
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 206 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

NCC011-021-023-027-045-075-087-089-099-111-113-115-121-149-161-
173-175-199-191500-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0206.060419T0740Z-060419T1500Z/

NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE
CALDWELL CLEVELAND GRAHAM
HAYWOOD HENDERSON JACKSON
MACON MADISON MCDOWELL
MITCHELL POLK RUTHERFORD
SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY
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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
327 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-190930-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
327 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL NEARING THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS

AT 320 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
LINE WAS ABOUT OVER MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED WELL BACK INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND AT THEIR PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THEY
SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS ROUGHLY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 40 AND
INTERSTATE 26 BY 4 AM.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING
HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUDY TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM THE STORMS WILL MOVE FARTHER INTO THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...LIKELY AFFECTING AREAS FROM SYLVA TO
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE AND BURNSVILLE.

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MCAVOY



Severe Thunderstorm Watch in WNC

Go here for the Haywood County forecast.

Find the text forecast below:

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Expires:200604191030;;052405
FPUS52 KGSP 181937
ZFPGSP

ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006


NCZ048-051-052-058-191030-
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE
337 PM EDT TUE APR 18 2006

.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 50. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN
70 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN
50 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 70. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF
RAIN 40 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. CHANCE OF
RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. LOWS
IN THE MID 40S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.

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The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag warning for most of WNC. See map below and follow the link above to find out more.

The post is here.


The storms that came through last night were a welcome taste of spring.
I was just at the National Weather Service GSP Page and saw that parts of WNC are now under a Tornado Watch. Let's see if I can paste the picture below: