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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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