Last Updated on October 2, 2022 5:38 pm
Tornado possibilities graphic from Brad Panovich
136 PM EST WED From NWS
โฆSEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA..UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA..AND NORTHEAST GEORGIAโฆ
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
EASTERN TENNESSEE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONTโฆWITH THE STORMS REACHING
THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING. THERE IS
A GOOD CHANCE THAT SEVERAL OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS MAY CONSOLIDATE
INTO A SQUALL LINE THAT COULD PRODUCE SWATHS OF DAMAGING WIND. THERE
WILL BE ENOUGH WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE SUCH
THAT TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH TORNADOES ARE RARE
OVER THE MOUNTAINSโฆPARTICULARLY IN WINTERโฆTHE WEATHER
SITUATION THIS EVENING IS MUCH MORE LIKE SPRINGTIMEโฆSO A FEW
TORNADOES SHOULD NOT BE RULED OUT.
ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE IN THE
DAY ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTH GEORGIAโฆREACHING NORTHEAST
GEORGIA DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING. IF THESE STORMS
DEVELOPโฆTHEY WOULD MOVE ACROSS THE UPSTATE LATE THIS
EVENINGโฆAND TOWARD THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURSโฆPRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLEโฆWHICH WOULD INCREASE THE THREAT
FOR A FEW TORNADOES.
IT IS UNCERTAIN IF STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE OVER
THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONTโฆBUT THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN
THOSE AREAS LATE TONIGHT.
LATER DEVELOPMENTSโฆSUCH AS THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE ATMOSPHERE
BECOMES UNSTABLE AND THE AMOUNT OF WIND SHEARโฆWILL DETERMINE IF
ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES ARE ISSUED FOR THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MONITOR THE FORECAST
LATER THIS EVENINGโฆESPECIALLY BEFORE GOING TO BED TONIGHTโ
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