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Last Updated on October 2, 2022 5:38 pm

Tornado possibilities graphic from Brad Panovich
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136 PM EST WED From NWS

โ€ฆSEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA..UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA..AND NORTHEAST GEORGIAโ€ฆ

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
EASTERN TENNESSEE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONTโ€ฆWITH 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 MOUNTAINSโ€ฆPARTICULARLY IN WINTERโ€ฆTHE WEATHER
SITUATION THIS EVENING IS MUCH MORE LIKE SPRINGTIMEโ€ฆSO A FEW
TORNADOES SHOULD NOT BE RULED OUT.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE IN THE
DAY ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTH GEORGIAโ€ฆREACHING NORTHEAST
GEORGIA DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING. IF THESE STORMS
DEVELOPโ€ฆTHEY WOULD MOVE ACROSS THE UPSTATE LATE THIS
EVENINGโ€ฆAND TOWARD THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURSโ€ฆPRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLEโ€ฆWHICH 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 PIEDMONTโ€ฆBUT THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN
THOSE AREAS LATE TONIGHT.

LATER DEVELOPMENTSโ€ฆSUCH AS THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE ATMOSPHERE
BECOMES UNSTABLE AND THE AMOUNT OF WIND SHEARโ€ฆWILL DETERMINE IF
ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES ARE ISSUED FOR THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MONITOR THE FORECAST
LATER THIS EVENINGโ€ฆESPECIALLY BEFORE GOING TO BED TONIGHTโ€

Video update from Brad Panovich, WCNC NewsChannel 36 Chief Meteorologist, Twitter Facebook

Graphics via National Weather Service

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