Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC
140 PM EST FRI FEB 2 1996

RAH: CONT ALL WARNINGS. CONSIDER UPGRADING WATCH TO ICE STORM WARNING.
KEEP SNOW IN FCST THRU SAT NGT N MTNS.
CAE: MAY NEED TO LK AT EXPNDG FFA. KEEP WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

DISC:  BEST DYNAMICS WITH THIS SYSTEM POISED TO MOVE THROUGH OUR CWA
THROUGH ARND 06Z.  ICE STORM CONTINUES BASICALLY NORTH OF I-85 AND EAST
OF I-26...WITH PLENTY OF TREE/POWER LINES BEING DOWNED...MAINLY FROM
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY SC...AND POINTS NORTH OF A SHELBY-LINCOLNTON
TO CONCORD LINE.  IN THE N MTNS OF NC PRECIP WAS BEGINNING TO MIX BACK
WITH SNOW...AND THIS TREND SHUD CONT.  ACROSS XTRM NE GA AND THE REST
OF THE UPSTATE...MAINLY TREE ICING CONTS NORTH OF I-85.  HERE AT GSP WE
CONT TO ACCUMULATE ICE IN THE TREES EVEN AT 33 DEG.

ACRS THE REST OF THE UPSTATE AND NE GA VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE MOVG IN.
BASED ON TRENDS THE NEXT SVRL HOURS...WE MAY WANT TO EXPAND FFA TO
INCLUDE A GOOD DEAL OF THE REST OF THE UPSTATE.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS
HAVE FOR THE MOST PART STAYED OUT OF THE NC MTNS.

IN THE REST OF THE NC MTNS...MAINLY JUST RAIN WAS FALLING.  IT APPEARS
THE COLDER AIR IS NOW POISED TO MOVE BACK IN AS TROF AXIS SHIFTS
EAST...SO GOING WARNINGS SHUD PRBLY WORK OUT.  FOR THE WATCH AREA ARND
CLT...AM LEANING TWRDS UPGRADING AT NEXT ISSUANCE AS TEMPS AT FREEZING
AND PLENTY OF MSTR TO GO.

MY TEMP FCST LEANS A BIT TWRD COLDER FAN NUMBERS LATE IN THE PD.  RCMD
KEEPING AT LEAST A SMALL CHC SNOW SHOWERS ERLY ALL AREAS TOMORROW...AND
ALSO RCMD LIKELY POPS FOR S- IN THE N MTNS THRU SUN AS STRONG VORT MAX
MOVES ACRS.

AVL 22/25 12/19 +/5/0/0
CLT 26/28 17/29 +/4/0/0
GSP 26/28 15/28 +/3/0/0

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1124 AM EST FRI FEB 2 1996

A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA:

AVERY...MITCHELL...YANCEY

AN ICE STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST AND
SOUTHWEST PIEDMONTS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND A WINTER STORM WATCH
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA:

GASTON...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...UNION

IN THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

OCONEE...PICKENS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...YORK...CHESTER

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA:

STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN

HERE ARE THE LASTEST REPORTS FROM COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS:

IN NORTH CAROLINA:

GRAHAM CO: MAINLY RAIN WITH SPOTTY ICING
SWAIN CO: ICE ON THE MOUNTAINS
MACON CO: SLIGHT ICING ON OVERPASSES
JACKSON CO: RAINING WITH SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN TOPS
HAYWOOD CO: 2 INCHES ICE AND SNOW
TRANSYLVANIA CO: ICE ONLY ON TREES
MADISON CO: ICE AND SLUSH ON ROADS - SOME DOWNED POWER LINES
BUNCOMBE CO: MAINLY RAIN WITH SOME MINOR ICING
HENDERSON CO: ROADS WET - ICE ON TREES
RUTHERFORD CO: RAIN - ICE ON TREES
POLK CO: PATCHES OF ICE ON ROADS - ICE ON TREES
YANCEY CO: SLUSH ON ROADS - TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN - SOME SNOW
FLURRIES
MITCHELL CO: ICE OVER ENTIRE COUNTY
AVERY CO: RAIN IN NEWLAND WITH SLUSHY ROADS - MORE ICE IN NORTHERN PART
MCDOWELL CO: ICE WIDESPREAD IN NORTHERN PART - PATCHY ICE ELSEWHERE
CALDWELL CO: TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH ICE WIDESPREAD
BURKE CO: TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH ICE WIDESPREAD
CLEVELAND CO: ONLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ICY
ALEXANDER CO: SOME POWER LINES DOWN - ROADS JUST WET
CATAWBA CO: NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
LINCOLN CO: SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN - ROADS ICY...MAINLY BRIDGES
GASTON CO: BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ICY
IREDELL CO: BRIDGES ICY - TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
DAVIE CO: BRIDGES ICY - ICE ON TREES
ROWAN CO: PATCY ICE ON ROADS...MAINLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
CABARRUS CO: PATCY ICE...MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
MECKLENBURG CO: RAIN WITH NO ICE PROBLEMS
UNION CO: ICE ON TREES - MINOR URBAN STREET FLOODING IN MONROE

IN SOUTH CAROLINA:

OCONEE CO: ICE ONLY ON TREES - NO ROAD PROBLEMS
PICKENS CO: ICE ON TREES
GREENVILLE CO: ICE ON TREES - NO ROAD PROBLEMS
SPARTANBURG CO: ICING NORTHERN HALF WITH SOME POWER LINES DOWN - ICING
BEGINNING IN THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG
CHEROKEE CO: ICE ON TREES - NO ROAD PROBLEMS

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA:

HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES: ICE ONLY ON TREES

FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ICE MAY CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND
POWER LINES CONTINUING THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MAIN TRAVEL HAZARDS THIS AFTERNOON.
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
EVENTUALLY TURN TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR BEGINS TO
WORK IN FROM THE WEST.

PEOPLE TRAVELING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ICY PATCHES ON ROADS. DOWNED TREES
AND POWER LINES CREATE A HAZARD FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS.

MOYER