Flash Flood Warning 9, 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

JOHNSTONE

NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-022300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
334 PM EST FRI FEB 2 1996

THE LATEST REPORTS FROM COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOW THAT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. BURKE...
CALDWELL...LINCOLN...CATAWBA...ALEXANDER...IREDELL...DAVIE AND
ROWAN COUNTIES HAVE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN RESULTING IN
POWER OUTAGES. DOWNED POWER LINES HAVE SPARKED 28 FIRES IN CATAWBA
COUNTY AND 50 PERCENT OF HICKORY IS WITHOUT POWER. IN LINCOLN COUNTY
1100-1200 HOMES ARE WITHOUT POWER. FIFTY PERCENT OF IREDELL COUNTY IS
WITHOUT POWER. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND INTO
HENDERSON COUNTY AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES...SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES
ARE DOWN...BUT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS.

PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF FOR THE TIME BEING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN
COUNTIES BORDERING TENNESSEE...HOWEVER AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO DROP IN
THESE COUNTIES AND PRECIPITATION MOVES BACK IN TOWARD DARK...SLEET AND
SNOW WILL BEGIN AND ROADS COULD BECOME VERY TREACHEROUS AS TEMPERATURES
FALL BELOW FREEZING.

MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL FALL ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO DROP AS COLDER AIR FILTERS
INTO THE REGION. ALSO...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ONLY COMPOUNDING
THE PROBLEM OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. AS TEMPERATURES
DROP...ROADS WILL BECOME VERY ICY AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

REMEMBER IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. KEEP
FLASHLIGHTS...EXTRA BATTERIES AND A PORTABLE BATTERY POWERED RADIO
CLOSE AT HAND IN YOUR HOME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM.

MOYER

END

NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-022300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
334 PM EST FRI FEB 2 1996

THE LATEST REPORTS FROM COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOW THAT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. BURKE...
CALDWELL...LINCOLN...CATAWBA...ALEXANDER...IREDELL...DAVIE AND
ROWAN COUNTIES HAVE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN RESULTING IN
POWER OUTAGES. DOWNED POWER LINES HAVE SPARKED 28 FIRES IN CATAWBA
COUNTY AND 50 PERCENT OF HICKORY IS WITHOUT POWER. IN LINCOLN COUNTY
1100-1200 HOMES ARE WITHOUT POWER. FIFTY PERCENT OF IREDELL COUNTY IS
WITHOUT POWER. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND INTO
HENDERSON COUNTY AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES...SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES
ARE DOWN...BUT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS.

PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF FOR THE TIME BEING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN
COUNTIES BORDERING TENNESSEE...HOWEVER AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO DROP IN
THESE COUNTIES AND PRECIPITATION MOVES BACK IN TOWARD DARK...SLEET AND
SNOW WILL BEGIN AND ROADS COULD BECOME VERY TREACHEROUS AS TEMPERATURES
FALL BELOW FREEZING.

MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL FALL ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO DROP AS COLDER AIR FILTERS
INTO THE REGION. ALSO...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ONLY COMPOUNDING
THE PROBLEM OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. AS TEMPERATURES
DROP...ROADS WILL BECOME VERY ICY AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

REMEMBER IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. KEEP
FLASHLIGHTS...EXTRA BATTERIES AND A PORTABLE BATTERY POWERED RADIO
CLOSlE AT HAND IN YOUR HOME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM.

MOYER

END