Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC
235 PM EST TUE FEB 3 1998

.FCST TRENDS CONTINUE GOOD...

SFC LOW APRCHNG NW FLA PANHANDLE WILL MOVE UP THE CAROLINA COASTS
ON

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1115 AM EST TUE FEB 3 1998

...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS
BUNCOMBE...MADISON AND HAYWOOD COUNTIES...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF CATAWBA COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...

...A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS FOR
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN
AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING THE
OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS STORM WILL SUPPORT MORE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. TONIGHT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL COOL AND RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW IN REMAINDER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND HIGH
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...ALTHOUGH SOME RAIN MAY REMAIN MIXED IN. BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING
AREA...TWO TO THREE INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. IN SOUTH CAROLINA WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MILES AND HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...
CONINUING INTO TONIGHT. IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA
...WIND WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING 35 TO 45 MPH AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS NEED TO BE
ALERT FOR A NUMBER OF THREATS DURING THIS STORM...INCLUDING
FLOODING...DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES...AND IN THE HIGH COUNTRY
...SNOW AND ICE ON ROADS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV...CABLE TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.

RWH/DEO

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
234 PM EST TUE FEB 3 1998

...STRONG WINDS HAVE CAUSED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL IN THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

NORTHEASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE PIEDMONT OF THE
CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA COMBINED WITH THE WET SOIL AS CAUSED SEVERAL TREES
TO FALL DURING THE MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.  WIND GUSTS IN THE
HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS HAVE REACHED SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 82
MPH. THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW A ROCK ONTO THE ROAD AT SOCO
GAP ON THE HAYWOOD/JACKSON COUNTY BORDER IN NORTH CAROLINA.  POWER LINES
HAVE FALLEN IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND ASHEVILLE WHERE AN OBSERVER ON
FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN AT 220 PM REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 82 MPH.

DAMAGING WIND WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE NIGHT.

DEO

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
234 PM EST TUE FEB 3 1998

...STRONG WINDS HAVE CAUSED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL IN THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

NORTHEASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE PIEDMONT OF THE
CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA COMBINED WITH THE WET SOIL AS CAUSED SEVERAL TREES
TO FALL DURING THE MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.  WIND GUSTS IN THE
HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS HAVE REACHED SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 82
MPH. THE WIND WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW A ROCK ONTO THE ROAD AT SOCO
GAP ON THE HAYWOOD/JACKSON COUNTY BORDER IN NORTH CAROLINA.  POWER LINES
HAVE FALLEN IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND ASHEVILLE WHERE AN OBSERVER ON
FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN AT 220 PM REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 82 MPH.

DAMAGING WIND WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE NIGHT.

DEO