Alert archive / North Carolina / Ice Storm Warnings in 2005
Ice Storm Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this ice storm warning at Dec 14, 2005, 10:59 AM EST for 17 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 14, 2005, 3:42 PM EST. It was in force for 26 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2005, 10:59 AM EST (15:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2005, 3:42 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 31 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 5:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Abbeville, SC | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ICE ON ROADS AND BRIDGES 1/4 INCH ICE |
| Dec 15, 5:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Gastonia, NC | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Dec 15, 5:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Greenwood, SC | POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ROADS ICY |
| Dec 15, 5:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Hartwell, GA | POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ROADS ICY |
| Dec 15, 5:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lavonia, GA | POWER OUTAGES TREES DOWN. ROADS ICY |
| Dec 15, 5:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Rock Hill, SC | POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ICE ON ROADS 1/4 INCH ICE |
| Dec 15, 5:40 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Anderson, SC | ICY ROADS POWER LINES DOWN 1/4 INCH ICE ON TREES |
| Dec 15, 5:40 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Clarkesville, GA | POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ROADS ICY 1/4 INCH ICE |
| Dec 15, 5:40 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Laurens, SC | ROADS ICY 1/4 INCH OF ICE POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN |
| Dec 15, 1:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 N Kannapolis, NC | *** 1 FATAL *** MAN KILLED IN HIS HOME BY ICE COVERED TREE THAT FELL ON THE HOUSE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS42 KGSP 141559 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1059 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ICE STORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO WEDGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BECOMING HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL BE SLOW TO RETREAT...WITH THE RESULT BEING PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A WINTRY MIX INITIALLY WITH A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. NCZ033>035-049-050-053>056-065>068-150000- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.051214T2300Z-051215T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.IS.W.0002.051214T2300Z-051215T2300Z/ AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE- CATAWBA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY...HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS... RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY 1059 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND FLURRIES WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GIVE WAY TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS AMOUNT OF ICING WILL CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. ISOLATED AREAS COULD SEE AS MUCH AS A HALF INCH OF ICE...WHICH WOULD DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AND CAUSE PROTRACTED POWER OUTAGES. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME ICE COVERED AND VERY DANGEROUS BY LATE TONIGHT. AS GROUND TEMPERATURES ARE FAIRLY WARM...NON-ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES WILL ONLY SEE PATCHY AREAS OF ICING DEVELOP. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ GAZ010-017-018-NCZ064-SCZ001-002-004-005-150000- /O.EXA.KGSP.WS.A.0003.051214T2300Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-TRANSYLVANIA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... BREVARD 1059 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND FLURRIES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GIVE WAY TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON. BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. DAMAGING ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TREES AND POWER LINES COULD FALL DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NCZ036-037-057-069-070-SCZ003-006>008-150000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.A.0003.051214T2300Z-051215T2300Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SALISBURY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY 1059 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND FLURRIES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GIVE WAY TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON. BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. DAMAGING ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TREES AND POWER LINES COULD FALL DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MCAVOY
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS42 KGSP 142042 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 342 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ICE STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED IN CANADA WILL SUPPLY COLD AIR ACROSS THE LOWER APPALACHIANS THROUGH THURSDAY. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND BEGIN TO SLOWLY APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX AND WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. GAZ010-017-018-NCZ036-037-057-064-069-070-SCZ001>008-150445- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.051214T2300Z-051215T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.IS.W.0002.051214T2300Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-LINCOLN- GASTON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SALISBURY...BREVARD...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY 342 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THROUGH THIS EVENING...FLURRIES AND ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. BY DAWN THURSDAY THROUGH NOON...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD PRIMARILY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. ICE SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 FROM TOCCOA TO GREENVILLE TO GASTONIA BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AT THE VERY LEAST...TRAVEL ACROSS UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NCZ033>035-049-050-053>056-065>068-150445- /O.CON.KGSP.IS.W.0002.051214T2300Z-051215T2300Z/ AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE- CATAWBA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY...HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS... RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY 342 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THROUGH THIS EVENING...FLURRIES AND ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. BY DAWN THURSDAY THROUGH NOON...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD PRIMARILY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. ICE SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HALF INCH COULD BE COMMON ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM ASHEVILLE TO HICKORY BY NOON THURSDAY. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AT THE VERY LEAST...TRAVEL ACROSS UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ GAZ026-028-029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009>014-019-150445- /O.NEW.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.051214T2300Z-051215T2300Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 342 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THROUGH THIS EVENING...FLURRIES AND ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. BY DAWN THURSDAY THROUGH NOON...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD PRIMARILY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. ICE SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH MAY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CONCORD TO ROCK HILL SOUTHWEST TO ANDERSON BY NOON THURSDAY. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 FROM CHARLOTTE TO KANNAPOLIS COULD SEE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR A QUARTER OF AN INCH. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AT THE VERY LEAST...TRAVEL ACROSS UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NED
000 WWUS42 KGSP 150318 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1018 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ICE STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED IN CANADA WILL SUPPLY COLD AIR ACROSS THE LOWER APPALACHIANS THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND SLOWLY APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX AND WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-064>070-SCZ001>008- 151100- /O.CON.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY 1018 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. SPOTTY AREAS OF ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS...SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE FROM THE SOUTHWEST REACHING AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL REACH AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. BY DAWN THURSDAY THROUGH NOON...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD PRIMARILY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. ICE SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES AND SOME ROADWAYS WILL OCCUR AS WELL. TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE UPSTATE...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 FROM TOCCOA...TO GREENVILLE...TO GASTONIA BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HALF INCH COULD BE COMMON ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM ASHEVILLE TO HICKORY AND MOCKSVILLE BY NOON THURSDAY. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AT THE VERY LEAST...TRAVEL ACROSS UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ANYWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ GAZ026-028-029-NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009>014-019-151100- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1018 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. SPOTTY AREAS OF ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS...SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE FROM THE SOUTHWEST REACHING AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL REACH AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. BY DAWN THURSDAY THROUGH NOON...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD PRIMARILY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN. ICE SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH MAY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CONCORD TO ROCK HILL SOUTHWEST TO ANDERSON BY NOON THURSDAY. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 FROM CHARLOTTE TO KANNAPOLIS COULD SEE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR A QUARTER OF AN INCH. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AT THE VERY LEAST...TRAVEL ACROSS UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 150851 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 351 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER CANADA WILL SUPPLY COLD AIR ACROSS THE LOWER APPALACHIANS THROUGH TODAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND SLOWLY APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. PRECIPITATION WILL PREDOMINANTLY BE FREEZING RAIN. GAZ026-028-029-SCZ010>013-019-151700- /O.UPG.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...GREENWOOD 351 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-064>070-SCZ001>008- 151700- /O.CON.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY 351 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HALF INCH COULD BE COMMON ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM ASHEVILLE TO HICKORY AND MOCKSVILLE BY NOON THURSDAY. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-014-151700- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 351 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE FROM THE SOUTHWEST REACHING AREAS AROUND ROCK HILL..CHESTER AND CHARLOTTE. ICE SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCK HILL CHARLOTTE BY NOON. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 FROM CHARLOTTE TO KANNAPOLIS COULD SEE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR A QUARTER OF AN INCH. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AT THE VERY LEAST...TRAVEL ACROSS UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RB
000 WWUS42 KGSP 151045 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER CANADA WILL SUPPLY COLD AIR ACROSS THE LOWER APPALACHIANS THROUGH TODAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND SLOWLY APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. PRECIPITATION WILL PREDOMINANTLY BE FREEZING RAIN. NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-014-151845- /O.UPG.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 545 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CHESTER TO ROCK HILL TO CHARLOTTE TO CONCORD BY NOON. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-064>070- SCZ001>008-010>013-019-151845- /O.CON.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GASTON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY... SALISBURY...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...GREENWOOD 545 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HALF INCH COULD BE COMMON ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM ASHEVILLE TO HICKORY AND MOCKSVILLE BY NOON THURSDAY. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ RB
000 WWUS42 KGSP 151236 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 736 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM TO CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER CANADA WILL SUPPLY COLD AIR ACROSS THE LOWER APPALACHIANS THROUGH TODAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND SLOWLY APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TODAY...MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN DURING THE DAY...WITH THE TRANSITION FIRST OCCURRING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT THIS MORNING. IN THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...THE FREEZING RAIN COULD LAST MOST OF THE DAY. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-064>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-152045- /O.CON.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY... SALISBURY...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 736 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HALF INCH COULD BE COMMON ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM ASHEVILLE TO HICKORY AND MOCKSVILLE BY NOON THURSDAY. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES USUALLY BEGINS WHEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH...AND THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS TREES TO FALL AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES WHICH MAY LAST FOR DAYS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NCZ048-052-152045- /O.NEW.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.051215T1236Z-051215T2300Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAYNESVILLE 736 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN APPROACHING A QUARTER INCH WILL OCCUR IN EASTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY NOON. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE CANTON AREA...AND MANY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE SLICK AND VERY DANGEROUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 14
000 WWUS42 KGSP 151709 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1209 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN TO PERSIST ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE SOUTHEAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MODERATE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND MANY AREAS HAVE ALREADY CHANGED OVER TO RAIN. THE LAST PLACES TO CHANGE OVER WILL BE THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...WHICH MAY SEE FREEZING RAIN LAST THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS TREES WILL FALL AND THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...EVEN AFTER THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ082-SCZ001-004-010>014-019-151815- /O.CAN.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...MONROE...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1209 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE...ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND A SMALL PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. THEREFORE THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THESE AREAS. WHILE FREEZING RAIN IS NO LONGER OCCURRING...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN THIS AREA. MANY ROADS WILL BE BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES WILL PERSIST. AVOID FALLEN POWER LINES. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN PEDESTRIANS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR FALLING TREE LIMBS AND CHUNKS OF ICE. $$ NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-064>072-SCZ002-003-005>009-152300- /O.CON.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK- RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY... SALISBURY...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 1209 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOT BEFORE ANOTHER TENTH TO QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATES. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO NEARLY A HALF INCH...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS SEEING EVEN MORE. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL SOON CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OVER THE UPSTATE...THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. THE FOOTHILLS WILL SEE FREEZING RAIN LAST THE LONGEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL THUS SEE THE MOST ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NCZ048-052-152300- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAYNESVILLE 1209 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OVER EASTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES. MANY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE SLICK AND VERY DANGEROUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MCAVOY
000 WWUS42 KGSP 152120 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 420 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM ENDING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... .AS OF THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS FREEZING RAIN HAD CHANGED OVER TO ALL RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...THOUGH A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN REMAINED SCATTERED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-064>072-SCZ002-003-005>009-152300- /O.CON.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK- RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY... SALISBURY...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 420 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ICE STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY EVENING...AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING...THEREFORE THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. THROUGH FREEZING RAIN WILL END BY 6 PM...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. MANY ROADS WILL BE BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES WILL PERSIST. AVOID FALLEN POWER LINES. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUTSIDE TONIGHT. EVEN PEDESTRIANS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR FALLING TREE LIMBS AND CHUNKS OF ICE. $$ NCZ048-052-152300- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAYNESVILLE 420 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. ANY REMAINING AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ MCAVOY
000 WWUS42 KGSP 152305 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-064>072-SCZ002-003-005>009-160015- /O.EXP.KGSP.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK- RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY... SALISBURY...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 605 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION IS COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING. THEREFORE THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER ICE WILL REMAIN ON TREES...POWER LINES AND SOME BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. $$ NCZ048-052-160015- /O.EXP.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAYNESVILLE 605 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING. THEREFORE THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Dec 14, 3:04 AM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 3:04 AM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...
UPPER RIDGE MOVES E TODAY...WHILE UPPER LOW OVER N PLAINS DIGS SE
AND A SHORTWAVE DIVES TOWARD CWA. SFC HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO
RIDGE DOWN ALONG E SIDE OF THE MTNS. ATLANTIC MOISTURE STILL
EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE S TODAY WHILE A SFC LOW DEVELOPS ALONG
N GULF AND DEEP GULF MOISTURE SURGES NE TOWARD AREA. AS PRECIP
BEGINS TO FALL THROUGH WEDGE OF DRY AIR IN LOWER ATMOSPHERE LATE
THIS AFTN AND EVE...SFC TEMPS SHOULD COOL AS ANTICIPATED. LATEST
SOUNDINGS AND THICKNESS SCHEMES STILL INDICATE PRECIP STARTING AS A
WINTERY MIX...BEFORE TURNING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS
EVENING...THEN MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT IN THE WEDGE COOLED
AIR. AS WEDGE ERODES THU PRECIP WILL BECOME ALL RAIN BEFORE ENDING
DURING THE DAY. THERE IS A CHANCE SNOW WILL LINGER OVER NW FACING
MOUNTAIN ESCARPMENT THU NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FRI AND SAT WITH TEMPERATURES
REBOUNDING TO AROUND 50...40S MTNS. HPC CONTINUES TO FAVOR THE
ECMWF THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED RANGE. THIS RESULTS IN A
VERY INTERESTING PATTERN WITH A SPRAWLING ARCTIC HIGH COVERING
MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND ERN CONUS WITH A SERIES OF IMPULSES
EJECTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST STATES. MODELS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER
THE PLACE ON THE DETAILS WITH THIS PATTERN...AND FOR NOW JUST HAVE
LOW CHANCE POPS AND MAINLY LIQUID PCPN SUN/MON. HOWEVER...THE TYPE
OF PATTERN COULD EASILY YIELD SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX IF A STRONGER
SRN STREAM WAVE DEVELOPS.
&&
.AVIATION...
STILL NOT MUCH SIG WX TO DEAL WITH FOR THE FIRST 18 HOURS OF THE 06
UTC TAF PACKAGE VALID PERIOD AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO
MOISTEN FROM THE TOP DOWN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A
GRADUAL LOWERING OF HIGH AND MID LVL CIGS. WITH DEVELOPING LLVL
UPGLIDE THIS EVENING THE THREAT FOR LOWER CIGS...PERHAPS MVFR
LVL...INCREASES DURING THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. PCPN CHANCES WILL BE
INCREASING AS WELL WITH THE THREAT OF MAINLY LIGHT
PCPN...UNRESTRICTED VSBYS ...BUT PERHAPS A WINTRY MIX...AT
KGSP/KAND/KAVL LATER IN THE EVENING.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-065>070 FROM
6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY.
SC...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SCZ003-006>008 FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6
PM THURSDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...RB/BPM
AVIATION...CSHHazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 3:48 AM EST, 7 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 348 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-150900- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 348 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THIS EVENING...TURNING TO FREEZING RAIN OVER PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A WINTER STORM WATCH AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAVE BEEN ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EXPECT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING OVER PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT BEFORE WARMING TO ALL RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 14, 10:05 AM EST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1005 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005 GAZ026-028-029-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-071-072-082-SCZ009>014- 019-142200- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-CABARRUS-CHESTER-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GRAHAM- GREENWOOD-HART-HAYWOOD-LAURENS SC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MECKLENBURG- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-UNION NC-UNION SC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CHARLOTTE... CHEROKEE...CHESTER...CONCORD...ELBERTON...FRANKLIN...GREENWOOD... HARTWELL...LAURENS...MONROE...ROCK HILL...SYLVA...UNION...WAYNESVILLE 1115 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO WEDGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BECOMING HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL BE SLOW TO RETREAT...WITH THE RESULT BEING PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A WINTRY MIX. A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND FLURRIES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IS EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND/OR SLEET IS PROBABLE...PERHAPS RESULTING IN SLICK ROADS THURSDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR THESE AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM. MCAVOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2:47 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:42 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 14 hr |
Nearby
Ice Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Ice Storm Warnings in South Carolina, 2005Ice Storm Warnings in Georgia, 2005Every ice storm warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.