Alert archive / North Carolina / Snow Advisories in 2005
Snow Advisory 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this snow advisory at Nov 21, 2005, 4:09 PM EST for 7 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 22, 2005, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 2005, 4:09 PM EST (21:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 22, 2005, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2005, 10:17 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 308 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
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Nov 21, 3:15 PM EST, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 3:15 PM EST, 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 21, 6:14 AM EST, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 614 AM EST MON NOV 21 2005 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 221115- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 614 AM EST MON NOV 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AS WELL AS WESTERN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A BIT MORE SCATTERED FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT...BUT MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RAIN DURING THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPERIENCED FOR MOST FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS TUESDAY...BUT SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR AND AT THIS TIME...NO RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON TUESDAY. MOSTLY FAIR WEATHER...ALBEIT COOL AND AT TIMES BREEZY...WILL DOMINATE THE LONGER RANGES OF THE FORECAST. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO THICKEN AND LOWER AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY IN NORTH CAROLINA...AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BUT ONLY VERY SMALL CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION ARE ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY INFORMATION ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR WIND SPEEDS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-221115- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 614 AM EST MON NOV 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS MOST OF TODAY...BECOMING A BIT HEAVIER TOWARD EVENING. OVERNIGHT...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO LOWER FREEZING LEVELS...WITH PRECIPITATION GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE...AND BECOMING ALL SNOW IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE IN THE HIGHER GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ALSO. BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY...SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO TWO INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TRACE AMOUNTS MAY REACH AS FAR INTO THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AS ASHEVILLE AND BREVARD. TEMPERATURES WILL TUMBLE INTO THE 20S OVERNIGHT...WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD APPROACH 50 MPH BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY MORNING...ENDING FROM THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS BACK TO A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WITH DAYTIME HEATING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION MAY FALL AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ONLY A BIT WITH CONTINUED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND CHILLS COULD BRIEFLY FALL BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A FAST-MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL RETURN GUSTY WINDS AND THE CHANCE OF SNOW TO TENNESSEE BORDER AREAS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING MORNING. AS OF NOW...IT APPEARS SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE OBSERVED NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANY INFORMATION TRAINED SPOTTERS CAN PROVIDE REGARDING RAINFALL OR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH WIND SPEEDS...WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 4:07 PM EST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 407 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-212300- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- HABERSHAM-HART-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CLARKESVILLE... CLAYTON...ELBERTON...HARTWELL...TOCCOA 407 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 345 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS LINE EXTENDS NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM BATESVILLE...TO CORNELIA...TO CARNESVILLE...TO BOWMAN. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH AS IT SWEEPS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 600 PM. STRONG WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONALLY... RAINFALL RATES WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS WILL HAVE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO PRODUCE HYDRO-PLANING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET WHEN FLOODED ROADS WILL BE HARD TO SEE. KRENTZ
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.