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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 9, 2005, 3:25 AM EST for Avery County, Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 9, 2005, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2005, 3:25 AM EST (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2005, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2005, 2:40 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 535 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 798 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KGSP 090825 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...A PERIOD OF VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT AS COLDER AIR SPILLS INTO THE REGION. NCZ033-049-050-091630- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.051209T0900Z-051209T2300Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 325 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. GUSTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-091630- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0011.051209T0900Z-051209T2300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 325 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. GUSTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ CSH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 091548 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1048 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE SOME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOMEWHAT STRONG THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AS COLDER AIR SPILLS INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT. NCZ033-049-050-092300- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-051209T2300Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1048 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 55 MPH...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND GAPS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-092300- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-051209T2300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 1048 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS IN NORTH CAROLINA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND GAPS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ JONES
000 WWUS72 KGSP 091940 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 240 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND DIMINISHING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF VERY WINDY CONDITIONS HAS DIMINISHED. NCZ033-049-050-092045- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-051209T2300Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 240 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING...BUT SOME GUSTINESS WILL REMAIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-092045- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-051209T2300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 240 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING. $$ JONES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 9, 3:15 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 3:15 AM EST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
315 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...
08 UTC RADAR IMAGERY AND SFC OBS INDICATING BACK EDGE OF PCPN
SHIELD NEARLY HALFWAY ACRS THE CWFA AND IT WILL CONTINUE TRANSLATING
QUICKLY EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE CWFA BY AROUND 12 UTC. SO...PLAN
ON LETTING WSW HIGHLIGHTING FREEZING RAIN THREAT EXPIRE ON TIME
AT 6 AM.
RATHER SHARP LLVL CAA DEVELOPS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS WITH
A QUICK VEER TO A STOUT NW WIND THROUGH MID-MORNING. POTENTIAL
FOR SOME 50 MPH WIND GUSTS ACRS THE NORTHERN NC MTNS COINCIDENT
WITH THIS PASSAGE. HAVE HOISTED WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA AND
WILL ENCOURAGE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TODAY FOR THE REST OF THE
NC MTNS.
COLD HIPRES TO SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT LEADING TO MOSTLY
CLEAR AND COLD CONDITIONS. WEAKENING MID-LVL S/WV BRUSHES BY
TO OUR NW ON SATURDAY WITH LITTLE FANFARE SAVE FOR SOME PERIODIC
HIGHER LVL CLOUDS. STRONGER VORT WILL ROUND BASE OF L/WV TROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SENSIBLE WEATHER LIMITED TO AN INCREASE IN
WESTERLY UPSLOPE CLOUDS INTO THE WESTERN NC MTNS BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
&&
.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
RATHER MOISTURE STARVED S/WV WILL DROP SE ACRS THE CWFA SUNDAY
WITH PCPN CHANCES LIMITED TO THE WESTERN NC MTNS WHERE WNW UPSLOPE
FLOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THIS SYSTEM/S WAKE. SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWER THREAT...MAINLY FOR THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES WILL
CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WHERE WEAK-MODERATE NW FLOW LINGERS
WITHIN CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT BEFORE BACKING TO A MORE SW DIRECTION
ON MONDAY. NO CHANGES MADE FROM MONDAY ONWARD.
&&
.AVIATION...
STRONGEST UPGLIDE PRECIPITATION OVER THE TAF LOCATIONS WAS AROUND
06Z THIS MORNING...AND WILL STEADILY DIMINISH FROM THE WEST THROUGH
12Z AS 850 MB FLOW VEERS WEST. TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY WARMING AT
KAVL AND KGSP AND PRECIP IS TAPERING OFF. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO
FLIRT WITH FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY THIS MORNING AT KCLT
BEFORE A SLIGHT RECOVERY OF TEMPERATURE FROM THE EAST AS WEDGE
BEGINS TO GET PINCHED WESTWARD TOWARD THE BLUE RIDGE. VERY RAPID
DRYING IS THEN INDICATED 12Z TO 15Z...WITH RAPID DECAY OF WEDGE IN
STRONG DOWNSLOPE FLOW. WILL BRING WINDS UP FROM WEST IN COLD
ADVECTION FLOW...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 KT ANTICIPATED AT KAVL
BY MIDDAY.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...ICE STORM WARNING NCZ033>035-049-050-053>055-065 TIL 6 AM.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-049-050 UNTIL 6 PM.
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065 TIL 6 PM.
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR NCZ036-037-048-056-057-063-064-
066>069 UNTIL 6 AM.
SC...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR SCZ002-003-005>008 UNTIL 6 AM.
&&
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...HG/RBHazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 5:59 AM EST, 21 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 559 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-091100- 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- 559 AM EST THU DEC 8 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 WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY AND WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS RAIN. HOWEVER...MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND AREAS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE ESCARPMENT FROM BREVARD TO NEWLAND MAY SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HALF INCH. PORTIONS OF HENDERSON...MITCHELL...AND AVERY COUNTIES MAY SEE DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE THE ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES /WSWGSP/. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SHOULD REMAIN INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUST TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE IN COMBINATION WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR POWER LINE AND TREE DAMAGE. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT /SPSGSP/ ADDRESSES THIS SITUATION IN GREATER DETAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF WINTER WEATHER MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 8, 10:41 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1041 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 NCZ033>037-048>050-053>057-065>070-SCZ003-006>008-090945- ALEXANDER-AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC- CLEVELAND-DAVIE-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- HENDERSON-IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MADISON NC-MCDOWELL-MITCHELL NC-POLK NC- ROWAN-RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA... GREENVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MARION... MOCKSVILLE...MORGANTON...NEWLAND...RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY... SHELBY...SPARTANBURG...SPRUCE PINE...STATESVILLE...TRYON 1041 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF WINTER WEATHER REPORTS FROM COUNTY COMMUNICATION CENTERS... IN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... SECONDARY ROADS ARE ICY IN AVERY COUNTY...WITH A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS IN MITCHELL COUNTY. OTHERWISE...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS OCCURRING ON TREES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. NORTHERN FOOTHILLS... SECONDARY ROADS ARE BECOMING ICY...MAINLY IN CALDWELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. CENTRAL/SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS/SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS... A FEW SLICK SPOTS ARE BEING REPORTED ON HENDERSON AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY ROADS. OTHERWISE...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS OCCURRING ON ELEVATED SURFACES IN HENDERSON AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES... AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MADISON COUNTY. BUNCOMBE COUNTY REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN. WESTERN PIEDMONT... SOME LIGHT ICE HAS ACCUMULATED ON ELEVATED SURFACES IN NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY. OTHERWISE...PRECIPITATION HAS MAINLY FALLEN AS RAIN. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED ON ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF I-85...MAINLY IN AREAS FROM GREENVILLE TO GAFFNEY. LANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:25 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 11 hr |
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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.