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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 15, 2005, 9:43 AM EST for 12 counties in North Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2005, 9:43 AM EST (14:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2005, 3:31 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 614 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 151443 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 943 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO OVERSPREAD THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING... GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-152245- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0012.051215T1443Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 943 AM EST THU DEC 15 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 FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTING OUT OF THE DEEP SOUTH. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL BE TOO STABLE TO SEE THE STRONG WINDS...BUT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND LARGER VALLEYS THAT OPEN TO THE SOUTH...INCLUDING THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...WILL SEE A PERIOD OF VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. IN AREAS WHERE TREES HAVE A COATING OF ICE...THESE WINDS WILL SERVE TO DOWN QUITE A FEW TREES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KGSP 152031 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 331 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-152145- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 331 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG RIDGE-TOP WINDS HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. $$ MCAVOY
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 15, 7:24 AM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 7:24 AM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
WL ISSUE A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR HAYWOOD AND MADISON COUNTIES
IN THE NC MTNS. FAIR AMOUNT OF ICING IN THESE COUNTIES WITH A FEW
PROBLEMS REPORTED ON ROADS. REST OF THE SOUTHWEST MTNS SEEM TO BE
IN GOOD SHAPE. NO OTHER CHANGES ATTM.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 547 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005)
SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
WITH COLD WET BULB TEMPS AND RAIN CONTINUING...GOING TO EXPAND
ICE STORM WARNING TO INCLUDE THE REST OF THE ADVISORY AREA DUE TO
REPORTS OF UP TO 0.2 INCHES ICE VCNTY CHARLOTTE.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 357 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005)
SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
BASED ON EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND SPOTTER REPORTS OF ACCUMULATIONS
OVER 1/8 INCH...WITH A COUPLE TREES DAMAGED...HAVE EXPANDED ICE
WARNING AREA TO INCLUDE THE REST OF OUR GA COUNTIES AND MOST OF
UPSTATE SC.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 238 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005)
SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
SFC LOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ALONG N GULF STATES AS DEEP MOISTURE
SURGES NE OVER AREA. WET BULBS ARE PLENTY COLD AND AS PRECIP
FELL THROUGH WEDGE OF DRY AIR...SFC TEMPS HAVE DROPPED BELOW
FREEZING. WET BULBS INCREASE TO ABOVE FREEZING OVER W MTNS AROUND
DAYBREAK..THEN ALONG S FRINGE BY MID MORNING. THEN AS WARM NOSE
INCREASES WITH WAA AND WEDGE ERODES...EXPECT SFC TEMPS TO
INCREASE TO ABOVE FREEZING FROM SW TO NE AND ALONG WEDGE BOUNDARY.
MODELS DIFFER IN TIMING WITH NAM BEING FASTER ERODING THE WEDGE
BUT WITH HPC SUPPORT...AN THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD DOME...HAVE
TRENDED CLOSER TO THE GFS TIMING. A SIGNIFICANT DRY SLOT IS
APPROACHING FROM THE SW ATTM...BUT RAIN WILL FILL BACK IN LATER
THIS MORNING AS SFC LOW DEVELOPS SW OF HERE AND TRACKS NE. HAVE
MADE A NUMBER OF SMALL ADJUSTMENTS BUT WILL STAY FAIRLY CLOSE TO
CURRENT FORECAST THROUGH TODAY. RAIN MOVES OFF TO THE NE THIS EVE
WITH SOME WRAP AROUND SNOW LINGERING OVER THE TN BORDER MTNS INTO
FRI MORNING. DRY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR FRI AND SAT.
LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
UPPER FLOW INITIALLY ZONAL IN MEDIUM RANGE...WITH FAST MOVING
SHORTWAVE DRIVING A SURFACE WAVE ALONG FRONT IN GULF SAT NIGHT AND
SUN...TO SOUTH OF A SURFACE RIDGE ACROSS SE STATES. BEST MOISTURE
MOVES ACROSS S TIER OF AREA. THICKNESS SUFFICIENTLY LOW TO FAVOR
SNOW N TIER AND RAIN S...WITH RAPID TRANSISITION ALONG I-85. RAPID
DRYING BEHIN SSYTEM PERSISTS UNTIL TUE WHEN UPPER TROUGH AMPLIFIES
UPSTREAM AND ANOTHER FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM W. THIS
SYSTEM LACKS MOISTURE OF PREVIOUS SYSTEM...WARRNATING ONLY SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS...BUT WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT AN ALL SNOW EVENT.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN BELOW NORMAL WITH COLD SURFACE RIDGE IN
PLACE...THOUGH DIURNAL RANGE WILL BE LOW IN PERIODS OF CLOUD COVER
WITH SHORTWAVES.
AVIATION...
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...ADVERTISED AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH
DAYBREAK...WITH A MIX OF SLEET AT THE ONSET FOR KAVL. MODEL
OUTPUT STATISTICS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE DAYTIME HOURS ON
THURSDAY WILL BE DOMINATED BY IFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES...LIFR AT
TIMES. PRECIPITATION TYPE SHOULD GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM
KAND NORTHWARD FROM 12Z TO 16Z...WITH RAIN DOMINATING ALL TAF SITES
THROUGH 00Z. THE OUTLOOK PERIOD FEATURES VCSH AT KGSP/KCLT FOR ANY
REMNANT SHOWERS BUT A RAPID RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS ADVERTISED AT
ALL LOCATIONS BY THE END OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...ICE STORM WARNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 PM
THURSDAY.
NC...ICE STORM WARNING FOR NCZ033>037-049-050-053>057-064>072-082
UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY.
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR NCZ048-052 UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY.
SC...ICE STORM WARNING FOR SCZ001>014-019 UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...MCAVOYHazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 5:59 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 559 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-161100- 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 15 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 AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 15, 6:07 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 AM ICE STORM ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
12/15/2005 ANDERSON SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ICY ROADS POWER LINES DOWN 1/4 INCH ICE ON TREES
0540 AM ICE STORM LAURENS 34.50N 82.03W
12/15/2005 LAURENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROADS ICY 1/4 INCH OF ICE POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN
0540 AM ICE STORM CLARKESVILLE 34.61N 83.52W
12/15/2005 HABERSHAM GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ROADS ICY 1/4 INCH ICE
0540 AM ICE STORM GREER 34.94N 82.23W
12/15/2005 GREENVILLE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ROADS ICY 1/4 ICE
0530 AM ICE STORM ROCK HILL 34.94N 81.03W
12/15/2005 YORK SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ICE ON ROADS 1/4 INCH ICE
0530 AM ICE STORM ABBEVILLE 34.18N 82.38W
12/15/2005 ABBEVILLE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ICE ON ROADS AND BRIDGES 1/4
INCH ICE
0530 AM ICE STORM GREENWOOD 34.19N 82.15W
12/15/2005 GREENWOOD SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ROADS ICY
0530 AM ICE STORM LAVONIA 34.44N 83.11W
12/15/2005 FRANKLIN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWER OUTAGES TREES DOWN. ROADS ICY
0530 AM ICE STORM HARTWELL 34.35N 82.93W
12/15/2005 HART GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ROADS ICY
0530 AM ICE STORM GASTONIA 35.25N 81.17W
12/15/2005 GASTON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Dec 15, 6:13 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM ICE STORM GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
12/15/2005 GREENVILLE SC BROADCAST MEDIA
POWER OUTAGES ROADS ICY 1/4 ICE
0530 AM ICE STORM PICKENS 34.88N 82.71W
12/15/2005 PICKENS SC BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ICY ROADS
&&
PTANNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 7:36 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Haywood, Madison | 10 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.