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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 25, 200512 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2005, 2:58 PM EST for 12 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 26, 2005, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2005, 2:58 PM EST (19:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2005, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 26, 2005, 9:41 PM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties 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 Knoxville radar (KMRX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 269 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS72 KGSP 251958
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
258 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2005

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW WILL BECOME
PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT...WITH WINDY
CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-260900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.051226T0500Z-051226T2300Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
258 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM EST MONDAY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATER
TONIGHT. GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN
SOME NORTHWEST FACING VALLEYS. THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE
EVENING.

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.

$$
MCAVOY
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 260302
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1002 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2005

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW WILL BECOME
PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN LATE TONIGHT...WITH
WINDY CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-261115-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.051226T0500Z-051226T2300Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
1002 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR MOST
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATER
TONIGHT. GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN
SOME NORTHWEST FACING VALLEYS. THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE
EVENING.

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.

$$

MOORE
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 260937
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
437 AM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
TODAY...

.A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SWING ACROSS THE CAROLINAS TODAY. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW WILL MIX DOWN TO THE
SURFACE OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-262100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0013.051226T0937Z-051226T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
437 AM EST MON DEC 26 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. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15
AND 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

$$

NCZ033-049-050-262100-
/O.EXT.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051227T0500Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
437 AM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS
OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN SOME NORTHWEST
FACING VALLEYS.

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.

$$

NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-262100-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051226T2300Z/
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE
437 AM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS
AND IN SOME NORTHWEST FACING VALLEYS.

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.

$$

KRENTZ
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 262020
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
320 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION INTO THIS EVENING...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
STEADILY PULL AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN
FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.

NCZ033-049-050-270500-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051227T0500Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
320 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS...WITH GUSTS IN THE 40S IN
SOME VALLEYS.

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.

$$

NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-262300-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051226T2300Z/
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE
320 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS AND IN VALLEYS EXPOSED TO NORTHWEST FLOW.

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.

$$

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-262300-
/O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051226T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
320 PM EST MON DEC 26 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 MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH...UNTIL 6 PM.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

$$

GERAPETRITIS
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 262301
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
601 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THIS EVENING...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND EARLY THIS EVENING WILL
STEADILY PULL AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN
FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MID TO LATE EVENING
HOURS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE EVENING.

NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-270015-
/O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051226T2300Z/
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE
601 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH
WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... THE
SPEED OF THE GUSTS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN UNDER 30 MPH. THE WIND
SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.

$$

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-270015-
/O.EXP.KGSP.LW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051226T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
601 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH THE WIND MAY REMAIN GUSTY IN SOME OPEN AREAS THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS...THE SPEED OF THE GUSTS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN
BELOW 25 MPH. THE WIND SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.

$$

NCZ033-049-050-270500-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051227T0500Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
601 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS...WITH GUSTS IN THE 40S
IN SOME VALLEYS.

THE WIND SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.

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.

$$

MOORE
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 270241
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
941 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

NCZ033-049-050-270345-
/O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051227T0500Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
941 PM EST MON DEC 26 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. AS THIS HAPPENS...THE WIND SHOULD GRADUALLY
DIMINISH ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. ALTHOUGH SOME RIDGE TOPS
COULD STILL HAVE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD NOT SEE WIND GUSTS STRONG ENOUGH TO
CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS.

$$

MOORE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 2:51 PM ESTSnow AdvisoryGSPAvery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more25 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2005Every wind advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.