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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

November 28, 200512 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2005, 11:25 AM EST for 12 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2005, 11:25 AM EST (16:25 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2005, 6:00 AM EST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties 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 Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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, 4.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-11-28Temperature 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°0°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 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS72 KGSP 281625
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1125 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-282300-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-051128T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.051128T1700Z-051128T2300Z/
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...CHESTER
1125 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

DENSE FOG WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.

IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. WATCH FOR CHILDREN NEAR SCHOOL BUS STOPS
THIS AFTERNOON.


$$

GAZ010-SCZ001>003-282300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.051128T1625Z-051128T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.051128T1625Z-051129T1100Z/
RABUN-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLAYTON
1125 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE IN MANY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. WATCH FOR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. SOME TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN
ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE SOIL IS SATURATED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ034-054-055-066-067-SCZ004>007-010>013-
019-282300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.051128T1625Z-051128T2300Z/
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-MCDOWELL-BURKE-
POLK-RUTHERFORD-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...
ELBERTON...MARION...MORGANTON...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...
UNION...GREENWOOD
1125 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. WATCH FOR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS.

$$

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-290030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.051128T1625Z-051129T1100Z/
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
1125 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

THE SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
INCREASE IN SPEED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35
MPH. THE INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS WILL FIRST BE NOTICED AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. WINDS IN THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY WILL
BE SLOW TO INCREASE... BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THAT AREA
THIS 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. TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN
ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE SOIL IS SATURATED.

$$
LGL
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 282025
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...VISIBILITY WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE IN SOME AREAS THIS EVENING BUT DENSE
FOG WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT.
WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING...

GAZ026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009>014-019-
282130-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051128T2300Z/
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...
MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...
CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
325 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
CANCELED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY.

FOG WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT BUT THE VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE TO
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. CAUTION IS STILL ENCOURAGED WHILE
DRIVING BECAUSE LOCAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

$$

GAZ010-SCZ001>003-290430-
/O.EXT.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
RABUN-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLAYTON
325 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF
A MILE IN MANY AREAS TONIGHT. THE VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE BY
MORNING AS SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. SOME
TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE SOIL
IS SATURATED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

GAZ017-018-NCZ034-054-055-066>068-SCZ004>008-290430-
/O.EXT.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-CALDWELL-MCDOWELL-BURKE-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...MARION...
MORGANTON...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY
325 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF
A MILE TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE BY MORNING AS SOUTHERLY
WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

$$

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-290430-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
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
325 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
INCREASE IN SPEED TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45
MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS WILL FIRST BE
NOTICED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. WINDS IN THE FRENCH BROAD
VALLEY WILL BE SLOW TO INCREASE... BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR IN
THAT AREA THIS 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. TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN
ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE SOIL IS SATURATED.

$$
LGL
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 290257 AAA
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
957 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINDS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WILL STRENGTHEN AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES TONIGHT...
...DENSE FOG EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG
METRO AREA TONIGHT...

GAZ010-SCZ001>003-291100-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
RABUN-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLAYTON
957 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

FOG WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO A FEW MILES...HOWEVER
DENSE FOG IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA
AND GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THEREFORE...THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS EVENING.
SOME TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE
SOIL IS SATURATED. 

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. 

$$

GAZ017-018-NCZ034-054-055-066>068-SCZ004-005-008-290400-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-CALDWELL-MCDOWELL-BURKE-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-CHEROKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...MARION...
MORGANTON...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...GAFFNEY
957 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. FOG WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT 
VISIBILITIES TO A FEW MILES TONIGHT...HOWEVER DENSE FOG IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED.

$$

SCZ006-007-291100-
/O.CON.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG
957 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF
A MILE TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE BY MORNING AS SOUTHERLY
WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

$$

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-291100-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
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
957 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
INCREASE IN SPEED TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 

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. TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN
ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE SOIL IS SATURATED.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 290503
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1203 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005

.THE WARM FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH AND THE DENSE FOG HAS LARGELY
DISSIPATED. WINDS WILL STILL INCREASE AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES
AND MOVES THROUGH.

SCZ006-007-290615-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FG.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG
1203 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
CANCELED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.

$$

GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-291100-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
RABUN-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...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...
CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
1203 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
INCREASE IN SPEED TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

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. TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN
ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE SOIL IS SATURATED.

$$
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 Nov 28, 11:09 AM EST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 11:09 AM EST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1109 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

.SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
WILL EXPAND DENSE FOG ADVISORY AREA TO INCLUDE MOST ZONES OUTSIDE
OF MOUNTAINS AND WILL EXTEND DENSE FOG ADVISORY EASTERN COUNTIES
UNTIL 6 PM. PERSISTENCE AND SLOW EROSION OF COOL AIR WEDGE WILL
PROLONG CURRENT WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITY. NAM12 DEPICTS RATHER
STRONG 850 MB WIND MAX JUST TO THE WEST OF CWA... BUT WIND SPEEDS
IN SOME PARTS OF WESTERN NC ARE FORECAST TO INCH INTO ADVISORY
SPEEDS BY EVENING. A COUPLE OF HIGH ELEVATION OBSERVATION  SITES
ARE ALREADY INDICATING WIND SPEEDS CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERION SO
WILL START THE ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND END IT TUESDAY MORNING
WHEN GUIDANCE INDICATES SPEEDS SHOULD BE A LITTLE LOWER. TEMPERATURE
TREND IN CURRENT FORECASTS IS PRETTY GOOD... BUT WILL INCREASE
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES IN FAR WEST WHERE WARMING IS
ALREADY EVIDENT.

&&

.AVIATION...
PERSISTENCE AND SLOW EROSION OF COOL AIR WEDGE WILL PROLONG THE
PERIOD OF VERY LOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 255 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005)

SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...
IN THE VERY NEAR TERM...LOW LEVEL UPGLIDE SHOULD MAINTAIN THE
OCCASIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERY PRECIP ELEMENTS ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS VERY HIGH POP FOR THE DAYTIME
PERIOD BUT THINK THE DAY WILL NOT BE A WASHOUT IN MOST
LOCATIONS...SO I WILL HOLD THE PRECIP CHANCE TO THE LIKELY RANGE
IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT CATEGORICAL NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. THIS WILL
MAINTAIN THE COLD AIR WEDGE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT
INTO PROBABLY AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. AS A RESULT...
TEMP FORECAST IS A TRICKY ONE. IN GENERAL...THE MAV TEMP
DISTRIBUTION LOOKS REASONABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE USUAL
PLACES THAT HOLD ONTO WEDGES THE LONGEST...SO THE GUIDANCE WILL BE
UNDERCUT BY 5 DEGREES OR SO ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS/NW PIEDMONT.

WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SHOULD TAKE OVER THIS
EVENING AND EVENTUALLY HELP TO DESTROY THE WEDGE. EXPECT A NON
DIURNAL TEMP TREND WITH MANY FOOTHILL/PIEDMONT LOCATIONS SEEING
THE MIN TEMP AT SUNSET WITH RISING OR STEADY TEMPS OVERNIGHT. IN
SPITE OF THE STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW...ON THE ORDER OF 30 TO
45 KNOTS AT 850MB...THINK SURFACE WINDS WILL STAY BELOW EVEN LAKE
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SINCE WARM ADVECTION TYPE FLOWS DO NOT SEEM
TO BRING THE STRONG WINDS DOWN AT PLACES OTHER THAN RIDGETOPS.

WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE EARLY EVENING...SUSPECT WE WILL SEE
SOME IMPRESSIVE CONVECTION ACROSS PARTS OF AL/TN/WRN GA. LINEAR
FORCING IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE ARRIVAL OF A LINEAR MCS
IN THE LATE EVENING OVER FAR WESTERN NC. ALL SIGNS POINT TO
WIDESPREAD RAIN SO CATEGORICAL POP IS ACCEPTED ACROSS ALL BUT THE
EASTERN FRINGE THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY. MAIN QUESTION IS THE SEVERITY
OF ANY CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...BUT IT SEEMS REASONABLE THAT THE
COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND STRONG SHEAR OUT TO THE WEST WILL
ALLOW SEVERAL STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP AND SURVIVE FAR ENOUGH EAST
TO REACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS/NE GEORGIA...PARTICULARLY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. ALL THIS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN AN SPS.

A SLIGHT DELAY IN THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT SUPPORTS KEEPING THE
CATEGORICAL POP OVER NEARLY THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FOR THE FIRST
PART OF THE TUESDAY PERIOD...WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIP CARRIED
EAST OF THE FOOTHILLS BY AFTERNOON. WILL ADD A CHANCE OF THUNDER
OVER EASTERN PARTS OWING TO THE NEW DAY2 OUTLOOK. EXPECT FRONT TO
MAKE IT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE EARLY EVENING SO PRECIP
CHANCE WILL BE RAMPED DOWN QUICKLY.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK IN WEDNESDAY WITH PARTIAL CLEARING.
HAVE STUCK CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR DAY3 PART OF THE FORECAST.

LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
AT THIS POINT...HAVE ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
GRIDS...MAINLY THE DEWPOINTS. MOST OF THE MEDIUM RANGE WAS LEFT
UNTOUCHED.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
THE GFS CARVES OUT ANOTHER DEEP GREAT LAKES VORTEX BY
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE ECM IS ABOUT 12 HOURS SLOWER WITH THIS
FEATURE...BUT JUST AS DEEP BY FRIDAY MORNING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES BEHIND THE LOW THURSDAY
NIGHT...WITH SOME NW FLOW UPSLOPE POTENTIAL IN THE COLD AIR. THE
GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN FEATURING 850 MB TEMPERATURES FALLING
TO MINUS 15 BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY ALONG THE SPINE OF THE MOUNTAINS.
GIVEN THE TIMING DIFFERENCES AND THE APPARENT SHALLOW NATURE OF
THE MOISTURE AT PRESENT...WILL ONLY ADVERTISE SCHC FOR SNOW
SHOWERS THU NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY IN THE TN BORDER COUNTIES.

ALTHOUGH SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW SHOULD
CROSS THE NORTHERN TIER BY LATE FRIDAY...VERY DRY MID LEVEL AIR WILL
WRAP INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TO KEEP THE SHORTWAVE PASSAGE
DRY. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH
SATURDAY... WITH SOME MOIST UPGLIDE RETURNING FROM THE WEST LATE
NEXT SUNDAY.

AVIATION...
IFR TO LIFR WEDGE CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE TERMINALS
TONIGHT. NAM AND MOS INDICATE THAT CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE FURTHER THROUGH
12Z MON. WILL FORECAST IFR OR LESS VIS AND CEILING CONDITIONS FOR
THE BULK OF THE TAF PERIOD. INCREASING SOUTH FLOW MAY PINCH OFF CAD
LATE MON AFTERNOON...LEADING TO SOME MIXING. WILL ONLY TEMPO MVFR
CONDITIONS AFTER 20Z EAST OF THE MTNS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 PM
     MONDAY.
  ...WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ010 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065 UNTIL 6 AM
     TUESDAY.
  ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR NCZ034-054-055-066-067 UNTIL 6 PM
     MONDAY.
  ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082 UNTIL 6
     PM MONDAY.
SC...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>007-010>013-019 UNTIL 6 PM
     MONDAY.
  ...WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>003 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY.
  ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR SCZ008-009-014 UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...LGL
AVIATION...LGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 6:01 AM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
601 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-291115-
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-
601 AM EST MON NOV 28 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

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE
OR LESS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. A DENSE
FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM
TAYLORSVILLE TO HICKORY...SHELBY...GAFFNEY...AND CHESTER. FOR MORE
INFORMATION...SEE THE URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE ISSUED AT 344 AM.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...MAINLY TO THE WEST OF
MORGANTON...FOREST CITY...LAURENS...AND GREENWOOD LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY
THREAT...BUT A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS REGION HAS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE TONIGHT PERIOD.
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD BRING VERY GUSTY WINDS DOWN TO
THE SURFACE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. FOR MORE
INFORMATION...SEE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED AT 536 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

MOORE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 28, 5:36 AM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-282100-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
536 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS..EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA..AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY.
OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE...BRINGING
A WARM FRONT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. RIDGETOPS AND
HIGH ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS COULD SEE VERY
GUSTY WINDS AS A RESULT.

AS THE COLD FRONT DRAWS NEAR THIS EVENING...INSTABILITY WILL BE
LIMITED...BUT WINDS IN THE LOWEST LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND NORTH
GEORGIA. THE LINE OF STORMS COULD REACH THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THE LINE OF STORMS
SHOULD SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE UPSTATE DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH
ELEVATIONS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE IF THE
ATMOSPHERE BECOMES UNSTABLE ENOUGH...MAINLY OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA
AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE.

AFTER SUNRISE...THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OVER THE PIEDMONT OF
THE CAROLINAS...BUT IT IS UNCERTAIN IF THE STORMS WILL HOLD
TOGETHER ENOUGH TO POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF PRODUCING WIND
DAMAGE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR
FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LATER TODAY.

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 12:39 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 5 more11 hr
Nov 28, 11:25 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 5 more13 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.