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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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.
- 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
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.
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SHORT TERM...LGL
AVIATION...LGLHazardous 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 12:39 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:25 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 5 more | 13 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.