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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 7, 2006, 10:27 AM EST for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia; 17 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2006, 10:27 AM EST (15:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2006, 10:54 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 2249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 071527 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1027 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...GUSTY WIND TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NCZ033-048>050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-080300- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.061207T1527Z-061208T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1027 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT EARLIER. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY NOON. AFTER 4 PM...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT...PERHAPS TAPERING OFF TOWARD MORNING. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FEW TREES AND LIMBS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO FALL. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064-080300- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD 1027 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$ MCAVOY
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 072024 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 324 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NCZ502-504-506-080900- /O.EXB.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.061207T2300Z-061208T1100Z/ GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION 324 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM MARION TO LENOIR. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN THIS AREA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$ SCZ001>003-080900- /O.EXA.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 324 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN THIS AREA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$ NCZ033-048>050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-080900- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 324 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGER GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO DOWN A FEW TREES AND LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FEW TREES AND LIMBS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO FALL. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064-080900- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD 324 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN THIS AREA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$ MCAVOY
000 WWUS72 KGSP 072142 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 442 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. GAZ010-017-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064-SCZ001>003-080600- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD 442 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WINDS TO THIS MAGNITUDE WILL ALSO OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGER GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO DOWN A FEW TREES AND LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FEW TREES AND LIMBS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO FALL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-508-510- SCZ004>014-019-080600- /O.EXB.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.061207T2142Z-061208T1100Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER... GREENWOOD 442 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ NCZ502-504-506-080600- /O.EXT.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.061207T2142Z-061208T1100Z/ GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION 442 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ NCZ033-048>050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-080600- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 442 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGER GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO DOWN A FEW TREES AND LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FEW TREES AND LIMBS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO FALL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 080354 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1054 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT... GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-081100- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1054 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN AS HIGH AS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-081100- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-061208T1100Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1054 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$
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 7, 10:19 AM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 10:19 AM EST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1019 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006
.SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/...
I/M UPGRADING THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY TO A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE
FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH THE MORNING
UPDATE. LOOKING AT THE WRF 6 HOUR PRESSURE RISES...THE STRONGEST
RISES ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONTAL BAND OCCUR OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WITH COLD
ADVECTION THIS STRONG...THERE WILL BE GUSTS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN
A FEW TREES ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AND IN
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS....ESPECIALLY RIGHT AROUND 00 UTC
THIS EVENING. I UPPED TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY
IN THE HIGHER PARTS OF THE NC MOUNTAINS. FRONTAL BAND CLOUDS WILL
BE ENTERING THE HIGH TERRAIN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD
CAP OFF ANY ADDITIONAL RISES...WITH TEMPERATURES BEGINNING TO FALL
ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN LATE IN THE DAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 300 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006/
SHORT TERM /TODAY/...
A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE BASE OF THE MEAN EAST COAST
LONGWAVE TROUGH TODAY...WHILE A STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVES IN THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY MIDDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A
WEAKER...EARLIER FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED UPSLOPE
SHOWERS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING...REINFORCED
BY STRONG ASCENT AND BETTER MOISTURE...AS WELL AS COLDER AIR WITH
THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW BOUNDARY. PARTIAL THICKNESS SUPPORTS AN ALL
SNOW EVENT...BUT MODEL SOUNDINGS RAISE THE FREEZING LEVEL TO AROUND
3000 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON...ALLOWING SOME MELTING TO OCCUR...AND
RAIN TO REACH THE VALLEY FLOORS. BY EVENING ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES
CRASH WELL BELOW ZERO...AND UPSLOPE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...THEN WILL DIMINISH BEFORE DAWN...WITH ADVISORY AMOUNTS
EXPECTED ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER FROM AVERY TO MADISON COUNTY.
WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT AS DOWNWARD VERTICAL MOTION
INCREASES...AND 850 MB WINDS 40 KNOTS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. LAKE WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL BE MET ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA AND
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND WIND COUPLED WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES WITHIN ADVISORY
CRITERIA IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.
FRIDAY FEATURES THE WIND STAYING UP IN THE NORTHERN NC
MOUNTAINS IN THE MORNING...BUT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH
COLD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES... WITH BRIEF CLOUD COVER ACCOMPANYING A
CHANNELED SHORTWAVE ACROSS GA AND SC...FOLLOWED BY THE COLDEST
NIGHT SO FAR THIS SEASON...AND THEN WARMING ON SATURDAY AS HEIGHTS
RISE AHEAD OF A PROGRESSIVE UPPER RIDGE.
LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS SUPPORTS THE CURRENT HPC SOLUTION THROUGH
TUESDAY...AT LEAST FROM THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY EAST. MEAN UPPER
RIDGING PERSISTS OVER THE SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH A
SHORTWAVE CROSSING THIS RIDGE LATE SUNDAY. A SOUTHERN STREAM
SHORTWAVE THEN ADVANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY WHILE THE
MEAN PATTERN FLATTENS SOMEWHAT...TO BE FOLLOWED BY A STRONGER FULL
LATITUDE SHORTWAVE ON THURSDAY.
A DRY SURFACE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH
SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY GULF MOISTURE SPREADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS
EARLY AS MONDAY...AND THE TO THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. BY WEDNESDAY THE GFS GETS A BIT
FASTER THAN THE MANUAL PROGS AT THE SURFACE...BRINGING THE COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA EARLY IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SINCE THE GFS IS
CHARACTERISTICALLY TOO FAST WITH FRONTAL PASSAGES...ESPECIALLY FAR
OUT IN TIME...ADJUSTMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST
JUST YET. THURSDAY WILL LIKELY FEATURE DRIER CONDITIONS WITH MORE OF
A TEMPERATURE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE LEE IN A WEAK
WESTERLY FLOW.
AVIATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER TO WEST EARLY THIS MORNING.
THEN AS COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...WINDS WILL TURN OUT OF
THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE BY LATE MORNING-EARLY AFTN. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 18Z WITH GUSTS OVER 30 KTS MTNS...20 KTS
ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF SLIGHTLY AFTER 00Z BUT REMAIN GUSTY
THROUGH THE EVENING. VFR LOW CLOUD CIGS ARE EXPECTED AT KAVL THIS
AFTN-EVE. VIS WILL REMAIN UNRESTRICTED.
FIRE WEATHER...
ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HIMIDITY WIL BE WITHIN RED FLAG CRITERIA FRIDAY
IN THE LEE OF THE MOUTAINS...AND EVERYWHERE SATURDAY...WINDS WILL
DIMINSH TO BELOE RED FLAG LEVELS.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY.
NC...SNOW ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-048>050 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-034-048>050-053>055-065-066-501-503-
505-507-509 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY.
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>066-501-
503-505-507-509 FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 10 AM FRIDAY.
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064 UNTIL 6 AM
FRIDAY.
SC...NONE.
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SHORT TERM...MCAVOYHazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 5:43 AM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 543 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- 081045- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 543 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FROM AVERY COUNTY TO MADISON COUNTY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY FOR MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...WHERE THE WIND CHILL INDEX WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WHERE WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING IN AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ001>014-019-081045- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 543 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 3:35 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 32 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:31 AM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 19 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
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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.