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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2006, 3:31 AM EST for 6 counties in Georgia; 23 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 17, 2006, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2006, 3:31 AM EST (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2006, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2006, 12:12 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 37 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 2383 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 170831 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 331 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-172300- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.060117T1100Z-060117T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 331 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGLY SOUTHERLY WINDS EMBEDDED WITHIN NUMEROUS SHOWERS...OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WILL OVERSPREAD THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 172019 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 319 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 180430- /O.EXB.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.060117T2300Z-060118T1100Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY... SALISBURY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 319 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EMBEDDED WITHIN NUMEROUS SHOWERS...OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WILL OVER SPREAD THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL BE TRAVERSING THE AREA BETWEEN 7 PM AND 1 AM. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE TONIGHT...BUT THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-180430- /O.EXT.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060118T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 319 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. STRONGLY SOUTHERLY WINDS EMBEDDED WITHIN NUMEROUS SHOWERS...OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GABRIC
000 WWUS72 KGSP 180512 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1212 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 180615- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060118T1100Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY... SALISBURY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1212 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT THESE ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-181100- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060118T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.060118T0512Z-060118T2300Z/ 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 1212 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-180615- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060118T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE 1212 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT THESE ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ LANE
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 Jan 17, 2:45 AM EST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 2:45 AM EST, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... CATEGORICAL CVRG OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH ACRS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING COINCIDENT WITH THE LONG ADVERTISED WAA/FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING MAXIMUM. A STRENGTHENING WAA PATTERN OUT AHEAD OF STRONGLY FORCED COLD FRONT WILL BE FEATURED THIS MORNING AS STRONG LLVL JET MAX EDGES EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN CWFA WITH 85H WINDS PROGGED TO BE ABOUT 50 KTS BY 18 UTC. STRONGLY FORCED FRONTAL BAND SHOULD BE MAKING INROADS INTO THE WESTERN CWFA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY EAST OF I-77 BY LATE EVENING. CONVECTIVE BAND WILL BE EVOLVING WITHIN VERY STRONG DEEP SHEAR PROFILE...85H WINDS NEARING 70 KTS...YIELDING AN EXPECTEDLY STRONG 0-1 KM HELICITY MAX...ON THE ORDER OF 400 M2/S2. THE MAIN LIMITING FACTOR WITH THIS EVENT REMAINS THE LACK OF INSTABILITY. 00 UTC SHORT RANGE MODELS CONSISTENT AND IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH LI VALUES ONLY FALLING TO ABOUT +4. HISTORICALLY...THIS DEGREE OF STABILITY DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR ANY DAMAGING CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS MAKING IT TO THE SFC. OF COURSE...IF THE ATMOSPHERE DOES WIND UP BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONVECTION WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR WEAK TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. THE NEXT CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF GRADIENT WIND DAMAGE IN THE MTNS. LLVL JET MAX OF 50-60 KTS WILL MOVE ACRS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY...AND THE SSE DIRECTION IS A CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORABLE DIRECTION FOR THE POTENTIAL TO MIX DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO THE GROUND IN THE MAJOR VALLEYS. BUT...AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH...TYPICALLY THE ATMOSPHERE NEEDS TO BE A BIT MORE UNSTABLE FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO DEVELOP IN THE VALLEYS. HARD TO BELIEVE THERE WILL NOT BE STRONG WINDS AT THE HIGH ELEVATIONS...SO BEST COURSE OF ACTION AT THIS JUNCTURE WOULD BE TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL THE MTNS. THE NAM CONTINUES TO BE SLOWER WITH LOWERING OF SNOW LEVELS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR GOING MTN FCST. LLVL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN UNFAVORABLE WEST DIRECTION TO UPSLOPE COMPONENT QUICKLY DIMINISHES AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR SOME ADVISORY CRITERIA SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING ACRS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... STILL EXPECT WARMING ON THURSDAY AS SW FLOW DEVELOPS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER WITH DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. NO CHANGE TO GOING FCST FOR THE WEEKEND...RAMPING UP PCPN CHANCES FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY WITH COOLER AND DRIER WX IN THE WAKE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY. && .AVIATION... RAIN SHIELD GRADUALLY LIFTING NORTH OF THE TAF LOCATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SLIGHT MID LEVEL DRYING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SHARP UPPER TROUGH. CIG SHOULD BE MAINLY MVFR EARLY...BUT WITH IMPROVEMENT TOWARD DAYBREAK AS SRLY FLOW MIXING INCREASES. DEEP MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL THEN STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND MOISTURE EXPECTED FROM 21Z WEST TO 06Z EAST. THUNDER CHANCES LOOK FAIRLY MINIMAL AT PRESENT WILL JUST A FEW HUNDRED CAPE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES LIMITED TO 5 DEG C/KM. HOWEVER...ANY LOW LEVEL DEWPOINT SURGE LATE IN THE DAY COULD REQUIRE A LAST MINUTE THUNDER MENTION. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR MTNS UNTIL 6 PM. NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR MTNS UNTIL 6 PM. SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR MTNS UNTIL 6 PM. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...HG/RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 6:14 AM EST, 21 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 614 AM EST MON JAN 16 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-171115- 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- 614 AM EST MON JAN 16 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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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.