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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2006, 3:09 PM EST for 8 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2006, 3:09 PM EST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2006, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 2164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 110 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 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 252009 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 309 PM EST WED JAN 25 2006 NCZ033-048>050-052-053-064-065-260900- /O.CAN.KGSP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060125T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0006.060125T2009Z-060126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 309 PM EST WED JAN 25 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. FOR MOST AREAS...NORTHWEST WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE. A FEW TREES OR POWERLINES COULD STILL BE TOPPLED 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. $$ GAZ010-NCZ034-051-054-055-058-059-062-063-252115- /O.CAN.KGSP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060125T2300Z/ RABUN-CALDWELL-SWAIN-MCDOWELL-BURKE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CHEROKEE...MARION... MORGANTON...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 309 PM EST WED JAN 25 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. $$ GAZ017-NCZ035-066-067-SCZ001>003-252115- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060125T2300Z/ HABERSHAM-ALEXANDER-POLK-RUTHERFORD-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON 309 PM EST WED JAN 25 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 252115- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060125T2300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 309 PM EST WED JAN 25 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 260915 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 415 AM EST THU JAN 26 2006 NCZ033-048>050-052-053-064-065-261100- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 415 AM EST THU JAN 26 2006 ...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 FOR AREAS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM THE BALSAMS TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING ALL OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH 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. $$ LANE
000 WWUS72 KGSP 261126 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 626 AM EST THU JAN 26 2006 NCZ033-048>050-052-053-064-065-261230- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 626 AM EST THU JAN 26 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ 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 25, 2:54 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 2:54 PM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
254 PM EST WED JAN 25 2006
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...
SAVE FOR A PERIOD OF UPSLOPE CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO THIS EVENING...A CLEAR AND CHILLY NIGHT ON
TAP FOR THE CWFA. WINDS AWAY FROM THE HIGH TERRAIN EXPECTED TO
MOSTLY LOSE THEIR GUSTINESS AROUND SUNSET...BUT WITH A LINGERING
45-50 KT NW 85H JET...MOUNTAIN WINDS SHOULD REMAIN STOUT TONIGHT AND
WILL EXTEND WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NC MTNS.
A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION THU
INTO SAT. SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE MAY START TO TOP THE
RIDGE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS FROM THE
ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS. THE GFS IS FASTER THAN THE NAM WITH THE
DEEPER MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...BUT NEITHER MODEL HAS
MUCH UPGLIDE MOISTURE REACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BEFORE SAT
NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
WITH SUBTLE RUN TO RUN DIFFERENCES...MODEL CONSENSUS HAS A SOUTHERN
PLAINS SHORTWAVE EARLY SUNDAY PHASING BACK INTO A NRN STREAM WAVE
DIGGING INTO THE MIDWEST. THIS PRODUCES A STRONGER VORTEX OVER THE
GREAT LAKES REGION BY MONDAY NIGHT. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AHEAD OF
THESE WAVES SHOULD STILL TRANSIT THE REGION MAINLY ON SUNDAY.
UPSLOPE WESTERLY FLOW MOISTURE WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY...AIDED BY A SHORTWAVE ARRIVING ON MONDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE MOUNTAINS AFTER
SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS WORKING DOWN TOWARD THE VALLEYS BY
TUESDAY MORNING. FLAT RIDGING BEHIND THIS DEPARTING WAVE WILL THEN
DOMINATE THE PATTERN THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...
SIG WX CONCERNS FOR THE 18 UTC TAF PACKAGE WILL BE LIMITED TO WINDS.
IN THE NEAR TERM...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN AT MOST
LOCATIONS...WITH LEE TROUGHING DISRUPTING FLOW AT KGSP/KGMU WHERE
WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND MORE VARIABLE...BUT TENDING TO NORTH. PLAN
TO KEEP WINDS UP ALL NIGHT AT KAVL...BUT LOSE THE GUSTINESS
ELSEWHERE. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT GUSTS OF A MORE OCCASIONAL
NATURE WILL LINGER IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING...BUT
CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP GUSTY WIND PAST SUNSET. PRESSURE
GRADIENT SETUP TONIGHT RESEMBLES GAP WIND ORIENTATION...WHERE WINDS
STAY UP AT KGSP AND/OR GMU INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL MONITOR
TRENDS FOR THIS POSSIBILITY.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-048>050-052-053-064-065 UNTIL 6 AM
THURSDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...CSH/HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...CSHHazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 2:58 PM EST, 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 258 PM EST WED JAN 25 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-262000- 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- 258 PM EST WED JAN 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...SEE THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE...CAENPWGSP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 10:30 AM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1030 AM EST WED JAN 25 2006 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-252000- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-GRAHAM-HABERSHAM-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON- MACON NC-MADISON NC-MCDOWELL-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-POLK NC- RABUN-RUTHERFORD-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE... CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...NEWLAND...RUTHERFORDTON...SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...TRYON... WAYNESVILLE 1030 AM EST WED JAN 25 2006 ...FOLLOWING ARE REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE FROM COUNTY COMMUNICATION CENTERS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... RABUN COUNTY REPORTS FEW SCATTERED TREES DOWN. HABERSHAM COUNTY REPORTS A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN NEAR THE RABUN LINE. IN THE NORTH CAROLINA ... AVERY COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. NO PROBLEMS SINCE 8 AM. BUNCOMBE COUNTY REPORTS FEW TREES FALLING SINCE 8 AM. BURKE COUNTY REPORTS A FEW POWER LINES DOWN THIS MORNING. CALDWELL COUNTY A FEW TREES DOWN. JACKSON COUNTY FEW TREES DOWN LAST NIGHT. MACON FEW TREES DOWN IN FRANKLIN. MCDOWELL COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE NIGHT. QUITE A FEW POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE OLD FORT AREA. SWAIN COUNTY FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN SCATTERED ABOUT COUNTY. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY REPORTS THAT DOT IS OUT REMOVING SEVERAL TREES FROM ROADS IN THE LAKE TOXAWAY AREA OVERNIGHT. NO PROBLEMS SINCE 8 AM. YANCEY COUNTY TREES DOWN AND FEW POWER LINES DOWN IN SOUTH TOE AREA. MCDOWELL COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE NIGHT. QUITE A FEW POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE OLD FORT AREA. PAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:49 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 4 more | 11 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.