Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2007, 3:39 AM EST for 12 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 3, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2007, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2007, 9:34 PM EST
- In force
- 10 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 08:40 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, 8.7 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
- 3624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 112 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 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 030839 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 339 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRENGTHENING WESTERLY WIND WILL HELP TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB WELL INTO THE 60S EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...EVEN AS SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN ALOFT. THE RESULT WILL BE A DEEPLY MIXED ATMOSPHERE THAT SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE STRONGER WINDS TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-032200- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.070303T1700Z-070304T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 339 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. WIND GUSTS WILL REACH UP TO 50 MPH FROM THE WEST...PARTICULARLY AT RIDGETOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS...FROM THE MIDDLE PART OF THE AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. AFTER SUNSET...THE WIND SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-032200- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0022.070303T1700Z-070304T0500Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 339 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH FROM THE WEST ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY FROM MID AFTERNOON UNTIL SUNSET...PARTICULARLY OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF AREA LAKES. THE WIND SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. PEOPLE WITH PLANS TO GO BOATING WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ MOORE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 031933 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 233 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THEIR WAY DOWN TO THE SURFACE THROUGH EARLY TO MID EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-040345- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070304T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 233 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY EVENING...WITH WINDS TAPERING DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-040345- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-070304T0500Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 233 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY EVENING...WITH WINDS TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING. PEOPLE WITH PLANS TO GO BOATING WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 040234 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 934 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-041045- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070304T0500Z/ /O.EXB.KGSP.LW.Y.0022.070304T0300Z-070304T1100Z/ 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 934 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GAZ010-040345- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070304T0500Z/ RABUN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLAYTON 934 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506- 508-510-SCZ001>014-019-040345- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-070304T0500Z/ HABERSHAM-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...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 934 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NCZ501-503-505-507-509-041045- /O.EXT.KGSP.LW.Y.0022.070304T0300Z-070304T1100Z/ CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKE LURE 934 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. WHILE WINDS MAY BRIEFLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION A LITTLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL TURN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT. THE WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. PEOPLE WITH PLANS TO GO BOATING WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ MCAVOY
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 Mar 3, 3:00 AM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 3:00 AM EST, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
EXPECT A QUIET MORNING WITH A VEIL OF THIN CIRRUS OVERHEAD...BUT THE
AFTERNOON WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE VERY SHORT TERM. THE
COMBINATION OF WEAK COLD ADVECTION ALOFT AND DOWNSLOPE WARMING NEAR
THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN A RAPIDLY DEEPENING BOUNDARY LAYER IN THE
MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. WE SHOULD END UP MIXING TO NEAR 750 MB...
WHICH SHOULD BE DEEP ENOUGH TO TAP WINDS OF 35-45KT AS A MID LEVEL
JETLET PASSES OVERHEAD IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. THIS PUTS US SQUARE IN
THE REALM OF LAKE WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS...AND WIND ADVISORY AT
THE HIGH ELEVATIONS...IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE FACT THAT IT IS
A SATURDAY AND THAT TEMPS WILL BE NUDGED UPWARD A DEG OR TWO INTO
THE MID/UPPER 60S E OF THE MTNS MAKES A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AN EVEN
BETTER IDEA. THE ADVISORIES WILL RUN UNTIL MIDNIGHT TO COVER ANY
LEFTOVER IN THE EARLY/MID EVENING.
WITHIN THE CAA REGIME TONIGHT...THE CWFA WILL COME UNDER THE
SOUTHERN EXTENT OF AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF LLVL MOISTURE. WITH THE
COMBINATION OF MODERATE WNW UPSLOPE FLOW AND MOIST LAYER EXTENDING
TOWARD THE -10 DEG C ISOTHERM...FEEL ADVISORY LEVEL SNOW SHOWER
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ACRS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES.
ELSEWHERE...STILL EXPECTING A MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND
BRISK NIGHT. TAKING A BLEND OF THE 03/00 UTC MOS GUIDANCE RESULTS
IN JUST A DOWNWARD NUDGE IN FCST MINS. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH DEEP LAYER DRYING WILL OVERSPREAD THE
CWFA. SAVE FOR SOME MORNING UPSLOPE FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS...A
BRISK AND COOL SUNDAY IS ON TAP.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP OUR WEATHER QUIET ON MONDAY AND AFTER A
CHILLY START...AFTERNOON MAXES SHOULD REBOUND TO SEASONABLY MILD
EARLY MARCH TEMPERATURES. WEAK COLD FRONT STILL LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK
PROGGED TO SLIP SOUTH ACRS THE CWFA ON TUESDAY. EXPECT A PERIOD OF
NE WINDS AND SFC RIDGING TO NOSE SOUTHWARD IN IT/S WAKE...PROBABLY
RESULTING IN MAX TEMPS TUESDAY ABOUT A CATEGORY COOLER THAN MONDAY.
03/00 UTC OP GFS SOLUTION ADVERTISES NORTHERN STREAM S/WV AND
ASSOCIATED WAA LIFT/RH MAXIMA SLIPPING BY OFF TO OUR NORTH TUESDAY
NIGHT. TRAILING FRONTAL BNDRY PROGGED TO TAKE ON INCREASINGLY
FRONTOLYTIC TENDENCIES WEDNESDAY AS IT SAGS TOWARD THE CWFA WITHIN
CONFLUENT FLOW. SO...AGAIN...LITTLE CHANGE TO THE GOING DRY FCST
FOR DAY 5...AND WILL SEE MAX TEMPS MAKE A JUMP TO ABOVE NORMAL
READINGS THANKS TO RISING HEIGHTS AND APPROACHING S/WV RIDGING
DOWNSTREAM OF SOUTHERN STREAM S/WV TROUGH.
VARIABLE CLOUDS AND PERHAPS SOME SHOWERS ARE SLATED FOR
THURSDAY...AS LLVL WAA FLOW INCREASES ATOP STABLE SFC RIDGING
AND WEAK SOUTHERN STREAM S/WV EDGES TOWARD THE REGION. WEAK
MID/UPPER TROUGH STILL LOOKS TO LINGER NEAR THE CWFA ON FRIDAY WITH
A WEAK DEGREE OF SOUTHERLY LLVL FLOW. CONTINUED MILD WITH JUST A
SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TO REMAIN.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z-06Z/...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 36
HOURS. THE PROBLEM WILL BE THE WIND THIS AFTERNOON. MODEL FCST
SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY DEEP MIXING STARTING AROUND 16Z. ONCE MID LEVEL
JETLET MOVES OVERHEAD AT 700 MB IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...WE COULD
EASILY SEE GUSTS 35-40KT WITH MAINLY A WESTERLY COMPONENT AT ALL
TERMINALS. FOR NOW...THE TAFS WILL BE A BIT MORE TAME WITH GUSTS
KEPT IN THE 30-35KT RANGE. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
GAZ017-018-026-028-029.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
GAZ010.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SHORT TERM...PM/CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...MOOREHazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 3:26 PM EST, 12 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 326 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-032030- 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- 326 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY AND BECOME GUSTY BY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ON THE ORDER OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT FROM THE WEST AND WITH LOWERING TEMPERATURES...A PERIOD OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK. THE MAIN AREA TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL BE THE TENNESSEE BORDER AREAS...HOWEVER SNOW WILL DEVELOP EAST ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS THROUGH THE MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN A TRACE AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-032030- RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- 326 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY AND BECOME GUSTY BY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ON THE ORDER OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. KRENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:39 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:26 PM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 21 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.