Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2007, 3:33 AM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 5, 2007, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2007, 3:33 AM EST (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2007, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2007, 5:20 PM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 050833 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 333 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... .DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF AN UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT GIVING THE NORTHWEST WIND FLOW AN ADDITIONAL BOOST. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-052100- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0012.070305T0900Z-070306T1100Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 333 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...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. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INTO TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR SURGES INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 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. $$ NCZ048-053-065-507-509-052100- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0023.070305T0900Z-070306T1100Z/ MADISON-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 333 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN TODAY THROUGHOUT THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AND INTO THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KGSP 052220 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... .DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF AN UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...GIVING THE NORTHWEST FLOW AN ADDITIONAL BOOST. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-060400- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070306T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.LW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-070306T1100Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 520 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 21 TO 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ NCZ048-053-065-507-509-060630- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-070306T1100Z/ MADISON-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 520 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...INTO THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ 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 Mar 5, 2:30 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:30 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 AM EST MON MAR 5 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN TO LINGER OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT FEATURING DRY NORTHWEST FLOW. STOUT NORTHWEST LLVL JET IN
PLACE...AS EVIDENCED BY CURRENT NC MTN OBS AT KAVL/KTNB/KGEV. EVEN
THOUGH CAA FLOW WILL ABATE FOR WHILE TODAY...DECENT MIXING SHOULD
KEEP GUSTY WINDS ACRS THE MTNS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WITH RISING
LLVL THICKNESS VALUES OUT AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT...GUST
POTENTIAL LOOKS TO BE LIMITED ACRS THE PIEDMONT...WITH BEST POTENTIAL
FOR SEEING GUSTY WIND THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
I-40. OTHERWISE...ABUNDANT SUNSHINE IS ON TAP FOR TODAY AND
AFOREMENTIONED THICKNESS RISES WILL RESULT IN A NOTICEABLY MILDER
AFTERNOON. MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO OUR GOING TEMPERATURE FCST. EXPECT
DRY FROPA TONIGHT WITH JUST A PERIOD OF STRATOCU IN IT/S
WAKE...MAINLY ACRS THE UPSLOPE AREAS. DEVELOPING CAA REGIME WILL
KEEP THE THREAT OF WINDY CONDITIONS GOING ALL NIGHT ACRS MUCH OF THE
NC MTNS AS 85H WINDS ARE PROGGED TO INCREASE TO 50+ KNOTS OVER NW
NC.-CSH
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GT LAKES/MIDWEST ON TUESDAY MORNING WILL MOVE
QUICKLY BY TO OUR N LATE IN THE DAY AND OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
TUESDAY NIGHT. HAVE KEPT MAX TEMP TUESDAY IN LINE WITH NEW MAV
GUIDANCE INSTEAD OF COOLER MET...WITH A LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE EAST OF
THE MTNS. BOTH MODELS AGREE THAT A SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE
BROAD EASTERN UPPER TROF WILL DRIVE A WEAK SURFACE LOW PAST WELL TO
OUR N ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT
WILL EVENTUALLY FALL DOWN INTO NC ON WED NITE...BUT WITH MINIMAL
UPPER SUPPORT OR MOISTURE. SOME PRECIP IS NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE
QUESTION ACROSS THE NRN MTNS...BUT IT DOES NOT BEAR MENTIONING AT
THIS POINT. -PM
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPPER RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY AS ANOTHER SURFACE HIGH MOVES ACROSS THE GT LAKES AND OFF
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. THE LATEST GFS AND CANADIAN KEEP THE HIGH
CLOSER ON FRIDAY AND THUS DELAY ANY MOISTURE RETURN UNTIL THE
WEEKEND. A MINOR ADJUSTMENT WILL BE MADE TO REMOVE THE SLIGHT CHC
POP FOR THE DAYTIME FRIDAY BASED ON THE SLOWER MODEL TIMING. WITH
THE HIGH STICKING AROUND A BIT LONGER...HAVE ALSO NUDGED MIN/MAX
TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES THU NITE/FRIDAY. THE NEW GFS ALSO CALLS
INTO QUESTION ANY COLD FRONT PASSAGE LATE ON SATURDAY...INSTEAD
SUGGESTING IT WILL BE MORE LIKE SUNDAY. FOR NOW...THE CHC POP
STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT WILL NOT BE CHANGED AND NEITHER WILL TEMPS
THIS FAR OUT.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z-06Z/...
JUST A WIND FCST THIS PERIOD AS DRY NW FLOW CONTINUES. GUSTY NNW
WINDS SHOULD KEEP UP FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD AT KAVL WITH WESTERLY
WINDS 10-12 KTS AT KGSP/KAND/KCLT. MAGNITUDE OF LLVL JET COULD BE
ENOUGH TO RESULT IN GUSTS TO 20 KTS AT KCLT THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH CRITICALLY LOW THRESHOLDS
FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT...IT APPEARS THAT WIND POTENTIAL WILL NOT BE QUITE HIGH
ENOUGH TO GO WITH A RED FLAG WARNING RIGHT NOW...BUT THIS WILL
CERTAINLY BE MONITORED. ACROSS NE GEORGIA...THE LOW RH SHOULD BE
THERE...SO A RED FLAG WARNING WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED DEPENDING
ON THE FUEL MOISTURE. COORDINATION IS NEEDED THIS MORNING WITH
LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OVER NE GEORGIA.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR NCZ033-049-050-501-
503-505.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR NCZ048-053-065-
507-509.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...CSH/PM
LONG TERM...MOORE
AVIATION...CSH
FIRE WEATHER...PMHazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 1:28 PM EST, 14 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 128 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-051830- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-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- 128 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:33 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 5 more | 26 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.