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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2007, 3:45 PM EDT for 17 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 16, 2007, 9:32 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2007, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2007, 9:32 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 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 161945 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...GUSTY WIND EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... NCZ033-048>050-053-501-503-505-170400- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.070317T0400Z-070317T1600Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE 345 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EDT SATURDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT. AS THE LOW DEPARTS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON. 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. $$ NCZ051-052-058-059-062>065-507-509-170400- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0024.070317T0400Z-070317T1600Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 345 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EDT SATURDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT. AS THE LOW DEPARTS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NED
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 170132 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 932 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... .LOW PRESSURE PULLING NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST IS COMBINING WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE MIDWEST TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. GUSTY NORTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL MIDDAY SATURDAY. NCZ051-052-058-059-062>065-507-509-171000- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0024.070317T0400Z-070317T1600Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.070317T0400Z-070317T1600Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 932 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 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. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-171000- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0025.070317T0400Z-070317T1600Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE 932 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EDT SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ033-048>050-053-501-503-505-171000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.070317T0400Z-070317T1600Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE 932 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS. 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. $$ HG
000 WWUS72 KGSP 170638 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 238 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... .LOW PRESSURE PULLING NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST IS COMBINING WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE MIDWEST TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. GUSTY NORTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL MIDDAY. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-171600- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 238 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-171600- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE 238 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 40 MPH... CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 171500 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE TODAY... NCZ052-064-065-507-509-172000- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0026.070317T1500Z-070317T2000Z/ HAYWOOD-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE REST OF THE DAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ051-058-059-062-063-171600- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-171600- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE 1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NCZ033-048>050-053-501-503-505-171600- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0026.070317T1600Z-070317T2000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE 1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH UNTIL NOON...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NED
000 WWUS72 KGSP 171554 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1154 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON... NCZ033-048>050-053-501-503-505-172000- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0026.070317T1600Z-070317T2000Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE 1154 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EDT TODAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EDT TODAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE REST OF THE DAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ052-064-065-507-509-172000- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-070317T2000Z/ HAYWOOD-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1154 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE REST OF THE DAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk and 3 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007
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.