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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Nov 14, 2007, 3:19 PM EST for 17 counties in North Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Nov 15, 2007, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2007, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2007, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2007, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 142019 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 319 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ECPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-150430- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0018.071115T1200Z-071116T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 319 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AT TIMES INTO THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...SOME ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...SUCH AS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-150430- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0038.071115T1200Z-071116T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 319 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTD. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GABRIC
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 142026 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 326 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-150430- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0018.071115T1200Z-071116T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 326 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AT TIMES INTO THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...SOME ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...SUCH AS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-150430- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0038.071115T1200Z-071116T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 326 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTD. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 150406 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1106 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-151215- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0018.071115T1200Z-071116T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1106 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AT TIMES INTO THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...SOME ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...SUCH AS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-151215- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0038.071115T1200Z-071116T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1106 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTD. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ ARK
000 WWUS72 KGSP 150832 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 332 AM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND THE INFLUX OF MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-151700- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0018.071115T1200Z-071116T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 332 AM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AT TIMES INTO THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...SOME ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...SUCH AS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-151700- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0038.071115T1200Z-071116T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 332 AM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 151427 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 927 AM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A SHARP COLD FRONT HAS CROSSED THE REGION THIS MORNING. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND THE INFLUX OF MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-152200- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-071116T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 927 AM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AT TIMES INTO THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...SOME ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...SUCH AS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-152200- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-071116T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 927 AM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ 07
000 WWUS72 KGSP 151946 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 246 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND THE INFLUX OF MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MAINTAIN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-160000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-071116T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 246 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AT TIMES INTO THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...SOME ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...SUCH AS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-160000- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-071116T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 246 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ 07
000 WWUS72 KGSP 160004 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 704 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND THE INFLUX OF MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MAINTAIN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-160115- /O.EXP.KGSP.LW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-071116T0000Z/ 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-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...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 704 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT EXPECTED THAT WINDS WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA THE REST OF THIS EVENING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS ON AREA LAKES. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-160500- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-071116T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 704 PM EST THU NOV 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AT TIMES INTO THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...SOME ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE...SUCH AS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ ARK
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 Nov 14, 2:49 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 2:49 PM EST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A
SURFACE HIGH BUILDING IN LATE FRIDAY AND REMAINING OVER THE FORECAST
AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HIGH WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY
MID DAY ON SUNDAY AND A COUPLE OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL
PASS OVER THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
COLD FRONT IS STILL ON TRACK TO CROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA
OVERNIGHT. BY 12Z...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT FRONT WILL
HAVE REACHED THE NC PIEDMONT AND WILL EXIT TO THE E BY 15Z THU. ALL
MOS GUIDANCE INDICATES CATEGORICAL CHANCE FOR RAIN OVERNIGHT AND
HAVE BUMPED UP POPS TO GENERALLY THE 95-100% RANGE. SOME ELEVATED
CAPE IN THE 100+J RANGE...LIS AROUND 0 AND TTS AROUND 50 SUPPORTS A
CONTINUED MENTION OF THUNDER. CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS COULD LOCALLY
INCREASE QPF IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS. MOUNTAINS COULD SEE 1/2-3/4 OF AN
INCH...FOOTHILLS AROUND 1/2 INCH AND PIEDMONT AREAS 1/4-1/2 INCH. IT
WILL BE A MILD NIGHT...ESPECIALLY E OF THE MOUNTAINS. USED A MOS
BLEND WITH PERSISTENCE TO GENERATE MIN TEMPERATURE GRID. LOOKS LIKE
WIND WILL BE PICKING UP SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY 12Z AS
COLD ADVECTION KICKS IN...BUT BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THIS
PERIOD.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM WEDNESDAY...COLD FRONT WILL EXIT QUICKLY TO THE EAST BY
15Z THU ALONG WITH ATTENDANT SHOWERS. CARRIED CATEGORICAL POPS
12Z-15Z ACROSS THE EASTERN NC PIEDMONT...BUT ALL AREAS OUTSIDE OF
THE MOUNTAINS QUICKLY DECREASINGTO <10%. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE
MOUNTAINS WHERE STONG NW FLOW DEVELOPS. LOOKS LIKE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE SOME UPSLOPE CLOUDS AND
RW/SW THU AFTERNOON...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS BY 00Z FRI.
SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY...BUT MOSTLY <1 INCH. HOWEVER...IN
FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS IN NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 1 INCH OR SO OF SNOW
POSSIBLE. THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD END BY 12Z FRI AS SURFACE HIGH
BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE REGION.
WIND WILL ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE ON THU INTO THU NIGHT. STRONG COLD
ADVECTION KICKS IN THU MORNING BEHIND COLD FRONT ALONG WITH A DECENT
PRESSURE GRADIENT. MIXED LAYER DEEPENS AS DAY PROGRESSES. BUFKIT
MOMENTUM TRANSFER SUPPORTS WIND GUSTS 45-55 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS
WITH GENERALLY 30-35 MPH ELSEWHRE. WILL GO AHEAD AND HOIST A WIND
ADVISORY FOR ALL NC...SC AND GA MOUNTAINS FROM 12Z THU TO 05Z FRI.
WILL PUT UP A WIND ADVISORY ADJACENT TO IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST AREA FROM 12Z THU TO 00Z FRI. PRRESSURE GRADEINT GRADUALLY
RELAXES LATE FRI NIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESURE BUILDS E.
ON THU...MOST MOUNTAIN AREAS WILL SEE THEIR MAX TEMPERATURES OCCUR
IN THE MORNING WITH A NON-DIURNAL TREND DOWNWARD DUE TO STRONG COLD
ADVECTION. OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS ONLY A MARGINAL INCREASE IN
TEMPERATURES ON THU FROM EARLY MORNING VALUES. USED A MOS BLEND WITH
PERSISTENCE TO GENERATE MIN/MAX GRIDS THROUGH FRI. WILL USE GFS MOS
TO GENERATE HOURLY GRIDS ON THU TO GENERATE NON-DIURNAL TRACE.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 235 PM WED...LONG WAVE OVER THE ERN STATES WILL DEAMPLIFY
LATER IN THE WEEKEND...FOLLOWED BY A FEW DAYS OF ZONAL FLOW. LATE IN
THE EXTENDED RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE EASTERN
CONUS...IN PARTICULAR THE SE STATES. THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT IN
THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AS TO WHETHER A SRN STREAM SYSTEM WILL BRING
PCPN TO THE REGION LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE LATEST ECMWF BRINGS
SOME PCPN INTO THE REGION...WHILE THE GFS IS MORE SUPPRESSED. SEEMS
REASONABLE TO FOLLOW THE OLD SAW OF KEEPING THINGS DRY IN A DROUGHT.
THIS ALSO LINES UP WELL WITH HPC/S FORECAST FOR SUN/MON. BY WED THE
GFS BRINGS SOME PCPN INTO THE WRN ZONES. I/LL GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT
IN...BUT I/M SKEPTICAL THAT WE WILL SEE ANYTHING WITH THE BUILDING
RIDGE.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
MID AND VFR LOW CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVE AHEAD OF APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. EXPECT VIS TO BEGIN TO LOWER MOST AREAS AROUND MIDNIGHT
WITH MVFR CIG/VIS IN SHRA MOVG IN 08-09Z. WINDS WILL SWING NW AFTER
FROPA...11Z KAVL TO 13Z KCLT...AND PICK UP 20G35KTS KAVL...15G25KTS
ACROSS PIEDMONT. MVFR CONDITIONS SHOULD END SHORTLY AFTER THAT WITH
LINGERING SHOWERS AND HOUR OR TWO AFTER FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
AVIATION OUTLOOK...
GUSTY NW WINDS THROUGH THU EVE...THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE W FRI INTO SAT. A DRY FRONT MOVES THRU SUN...THEN HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS BACK IN FROM THE N THRU MID WEEK.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR GAZ010-017.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ018-
026-028-029.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-
509.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR SCZ001>003.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
SCZ004>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...MCAVOY
AVIATION...RBHazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 9:08 AM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 908 AM EST WED NOV 14 2007 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-151415- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 908 AM EST WED NOV 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT. AN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKE...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER AND ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506>510-SCZ001>014-019-151415- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-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- 908 AM EST WED NOV 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. AN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKE...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 3:22 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie, Iredell and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:19 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 28 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.