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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2007, 2:14 PM EST for 12 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 28, 2007, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2007, 2:14 PM EST (19:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2007, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2007, 9:59 PM EST
- In force
- 16 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 19:15 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, 7.2 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
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 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 271914 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 214 PM EST THU DEC 27 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY WILL SEND A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOUNTAINS TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FRIDAY. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-280500- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.071228T1100Z-071229T0500Z/ 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 214 PM EST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT FOR MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. 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. $$ GERAPETRITIS
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 280254 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 954 PM EST THU DEC 27 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY WILL SEND A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOUNTAINS TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FRIDAY. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-281100- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.071228T1100Z-071229T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 954 PM EST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 14
000 WWUS72 KGSP 280937 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 437 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY WILL SEND A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOUNTAINS TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-281745- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.071228T1100Z-071229T0500Z/ 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 437 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG RIDGETOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. 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. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 281555 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1055 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY WILL SEND A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOUNTAINS TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-290000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 1055 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG RIDGETOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NED
000 WWUS72 KGSP 282002 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 302 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES IS PUSHING A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-290415- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ 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 302 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG RIDGETOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. 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. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 282111 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 411 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG TO PERSIST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES IS PUSHING A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. GAZ010-290500- /O.NEW.KGSP.FG.Y.0009.071228T2111Z-071229T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ RABUN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLAYTON 411 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN THE LOWER TERRAIN OF RABUN COUNTY THIS EVENING. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF DRIVING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG RIDGETOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. 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 DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-290500- /O.NEW.KGSP.FG.Y.0009.071228T2111Z-071229T0500Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ANDERSON 411 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF DRIVING. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-290500- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 411 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG RIDGETOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HG
000 WWUS72 KGSP 290021 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 721 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. GAZ010-290500- /O.CAN.KGSP.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ RABUN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLAYTON 721 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR RABUN COUNTY. VISIBILITY HAS IMPROVED IN THE WAKE OF HEAVIER RAINFALL THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH PATCHY FOG IS STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL AFFECT THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF RABUN COUNTY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH ALONG RIDGE TOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE 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. $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-290130- /O.CAN.KGSP.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ANDERSON 721 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. VISIBILITY HAS IMPROVED ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF HEAVIER RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING. PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-290500- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ 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 721 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG RIDGE TOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE. 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. $$ HG
000 WWUS72 KGSP 290259 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 959 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-290400- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 959 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY STILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES...WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT...BUT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ HG
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 Dec 27, 2:09 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 2:09 PM EST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
209 PM EST THU DEC 27 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES THROUGH
MID DAY FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT
WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY SATURDAY WITH AN AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT
THE CAROLINAS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE COLDER
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THE
END OF THE WORK WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SKY COVER WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF AN
APPROACHING SFC LOW. ISENTROPIC LIFT ALONG WITH UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD
INCREASE BETWEEN 3-6Z. THE INCREASING MOISTURE AND LIFT SHOULD SUPPORT
SCT LIGHT SHRA OVER THE WESTERN NC MTNS. STRENGTHENING UPSLOPE AND
ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. I WILL ADVERTISE CHC TO
SCHC POPS FOR SHRA ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA BY 12Z FRI. WAA
AND WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER SHOULD RESULT IN ANOTHER MILD
NIGHT...U30S IN THE MTNS VALLEYS AND AROUND 40 EAST. CONDENSATION
PRESSURE DEFICITS LOWER TO A FEW MB LATE TONIGHT...I WILL ADD A
MENTION OF PATCHY FOG BETWEEN 9-12Z.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 THURSDAY...THE MAIN UPPER WAVE AND SURFACE LOW PRES CENTER
WILL SHUTTLE QUICKLY FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES ON
FRIDAY...AS A TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVES EAST FROM THE MS RIVER
VALLEY TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. MEANWHILE...SFC HIGH PRESSURE
WILL SLIDE EAST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST EARLY FRIDAY AS MOIST
UPGLIDE MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM SOUTH. THIS SETUP COULD ALLOW
WEAK IN SITU COLD AIR DAMMING TO DEVELOP IF LIGHT PRECIPITATION CAN
GET GOING EARLY ENOUGH IN THE DAY. HOWEVER...SW FLOW SHOULD RAPIDLY
IMPROVE TO ALLOW THE GULF COASTAL WARM FRONT TO MOVE INTO AND
THROUGH THE AREA BY EVENING.
WINDS ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN IN THE SRLY JET WILL BE A CONCERN AS
50 TO 60 KT OF 850 MB FLOW WILL RAMP UP THROUGH THE DAY. WILL POST A
WIND ADVISORY ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGH TERRAIN AS ANY SHOWERS WITH
THE EXPECTED CONVECTION COULD BRING DOWN STRONGER WIND GUSTS. THE
MODELS EXHIBIT FAIRLY LIMITED SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY...BUT CROSS
TOTALS REACHING THE MID 20S AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE A
THUNDER MENTION THROUGHOUT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
CONVECTION...AND ASSOCIATED WIND DAMAGE...WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST
SECTIONS WHERE THE WARM SECTOR WILL MAKE THE EARLIEST AND STRONGEST
INTRUSION FRI AFTN.
PRECIP COVERAGE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COLD FRONT WILL STEADILY
DIMINISH AS IT CROSSES THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...AS THE
DYNAMICS PULL WELL TO THE NORTHWEST. A LINGERING SHOWER MENTION WILL
BE NEEDED ACROSS SE PIEDMONT SECTIONS EARLY SATURDAY. THE BOUNDARY
SHOULD STALL SOMEWHERE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION SATURDAY...AND
SLOWLY UNDULATE BACK TOWARD THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A SLIGHT
CHANCE N TO CHANCE S OF LIGHT RAIN WILL BE FEATURED FOR LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 315 AM...THERE IS RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT AMONGST MODELS IN
THE MEDIUM RANGE. THE PERIOD BEGINS ON SUNDAY WITH AN UPPER
ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER CARRIBEAN AND A TROUGH ENTERING THE
CENTRAL CONUS...PLACING THE FA IN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. MOST
ACTIVE WEATHER DURING THE PERIOD EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY MONDAY. MOISTURE SURGE AND BEST LIFT ARE EXPECTED AFTER 12Z
SUNDAY ALONG AND NEAR A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS. SOME UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL BE PRESENT AS WELL WITH THE
FA IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.
LIKELY POPS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WHICH THEN TAPER
OFF INTO MONDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT...MOISTURE...AND LIFT PUSH OFF
TO THE EAST.
FROM MONDAY ONWARD...BOTH THE 00Z GFS AND ECMWF FEATURE A DEVELOPING
EASTERN CONUS TROUGH AND A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS. THIS WILL ALSO
RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF NORTHWEST FLOW...WHICH IS REFLECTED
WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ALONG THE TN BORDER IN FAVORED
UPSLOPE AREAS FOR SNOW SHOWERS. PLENTY OF COLD AIR AS H85 TEMPS
PLUMMET THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS IN PLACE
BY WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MVFR CU FIELD ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT AND MIX THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON. ANY THREAT OF AN MVFR CEILING SHOULD BE LIMITED
AFTER 19Z. MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD REDEVELOP TONIGHT WITH THE ARRIVAL
OF DEEP ISENTROPIC LIFT AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE. THE 12Z NAM INDICATES
THAT STEADY UPGLIDE WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 3-6Z ACROSS THE CWA.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A NEARLY SATURATED LAYER FROM THE SFC TO 3
KFT. MOS GUIDANCE ALSO INDICATES THAT CEILINGS SHOULD LOWER
TONIGHT...POSSIBLY REACHING IFR TO LIFR LEVELS AROUND SUNRISE
FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT RA AND MIST SHOULD LOWER SFC VIS TO
5-6SM LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY KAVL...KAND...KGMU/GSP. VIS
RESTRICTIONS AND LOW CEILINGS SHOULD LINGER THROUGH 18Z FRI.
AVIATION OUTLOOK...LOW CEILINGS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL
SHOULD CONTINUE INTO LATE FRI NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE CWA BETWEEN 6Z-15Z SAT. AFTER 15Z SAT...UNLIMITED CEILING
AND VIS SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS UNTIL LATE SUN
AFTERNOON. SUN EVENING AND NIGHT...LOW CEILINGS AND WIDESPREAD RAIN
SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE CWA. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE EARLY MON
MORNING.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT
FOR GAZ010.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT
FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...MCAVOY
AVIATION...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 6:00 AM EST, 8 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EST THU DEC 27 2007 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008-009-014-281100- 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- CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 600 AM EST THU DEC 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>007- 010>013-019-281100- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- 600 AM EST THU DEC 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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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.