Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2007, 4:17 AM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2007, 4:17 AM EST (09:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 1809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 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 070917 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 417 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. STRONG WIND FIELDS SOUTH OF THE LOW WILL RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FROM THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY NORTH. NCZ048-065-071700- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070207T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070207T1700Z/ MADISON-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HENDERSONVILLE 417 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...AND THE SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN THIS MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 60 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CRAGGY AND BLACK MOUNTAINS. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND LIMBS...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...INCLUDING THE BLACK MOUNTAIN AREA. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS COULD ALSO OCCUR IN ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...MARSHALL AND VICINITY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NCZ052-059-063-064-509-071700- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070207T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0006.070207T0917Z-070207T1700Z/ HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...BREVARD 417 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING... GENERALLY THE AREA SOUTH AND WEST OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. DUE TO THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FEW TREES OR POWER LINES COULD BE TOPPLED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ051-058-062-071700- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070207T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0014.070207T0917Z-070207T1700Z/ SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN 417 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. STRONGER GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKIES AND THE NANTAHALA MOUNTAINS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ033-049-050-053-501-503-505-507-071700- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070207T1700Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... LAKE LURE 417 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. SUSTAINED WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT THIS MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 60 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND LIMBS...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE LEE SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE...AFFECTING AREAS FROM LAKE LURE AND OLD FORT...NORTH TO LITTLE SWITZERLAND...JONAS RIDGE AND AREAS JUST SOUTH OF BLOWING ROCK BY SUNRISE. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-071700- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0014.070207T0917Z-070207T1700Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE 417 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ LANE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KGSP 071637 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1137 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 NCZ033-048>050-053-065-501-503-505-507-072100- /O.EXP.KGSP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070207T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KGSP.LW.Y.0014.070207T1700Z-070207T2100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1137 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY. LINGERING WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS POSSIBLE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ052-064-509-072100- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070207T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KGSP.LW.Y.0014.070207T1700Z-070207T2100Z/ HAYWOOD-TRANSYLVANIA-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESVILLE...BREVARD 1137 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY. LINGERING WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ059-063-071745- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070207T1700Z/ NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SYLVA 1137 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY. EXPECT JUST BREEZY CONDITIONS TO REMAIN INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WIND SPEEDS AVERAGING BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-062-SCZ001>003-071745- /O.EXP.KGSP.LW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-070207T1700Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...CHEROKEE... FRANKLIN 1137 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY. LINGERING NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL BE SEEN INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ CSH
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 Feb 7, 2:48 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 2:48 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
TODAY...
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE WIND SITUATION UNFOLDS
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. NAM INDICATES RIDICULOUSLY
STRONG H8 FLOW OF 60-70 KTS...A 5 MB GRADIENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MTNS...AND 7-8 MB PRESSURE RISES ADVECTING IN LATER THIS MORNING.
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM SAYS THAT THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A LOT OF
FALLING TIMBER ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATER THIS MORNING...BUT IT
IS TROUBLESOME THAT THE GFS ADVERTISES H8 WINDS ONLY IN THE 40-45
KT RANGE.
WE WILL CANCEL THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN MTNS IN
SHORT ORDER. NOT MUCH IS GOING ON PRECIP WISE ATTM. ALTHOUGH THERE
WILL LIKELY BE SOME NORTHWEST FLOW RA/SN SHOWERS LATER THIS MORNING
AS THE FLOW VEERS AROUND...THE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE
SHALLOW...AND THE TEMP STRUCTURE IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR AN
ACCUMULATING EVENT. IN FACT...WE WILL JUST ADVERTISE CHANCE POPS FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
THU LOOKS TO BE A DRY DAY WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS. RH VALUES GET A
LITTLE LOW...THOUGH THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE COMBINATION OF WINDS
AND RH MIGHT APPROACH RED FLAG CRITERIA IS ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF
THE NC BLUE RIDGE. STILL...IT/S SOMETHING TO WATCH CONSIDERING HOW
MANY DRY...WINDY DAYS WE HAVE HAD OF LATE.
AIRMASS ON FRIDAY IS LOOKING DRIER AND COLDER NOW ON BOTH THE NAM
AND GFS. LOWERED MIN TEMPS FRI MORNING ABOUT 5 DEGREES UP NORTH AND
3 DEGREES IN THE SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES. WHILE TWO OF THE ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS STILL ADVERTISE SOME PCPN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA
FRIDAY...ALL THE REST ARE DRY. THE OPERATIONAL MODELS ARE DRY AS
WELL...WITH JUST SOME PASSING MID LEVEL CLOUDS. WHILE I DID RAISE
TEMPS A LITTLE TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE SUN...MAX TEMPS ARE STILL 5 TO 7
DEG BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
DRY...NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES ON SATURDAY. GRADIENT WEAKENS QUITE A
BIT SAT MORNING...SO RADIATIONAL COOLING POTENTIAL LOOKS GOOD.
WOULDN/T BE TOO SURPRISED TO SEE MINS A BIT COLDER THAN THE UPPER
TEENS AND 20S WHAT I HAVE IN THERE NOW.
ON SUNDAY THE GFS IS ADVERTISING YET ANOTHER WEAK SOUTHERN STREAM
SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA WITH A VARIETY OF WINTRY PCPN. IT
HASN/T BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THESE SYSTEMS AS THEY TEND TO
WINK IN AND OUT OF EXISTENCE FROM RUN TO RUN. IN THIS CASE...I SEE
THAT THE LAST PANEL OF THE NAM...THAT BEING 12 UTC SATURDAY...HAS
SURFACE PRESSURES A GOOD 6 TO 8 MB HIGHER WITH THE RIDGE OVER MO
THAN DOES THE GFS. THE NAM LINES UP QUITE WELL WITH THE ECMWF.
THEREFORE...I THINK THE STRONGER HIGH AND A MORE SUPPRESSED SYSTEM
FOR LATE IN THE WEEKEND MAKES SENSE...AND I/LL KEEP THE FORECAST
DRY. EARLY NEXT WEEK IS STILL LOOKING VERY INTERESTING. THOUGH IT/S
FAR TOO EARLY TO GET SPECIFIC...THERE IS A LOT ABOUT THE PATTERN
THAT LOOKS CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORABLE FOR AN ICE STORM. TIME WILL
TELL.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z-06Z/...
MAINLY A WIND CONCERN TODAY...AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVES RAPIDLY
ACROSS VIRGINIA OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS OR SO. COLD ADVECTION AND
NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THIS FEATURE SHOULD ALLOW FOR GUSTY CONDITIONS
TO DEVELOP AT KAVL BY SUNRISE. SOME LOW VFR STRATOCU COULD MAKE ITS
WAY UP THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY ONCE THIS OCCURS. HOWEVER...ANY LOWER
CIGS SHOULD BE RELATIVELY SHORT LIVED. ELSEWHERE...JUST EXPECT FEW
TO SCT STRATOCU AND SOME GUSTS NEARING 20 KTS THIS MORNING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR GAZ010-017.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR NCZ051-058-062.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR NCZ048-052-059-063>065-
509.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR NCZ033-049-050-053-
501-503-505-507.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR SCZ001>003.
&&
SHORT TERM...JDL/MCAVOY
LONG TERM...MCAVOY
AVIATION...JDLHazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:16 PM EST, 12 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 416 PM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-072130- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 416 PM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 PM TONIGHT TO 4 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT BEYOND 4 AM. FOR MORE INFORMATION... SEE THE URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE ISSUED AT 153 PM. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WILL MAY CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR SNOW IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE ISSUED AT 139 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE SUBSIDING LATE IN THE DAY. MORE SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON NEXT TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING WIND DAMAGE. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-507-509-072130- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- 416 PM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 PM TONIGHT TO 4 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE ISSUED AT 153 PM. PATCHY AREAS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND A FEW SLICK SPOTS COULD DEVELOP ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK AND COULD BRING MORE SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING WIND DAMAGE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-072130- 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- 416 PM EST TUE FEB 6 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON FRIDAY...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85. NEXT TUESDAY MORNING MAY BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...BUT UNCERTAINTY IS HIGH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 7, 4:00 AM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 AM EST WED FEB 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MARSHALL 35.80N 82.68W
02/07/2007 MADISON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND LINES DOWN IN MARSHALL. REPORTS STARTED COMING
IN AT 245 AM AND ARE STILL COMING IN. AN AUTOMATED SENSOR
ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN REPORTED A 63 MPH GUST AT 305
AM.
&&
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 12:03 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:17 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 10 more | 12 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.