Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Buncombe County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

000 
WWUS42 KGSP 180318
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1018 PM EST WED JAN 17 2007

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT.
WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...EXPECT LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AROUND DAYBREAK.
IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR MOST OF THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON...BEFORE ENDING AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LATE IN
THE DAY.

GAZ026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-
181200-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.070118T0800Z-070118T2300Z/
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-
LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...
MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1018 PM EST WED JAN 17 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM EST
THURSDAY ACROSS MOST OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE WESTERN
PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT.

LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...THEN TURN TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH UP TO 1/2 INCH OF SLEET...AND 1/4 TO 1/3 OF AN INCH OF
FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE THURSDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE
COULD BE ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS THURSDAY
MORNING. 

$$

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-
SCZ001>003-181200-
/O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.070118T0800Z-070118T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1018 PM EST WED JAN 17 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM
EST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE
SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF NORTH CAROLINA.

SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...THEN MIX WITH OR TURN TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF
SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...UP TO AND INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE
FOOTHILLS SHOULD SEE UP TO 1/4 INCH OF SLEET AND UP TO 1/8 INCH OF
FREEZING RAIN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

MOORE

000 
WWUS42 KGSP 180838
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 AM EST THU JAN 18 2007

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY...

.ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SPREADING INTO A COLD AIRMASS
THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NEW
ENGLAND. SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION EARLY
TODAY...WITH SOME SNOW MIXING IN AT THE OUTSET ACROSS NORTH
CAROLINA. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL STEADILY TRANSITION OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF
ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTHILLS...WHILE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL AFFECT PIEDMONT LOCATIONS.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TODAY.

GAZ026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-
181700-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070118T2300Z/
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-
LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...
MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
338 AM EST THU JAN 18 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
STATESVILLE TO GREENVILLE TO CLARKESVILLE.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS
EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
DURING THE MORNING HOURS. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL START TO
AFFECT ELEVATED SURFACES AND BRIDGES AROUND DAYBREAK...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BECOMING HEAVIER THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE WARNING AREA...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH BY THAT TIME.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND FINALLY END
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF CAROLINAS BY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE
COULD BE ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY.

$$

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-
SCZ001>003-181700-
/O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070118T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
338 AM EST THU JAN 18 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA LOCATIONS FROM CLAYTON TO TOCCOA.

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS
THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IS THEN EXPECTED
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. A FEW MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...COULD PICK UP A QUICK INCH OF SNOW
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
A FAIRLY PROLONGED PERIOD OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SLEET
ACCUMULATING ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
BLUE RIDGE. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN IS THEN
EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

GERAPETRITIS

000 
WWUS42 KGSP 181624
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1124 AM EST THU JAN 18 2007

.PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING RAPIDLY BUT STILL EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND
DRIZZLE...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF I-85. HAVE CANCELLED THE WARNING
AND MOST OF THE ADVISORY. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY
AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS...WILL CONTINUE WITH A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF I-85 THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.

GAZ028-029-NCZ057-070>072-082-SCZ006>014-019-181900-
/O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070118T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.ZR.Y.0001.070118T1624Z-070118T1900Z/
HART-ELBERT-ROWAN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...SALISBURY...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1124 AM EST THU JAN 18 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE ADVISORY AREA WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN OR
DRIZZLE. ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

GAZ026-NCZ036-037-056-068-069-SCZ004-005-181730-
/O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070118T2300Z/
FRANKLIN-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON
1124 AM EST THU JAN 18 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

$$

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-
SCZ001>003-181730-
/O.CAN.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070118T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1124 AM EST THU JAN 18 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

$$

000 
WWUS42 KGSP 311608
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1108 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...

.A COLD UPPER TROUGH AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS MONDAY NIGHT...WHILE A STRONG SURFACE
LOW DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY TUESDAY...BRINGING
IN MUCH COLDER AIR. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL WRAP AROUND THE GREAT
LAKES LOW AND INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM THE
NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CREATE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF COLD
TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS...AND SNOW LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NCZ033-048>052-058-010000-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.080101T1700Z-080102T2300Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE
1108 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM GRAHAM COUNTY TO AVERY COUNTY.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL START TO DEVELOP FROM THE WEST LATE
MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWER COVERAGE AND SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE TUESDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
BEFORE TAPERING OFF. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS
EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN COUNTIES BORDERING
TENNESSEE...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO POSSIBLY 9 INCHES AT THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TUESDAY NIGHT WHILE WINDS INCREASE FROM
THE NORTHWEST. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS NORTHWEST
WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. WIND
CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY ALSO FALL TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW
ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NCZ053-059-062-063-501-503-505-010000-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.A.0001.080101T1700Z-080102T2300Z/
BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN
1108 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM FRANKLIN TO ASHEVILLE TO THE
MOUNTAINS OF CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY TUESDAY...AND THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES BY
WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ALONG NORTHWEST
FACING SLOPES. ADDITIONALLY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT...COULD
CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. A FEW
LOCATIONS COULD SEE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AS WELL AROUND
DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND WIND WHICH MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR
ADVISORIES.

$$

GERAPETRITIS

000 
WWUS42 KGSP 312105
WSWGSP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EST MON DEC 31 2007

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...

.A COLD UPPER TROUGH AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS MONDAY NIGHT...WHILE A STRONG SURFACE
LOW DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY TUESDAY...BRINGING
IN MUCH COLDER AIR. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL WRAP AROUND THE GREAT
LAKES LOW AND INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM THE
NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CREATE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF COLD
TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS...AND SNOW LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

NCZ053-059-010400-
/O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.080101T1700Z-080102T2300Z/
/O.EXA.KGSP.WS.W.0001.080101T1700Z-080102T2300Z/
BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA
405 PM EST MON DEC 31 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS EARLY TUESDAY...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY
TUESDAY EVENING ALONG AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45
MPH...COULD ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW IN AFFECTED
LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES
WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 10
BELOW EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NCZ033-048>052-058-010400-
/O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.080101T1700Z-080102T2300Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE
405 PM EST MON DEC 31 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS EARLY TUESDAY...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY
TUESDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON NORTHWEST
FACING SLOPES. SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF AROUND A FOOT WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30
MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH...COULD ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING OF SNOW IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO
FALL TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF
THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NCZ062-063-501-503-505-010400-
/O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.080101T1700Z-080102T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.080101T1700Z-080102T2300Z/
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FRANKLIN
405 PM EST MON DEC 31 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS EARLY TUESDAY...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY
TUESDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON NORTHWEST FACING
SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP
TO 45 MPH...COULD ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW IN
AFFECTED LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL BELOW ZERO
BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

BSH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
248 PM EST WED JAN 17 2007

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM SETTING UP AS UPPER JET REMAINS OVER AREA...
WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE MOISTURE AS IT MOVES OVER FORECAST AREA FROM
THE S TONIGHT. AS HIGH PRESSURE NOSES DOWN THE E SIDE OF THE MTNS A
WEDGE HAS SET UP OVER CWA WITH DRYER...COLDER AIR NOSING DOWN FROM
THE NE. AN INVERTED SFC WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE MOVES OVER AREA WITH COLD TEMPS AND
STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND
USING NOMAGRAMS AND PARTIAL THICKNESS SCHEMES EXPECT PRECIP TO START
AS SNOW/SLEET DURING LATE NIGHT HOURS...TURNING TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT TOWARD
DAYBREAK...CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER NE
PART OF CWA. LIMITING FACTOR MAY BE QPF BUT BEST QPF ALONG SE HALF
CWA SO GOING WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING S OF I-85 CORRIDOR AND E OF
I-77 CORRIDOR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW...AND A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THE CWA.
&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS LOW PRESSURE QUICKLY MOVES NE OF THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING...ANY
LINGERING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT WILL END DURING THE
EVENING. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE NC MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT
WHERE SOME SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP DUE TO UPSLOPE FLOW AND A
PASSING VORT MAX. HOWEVER...ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND THEY
SHOULD END BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING OVER THE
REGION ON FRIDAY. WITH DOWNSLOPING WINDS TEMPERATURES SHOULD REBOUND
BACK TO SEASONAL LEVELS...ESPECIALLY E OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGH
CRESTS OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND MOVES EAST SATURDAY NIGHT.
ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASES SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST IN RESPONSE TO DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER
THE CENTRAL U.S. GOOD CHANCE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP DURING
THE DAY SUNDAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT SNOW WOULD FALL IN
THE MOUNTAINS INITIALLY ON SUNDAY...WITH A MIXTURE OF SLEET/RAIN
OTHER AREAS. PARTIAL THICKNESSES AND BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS WARM
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH SUPPORTS GENERALLY RAIN UPSTATE SC AND NC
PIEDMONT...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW/SLEET...AND MAYBE SOME FREEZING
RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECIPITATION ENDS QUICKLY ON
MONDAY AS LOW PULLS AWAY TO THE NE. USED A BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE
FOR TEMPERTURES...DEWPOINTS AND WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY.

GENERALLY FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE FOR MON-WED PERIOD WHICH BUILDS HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE AREA BEGINNING LATE MONDAY INTO TUE...FOLLOWED BY
A GENERALLY DRY COLD FRONT LATE TUE...THAT PERHAPS TRIGGERS SOME
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS LATE TUE/TUE NIGHT. HPC AND PREVIOUS GFS
DEVELOPED ANOTHER SOUTHERN STREAM SURFACE LOW FOR WED WHICH PROMPTED
LOW CHANCE POPS FOR RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS. LOOKS LIKE 12Z
GFS HAS BACKED OFF ON THIS SOLUTION. TEMPS WILL BE GENERALLY
BELOW SEASONAL LEVELS...EXCEPT CLOSE TO NORMAL ON TUE.

&&

.AVIATION...
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE INCREASING AS THE UPPER JET AXIS
REMAINS OVER THE REGION...WITH LOWERING ALTOSTRATUS THROUGH THE
OUTLOOK PERIOD AS MOIST UPGLIDE DEVELOPS. 12Z MODEL RUNS BRING MVR
CIGS IN BY 09Z...LOWERING TO IFR AS PRECIP INCREASES AFTER DAYBREAK.
EXPECT PRECIP TO START AS A WINTRY MIX WHICH COULD HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON VIS. STAYING WITH MVFR ATTM FOR EARLY MORNING
HOURS. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW SNOW AND OR SLEET MIXING WITH AND
TURNING TO FREEZING RAIN WHICH COULD LAST THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...EVEN WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR NC PIEDMONT. E TO NE WINDS
AT 10 TO 15 KTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THU MORNING.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR GAZ026-028-029 FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
     6 PM THURSDAY.
  ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GAZ010-017-018 FROM 3 AM THURSDAY
     TO 6 PM THURSDAY.
NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NCZ033>035-048>055-058-059-062>067-
     501>510 FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY.
  ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082 FROM 3
     AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY.
SC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>003 FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6
     PM THURSDAY.
  ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SCZ004>014-019 FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
     6 PM THURSDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...GABRIC
AVIATION...RB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
543 AM EST WED JAN 17 2007

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-181100-
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-
543 AM EST WED JAN 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA TONIGHT. MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTH... SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WINTER PRECIPITATION LATE
TONIGHT. BY DAWN THURSDAY A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85...WITH SNOW
POSSIBLE TO THE NORTHWEST...INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO ACCUMULATIONS...AS GROUND
TEMPERATURES REMAIN ELEVATED FROM RECENT WARM WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING. BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO
RAIN IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND MOST OF
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WHILE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET
PERSISTS BETWEEN CHARLOTTE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END BY THURSDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE THAT
WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS THE TIMING OF THE
BEGINNING OF PRECIPITATION. INDICATIONS AT THIS TIME ARE THAT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH...WITH THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 77 AND THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85.
AS THE FORECAST BECOMES MORE CERTAIN...AN ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED
LATER TODAY.

A WINTER STORM OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE SUNDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM. ANOTHER ROUND OF MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW...CHANGING TO RAIN
AND SLEET...APPEAR POSSIBLE...WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE ALONG
INTERSTATE 40. ALTHOUGH INDICATIONS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN MOVING
PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA DURING THAT TIME...UNCERTAINTY REMAINS
ABOUT THE EXTENT OF COLD AIR THAT WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT
WINTER PRECIPITATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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