Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 24, 2007, 3:18 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 25, 2007, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2007, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2007, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2007, 5:29 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 214 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
- 1612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 104 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS42 KGSP 242018 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 318 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007 ...A DOSE OF WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .A COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS THE DISTURBANCE APPROACHES EAST TENNESSEE THURSDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND BECOME GUSTY. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE DISTURBANCE TO DEVELOP SEVERAL BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THESE BANDS SHOULD PEAK THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL LINGER INTO THE NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...COLD WIND CHILLS...AND PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NCZ063-242130- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.A.0002.070125T1100Z-070126T1100Z/ SOUTHERN JACKSON- 318 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTAN BURG HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WATCH IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 1 INCH. $$ NCZ033-048>050-250430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0002.070125T1100Z-070126T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0002.070125T1200Z-070126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 318 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTAN BURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND BECOME NUMEROUS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A BURST OF HEAVY SHOWERS IS LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SPEEDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH DEVELOPING THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET THURSDAY NIGHT AND LOWER TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NCZ051>053-058-059-062-250430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0002.070125T1100Z-070126T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0003.070125T1200Z-070126T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN 318 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTAN BURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SOME AREAS IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL ONLY SEE FLURRIES WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SPEEDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH DEVELOPING THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND COMBINED WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET THURSDAY NIGHT AND LOWER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. $$ GABRIC
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS42 KGSP 250235 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 935 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007 ...A DOSE OF WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .A COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS THE DISTURBANCE APPROACHES EAST TENNESSEE THURSDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND BECOME GUSTY. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE DISTURBANCE TO DEVELOP SEVERAL BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THESE BANDS SHOULD PEAK THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL LINGER INTO THE NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...COLD WIND CHILLS... AND PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NCZ033-048>050-251000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.070125T1200Z-070126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 935 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND BECOME NUMEROUS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A BURST OF HEAVY SHOWERS IS LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SPEEDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH DEVELOPING THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET THURSDAY NIGHT AND LOWER TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NCZ051>053-058-059-062-251000- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0003.070125T1200Z-070126T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN 935 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SOME AREAS IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL ONLY SEE FLURRIES WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SPEEDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH DEVELOPING THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIND COMBINED WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET THURSDAY NIGHT AND LOWER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. $$ LANE
000 WWUS42 KGSP 250944 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 444 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...A DOSE OF WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY. AS THE DISTURBANCE APPROACHES EAST TENNESSEE THIS MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND BECOME GUSTY. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE DISTURBANCE TO DEVELOP SEVERAL BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THESE BANDS SHOULD PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LINGER INTO THE NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...COLD WIND CHILLS... AND PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ033-048>050-251745- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.070125T1200Z-070126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 444 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON. A BURST OF MODERATE HEAVY SHOWERS IS LIKELY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH DEVELOPING TONIGHT. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIMITED VISIBILITY AND MODERATE SNOW DRIFTS. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT AND LOWER TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NCZ051>053-058-059-062-251745- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0003.070125T1200Z-070126T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN 444 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SOME AREAS IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL ONLY SEE FLURRIES WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. THE WIND COMBINED WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT AND LOWER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. $$ NED
000 WWUS42 KGSP 251612 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1112 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE DISTURBANCE TO DEVELOP SEVERAL BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THESE BANDS SHOULD PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LINGER INTO THE NIGHT. COLD WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN OVERNIGHT. NCZ033-048>050-260015- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1112 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. A BURST OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS IS LIKELY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ON THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 AND 50 MPH AREA EXPECTED. WIND...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIMITED VISIBILITY. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT AND LOWER TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NCZ051>053-058-059-062-260015- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070126T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN 1112 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SOME AREAS IN THE LEE OF THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS WILL ONLY SEE FLURRIES AND LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE WIND COMBINED WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT AND LOWER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 251855 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 155 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS EARLY THIS EVENING WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SEVERAL BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THESE BANDS SHOULD PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. GUSTY WINDS AND COLD WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN OVERNIGHT. NCZ033-048>050-260300- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 155 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TOTALS ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NCZ051>053-058-059-062-260300- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070126T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN 155 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. BURSTS OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW...ESPECIALLY AT SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 252229 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 529 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 NCZ033-048>050-252330- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070126T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 529 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED FLURRIES MAY PERSIST IN AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER THIS EVENING...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ NCZ051>053-058-059-062-252330- /O.CAN.KGSP.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070126T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN 529 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED FLURRIES MAY PERSIST IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER THIS EVENING...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ LANE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 24, 2:20 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 2:20 PM EST, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
220 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE TOWARD THE AREA THIS EVENING AS
ITS ASSOCIATED NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE DIVES INTO THE EASTERN
UPPER TROUGH. EXTENSIVE SOUTHERN STREAM HIGH CLOUDS WILL PRECEDE
THIS SHORTWAVE. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
AND UPSLOPE FLOW TO SUPPORT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER THIS EVENING...INCREASING AND ADVANCING TOWARD THE
NC BLUE RIDGE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY IN THE NC
MOUNTAINS...SATISFYING LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING IN
THE NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS...AND BY MIDNIGHT IN THE REST OF THE NC
MOUNTAINS. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR CLIMATOLOGY IN THE LEE
OF THE MOUNTAINS...WHILE COLD ADVECTION WILL BE MODERATED BY WIND
AND LOW CLOUD COVER IN THE MOUNTAINS. CIRRUS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT
EAST OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE ARRIVING SHORTWAVE.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MOUNTAINS WILL GET ANOTHER DOSE OF WINTER BEGINNING ON THU AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVES OFF DELMARVA AND PULLS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT SOUTH
THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS. A SHORT WAVE ALOFT WILL ACCOMPANY THE
FRONT WITH THE BEST DPVA OCCURRING THU AFTERNOON IN THE NC
MOUNTAINS ALIGNING WITH FRONTOGENESIS ALOFT. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE A
BURST OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ESPECIALLY IN THE FAVORED NW FLOW
UPSLOPE AREAS FROM AVERY COUNTY...SW INTO NORTHERN HAYWOOD. I AM
FAVORING THE MORE BULLISH NAM QPF WHICH YIELDS A SWATH OF 2-4 INCHES
OF SNOW IF A 20:1 RATIO IS USED WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE IN THIS TYPE
OF AIRMASS. 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS HAYWOOD...SWAIN...
GRAHAM...MACON...N.JACKSON AND NORTHERN BUNCOMBE. ALSO...WIND WILL
BE CRANKING UP CONSIDERABLY BY LATE AFTERNOON AS PRESSURE GRADIENT
TIGHTENS WITH GUSTS EVENTUALLY REACHING 40-50MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN THU NIGHT. THEREFORE...WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
THE NORHTERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY...WITH A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR REMAINDER OF CNETRAL MOUNTAINS AND A PORTION OF
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH SUBSTANTIALLY BY
MIDNIGHT AS STRONG SUBSIDENCE ALOFT SETS IN...BUT WITH STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE HEADLINES UNTIL 11Z FRI. LAKE WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA LIKELY OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS THU AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT WILL LEAVE THAT HEADLINE FOR OVERNIGHT SHIFT.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA ON FRI WITH DIMINIHSING WINDS AND
CLEARING WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO SAT. MODELS SOOMEWHAT AT ODDS ON
HOW QUICK THICKNESS RECOVERS ON FRI WITH GFS MUCH WARMER. GFS MAY BE
TOO QUICK BUILDING HEIGHTS DUE TO UPPER LOW EJECTING OUT OF THE
SW...SO HAVE USED A MOS BLEND BUT LOWERD TOWARD COOLER MET NUMBERS.
BOTH MODELS DO AGREE THAT SW UPPER LOW WILL MINOR OUT AS IT MOVES E
WITH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE REGION SAT NIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY
POSSIBLE AND WILL BE RESTRICTED TO MOUNTAINS SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY
SUN.. SOMEWHAT COOLER AIRMASS ARRIVES BEHIND THIS FEATURE FOR SUN
INTO MON WITH LOW CHANCE FOR NW FLOW SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FAVORED
MOUNTAIN AREAS. ALTHOUGH NOT REFLECTED IN THE GRIDS AT THE MOMENT
DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING OF UPPER SHORT WAVES...12Z GFS NOW
INDICATING THAT WE COULD SEE ANOTHER ENHANCED NW FLOW SNOW SHOWER
EVENT ON MON INTO MON NIGHT. OTHERWISE...AREAS E OF THE MOUNTAINS
WILL FEATURE DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH BELOW SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES DUE TO CONTINUED NW FLOW. STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDNACE
FOR POPS AND TEMPS...SUN THROUGH WED.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z-18Z/...
SOUTHERN STREAM CIRRUS COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INVADE OUR AREA IN
A WEST SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE A LEE TROUGH
KEEPS WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS. A COLD
FRONT CROSSES THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING FROM THE NORTHWEST...
INTRODUCING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO KAVL. TAF SITES DOWNSTREAM FROM
THE BLUE RIDGE WILL EXPERIENCE LITTLE OF THIS MOISTURE IN A
DOWNSLOPE FLOW. CIRRUS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA
OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER SHORTWAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT PASSES.
WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY AT KAVL...AS DOWNWARD VERTICAL
MOTION TRANSPORTS HIGHER VELOCITIES TO THE SURFACE. BY THURSDAY
MORNING...SOME GUIDANCE MEMBERS LOWER THE CEILING AT KAVL IN A
STRONG AND MOIST UPVALLEY FLOW...AND AN MVFR CEILING WILL BE
CARRIED. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE SNOW SHOWERS AT
KAVL ON THURSDAY...WHEN THE MODELS CARRY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FARTHEST
TO THE EAST.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY
FOR NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-507-509.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR
NCZ033-048>050.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY
FOR NCZ051>053-058-059-062.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY
FOR NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...JATHazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 6:06 AM EST, 9 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 606 AM EST WED JAN 24 2007 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-251100- 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- 606 AM EST WED JAN 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. WINDY CONDITIONS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CAEWSWGSP... FOR DETAILS. A LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS NOT IN THE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-251100- 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- 606 AM EST WED JAN 24 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 5:00 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:57 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 26 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every winter storm warning 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.