Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2007, 2:37 PM EST for 28 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 1, 2007, 4:00 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 31, 2007, 2:37 PM EST (19:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2007, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2007, 1:44 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 42 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey 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
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS42 KGSP 311937 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT ON INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW OUT AHEAD OF A STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WITH A SUB-FREEZING AIRMASS IN PLACE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING EXPECTED TO ONLY SLOWLY WARM DURING THE FOLLOWING 18 TO 24 HOURS...A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-010345- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T1100Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 237 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... ...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 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS...EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO FALL INTO MIDDAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXCEPT OVER THE AREAS WEST OF THE FRENCH BROAD. HERE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MOSTLY RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...A DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND POSSIBLY THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ003-006>009- 010345- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T1100Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 237 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND THE UPSTATE COUNTIES FROM GREENVILLE TO YORK EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTHEAST INTO THE CHARLOTTE AND GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG METRO AREAS. AN INCH OF SLEET ALONG WITH DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED AS WELL...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010>014-019-010345- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 237 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... ...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 4 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN UPSTATE AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON. THURSDAY MORNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR SO POSSIBLE ALONG THE I- 85 CORRIDOR. AN INCH OF SLEET ALONG WITH A DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS LIKELY AS WELL. PRECIPITATION ACROSS THIS AREA WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS42 KGSP 010251 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 951 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOW TO WARM AND ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-011100- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T1100Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 951 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXCEPT OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS WHERE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO MOSTLY RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ALONG WITH SNOW...A DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND POSSIBLY THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ003-006>009- 011100- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T1100Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 951 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...AND THE UPSTATE COUNTIES FROM GREENVILLE TO YORK EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTHEAST INTO THE CHARLOTTE AND GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG METRO AREAS. AN INCH OF SLEET AND A DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS ALSO EXPECTED AS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSETHE AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010>014-019-011100- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 951 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THURSDAY MORNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR SO POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-85 CORRIDOR. AN INCH OF SLEET ALONG WITH A DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY AS WELL. PRECIPITATION ACROSS THIS AREA WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. $$ RB
000 WWUS42 KGSP 010953 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 453 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION... .DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE IT STARTS TO LET UP. SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOW TO WARM AND ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-011800- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T1100Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 453 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA TO THE WEST OF MARSHALL TO FRANKLIN...BUT A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY PERSIST OVER THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL PROBABLY SEE SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ALONG WITH SNOW...A DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND POSSIBLY THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ003-006>009- 011800- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T1100Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 453 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...AND THE UPSTATE COUNTIES FROM GREENVILLE TO YORK... EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. EVENTUALLY...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE AFTERNOON IN THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AND DURING THE LATE PART OF THE AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW COULD FALL AT THE RATE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR THIS MORNING...AND MAY EVENTUALLY ACCUMULATE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM SIMPSONVILLE TO UNION AND ROCK HILL IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA NORTHWARD IN NORTH CAROLINA. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FROM CHESTER TO MONROE...PERHAPS ONLY ONE OR TWO INCHES. AFTER THE TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...THE ENTIRE AREA COULD GET AS MUCH AS ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO VENTURE OUT TODAY...YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER.. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010>014-019-011800- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 453 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THURSDAY MORNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES FROM HARTWELL AND ANDERSON NORTH TO THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE...WITH AN INCH OR SO POSSIBLE FROM ELBERTON TO ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD. AN INCH OF SLEET ALONG WITH A DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY AS WELL. PRECIPITATION ACROSS THIS AREA WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ MOORE
000 WWUS42 KGSP 011645 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1145 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION... .DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE IT STARTS TO LET UP. SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM AND ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-020045- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T1100Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1145 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY CHANGE TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN AS WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVE INTO THE AREA. THE CHANGEOVER WILL BE SLOWER OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL EVENING. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE. ALONG WITH SNOW...A DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND POSSIBLY THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ003-006>009- 020045- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T1100Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 1145 AM EST THU FEB 1 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 WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER THE I-40 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE UPSTATE COUNTIES FROM GREENVILLE TO YORK...WILL SLOWLY CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE I-40 CORRIDOR BEFORE PRECIPITATION BECOMES FREEZING RAIN. ELSEWHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL APPROACH ONE QUARTER INCH BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO VENTURE OUT TODAY...YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER.. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010>014-019-020045- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1145 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL SLOWLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL PRECIPITATION BECOMES RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 011844 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 144 PM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...FIRST ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER... .DEEP MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON ENDING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. ONLY SPOTTY VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING WHEN DEEP MOISTURE RETURNS BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS WILL FALL BACK BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT WHERE THIS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010>014-019-011945- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 144 PM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IN FACT...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. NO ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ003- 006>009-011945- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T1100Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 144 PM EST THU FEB 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTHERN UPSTATE. IN FACT...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS AREA. SOME SPOTTY PRECIPITATION MAY CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK IN AREAS THAT REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL RETURN THIS EVENING...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THIS AREA FOR THIS NEW WINTER WEATHER EVENT TONIGHT. $$
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 31, 10:52 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 10:52 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1052 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007
.SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/...
SLOW START TO TEMPS THIS MORNING EVEN WITH FULL SUN. OBSERVED FULL
SUN THICKNESS SCHEME INDICATES HIGHS LOWER THAN FORECAST OVER THE
NORTH AND NEAR FORECAST SOUTH. HAVE ADJUSTED HIGHS DOWN A DEGREE
OR SO TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. OTHERWISE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO ACCOUNT
FOR CURRENT TRENDS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
EVEN USING SLIGHTLY COOLER HIGH TEMSP...MIXING HEIGHTS FROM THE
OBSERVED 12Z GSO ROAB ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST. MIXING HEIGHTS OFF TEH 12Z FFC RAOB ARE LOWER THAN
GSO...BUT STILL HIGHER THAN FORECAST. TRANSPORT WINDS ARE A LITTLE
STRONGER AS WELL GIVEN THE HIGHER MIXING. THE WINDS SHOULD SHOW A
SHIFT TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON LIKE THE SURFACE WINDS. EVEN
WITH THE DRY AIR MASS MOVING IN...DEW POINTS SHOULD NOT SHOW A
DRAMATIC DROP IN THE AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS
DEVELOPING. THAT SAID...RH VALUES WILL STILL BE BELOW 25 PERCENT.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 315 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007/
SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A FAST MOVING UPPER PATTERN WILL DRIVE A COLD AND DRY CANADIAN
HIGH...CURRENTLY OVER THE MID MS VALLEY...EAST ACROSS THE SRN
APPALACHIANS AND CAROLINAS TODAY AND OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING. THE
RESULT WILL BE A TRANQUIL BUT COLD WINTER DAY ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA WITH TEMPS TEN DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS
AIR MASS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR PROBLEMS THAT WILL DEVELOP BY
DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. IN FACT...EVERYTHING WILL START GOING DOWNHILL
IN A HURRY THIS EVENING AS CYCLOGENESIS OCCURS OVER THE NW GULF OF
MEXICO AND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE SW.
QUICKLY STRENGTHENING WAA PATTERN ON TRACK TO SPREAD INTO THE CWFA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AIDED BY 40+ KT 85H JET. NOT SURPRISINGLY...PCPN
BREAKS OUT IN A HURRY OVERNIGHT...AND WILL RAMP POPS UPWARD INTO THE
LIKELY CATEGORY FOR THE WESTERN 1/2 OF THE CWFA TOWARD DAYBREAK.
LITTLE CHANGE FROM EARLIER THINKING WITH RESPECT TO EXPECTED THERMAL
PROFILES DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS...PRIMARILY A FROZEN THREAT...
LEADING TO AN INCREASED LIKELYHOOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY...IF
NOT BEFORE SUNRISE...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE MTNS.
WILL CONTINUE THE QUICKENING TREND OF RAMPING POPS UPWARD THURSDAY
MORNING...OVERSPREAD 100 POP ACRS THE ENTIRE CWFA 12-18 UTC.
DEVELOPING WARM-NOSE AND INCREASING MID-LVL THICKNESS VALUES WILL
CHANGE PRIMARY P-TYPE FROM FROZEN TO FREEZING ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE I-85 CORRIDOR...REMAINING MOSTLY FROZEN ELSEWHERE. A TRICKY
MORNING COMMUTE LIES AHEAD FOR MUCH OF THE POPULACE OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THURSDAY GIVEN THE
HIGH PROBABILITY OF A VARIETY OF WINTER WX...ACCUMULATING SNOW...
SLEET AND ICE.
FORCING DOES DIMINISH SOME THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS LLVL JET AXIS
TRANSLATES TOWARD THE COAST AND THE LLVL FLOW WEAKENS AND VEERS
SOME. STILL FEEL THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LIFT AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE TO
WARRANT CONTINUATION OF CATEGORICAL POP...ALBEIT DURING A PERIOD OF
RELATIVELY LOWER QPF. LLVL WARM NOSE EXPECTED TO INCREASINGLY LIMIT
FROZEN CHANCES TO THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWFA FROM 18-00
UTC...WITH LIQUID AND FREEZING PCPN ELSEWHERE...AS THE 32 DEG F WET
BULB ZERO LINE CREEPS NORTHWARD TOWARD HEART OF IN-SITU DAMMING.
SENSIBLE WEATHER DOES NOT CHANGE A WHOLE LOT THURSDAY EVENING WITH
THE CWFA REMAINING QUITE MOIST BUT NOT UNDER A WHOLE LOT OF FORCING.
AGAIN...WILL CONTINUE WITH CATEGORICAL PCPN CVRG...BUT HANG ONTO
FREEZING RAIN CHANCES WITHIN WEAKENING DAMMING REGION. DRY SLOT
WORKS IN OVERNIGHT WITH A DEVELOPING DOWNSLOPE FLOW. SHAPING UP TO
BE A DRIER...BRISK AND MILDER DAY FRIDAY WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWER
CHANCES LIMITED TO THE NC MTNS.
LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
COLDER TEMPERATURES HAVE COME OUT OF THE LATEST GUIDANCE FOR MOST
OF THE PERIODS FROM THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. GFS MOS
GUIDANCE FOUND SOME USEFULNESS IN THE MIN TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS OVER
THE PERIOD...ALSO STAYING ON THE COOLER SIDE OF PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS.
LOW TO NO POPS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST WITH ONLY SLIGHT SNOW CHANCES
ALONG THE TENN BORDER SATURDAY MORNING...THE RESIDUAL MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF
THE COUNTRY. OVERNIGHT MONDAY WILL BE THE NEXT SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
TENN BORDER MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL...THOUGH LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT MAY BE
AN ISSUE ON MONDAY. THE BEST POSSIBLE FORCING MAY SWING TO THE NORTH
ON SUNDAY. A FEW AREAS OF UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL DEEPEN THROUGH
THE LONGWAVE TROUGH BEFORE IT MOVES OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST DURING
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...THOUGH A LACK OF MOISTURE AND BEING TOO FAR
NORTH WILL SHOW LITTLE IMPACT FOR THE REGION.
AVIATION /06Z-06Z/...
ANOTHER 24 HRS OF VFR CONDITIONS BEFORE THINGS START GOING DOWNHILL
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. NOW THAT THE COLD FRONT IS EAST OF THE
FORECAST AREA...A NW SURFACE WIND WILL PREVAIL FOR THE MORNING...
BUT THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO VEER IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE PATTERN
EVOLVES QUICKLY. EXPECT HIGH CLOUDS TO BEGIN INVADING FROM THE SW
LATE IN THE DAYAS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE E COAST...WITH MID
LEVEL CLOUDS SHOWING UP SOME TIME IN THE LATE EVENING. CLOUDINESS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO THICKEN FROM THE TOP DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT...TO THE
POINT WHERE AN MVFR CEILING SHOULD BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF THE
NEXT TAF PERIOD AT 12Z THURSDAY. IN FACT...THE SITUATION WILL EVOLVE
SO QUICKLY THAT IT IS LIKELY THAT WINTRY PRECIP WILL REACH THE
GROUND AT KAVL/KGSP/KAND AROUND 12Z THURSDAY. THE OUTLOOK FOR
THURSDAY MORNING IS RATHER GRIM WITH IFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITY AND
MIXED PRECIPITATION A GOOD BET.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-
501>510.
SC...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SHORT TERM...RWH
FIRE WEATHER...Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 5:54 AM EST, 8 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-011100- 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- 554 AM EST WED JAN 31 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 A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OUTSIDE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED WINTER STORM WATCH...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 31, 3:56 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 11 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.