Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Feb 17, 2007, 2:38 AM EST for 7 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 17, 2007, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 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
- Feb 17, 2007, 2:38 AM EST (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2007, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2007, 2:11 PM EST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 2682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 170738 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 238 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED IN PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .A STRONG AND VERY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LOWER VALLEYS...AND LIGHT SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE PRECIPITATION RATES INCREASE. GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WHILE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE IN THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY DEVELOPING BY AFTERNOON. NCZ033-048>050-171700- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0004.070217T2100Z-070218T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0004.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 238 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET... ...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 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MAINLY AS SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION RATES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO PARE BACK TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ADD ABOUT ANOTHER INCH OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPSLOPE PREFERRED LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NCZ051-052-058-171700- /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0004.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE 238 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS VICINITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SURROUNDING LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MAINLY AS SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION RATES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO PARE BACK TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY IN CONTINUED MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPSLOPE PREFERRED LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAZ010-NCZ053-059-062>064-501-503-505-171700- /O.NEW.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.070217T2100Z-070218T1700Z/ RABUN-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD 238 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY TO SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE SHARPLY LATE THIS EVENING...LEADING TO A QUICK ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS COULD SEE TWO INCHES...WITH ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS FROM HIGHLANDS TO THE BLUE RIDGE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY COULD BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GERAPETRITIS
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS42 KGSP 170757 CCA WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 256 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED IN PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .A STRONG AND VERY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LOWER VALLEYS...AND LIGHT SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE PRECIPITATION RATES INCREASE. GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WHILE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE IN THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY DEVELOPING BY AFTERNOON. NCZ033-048>050-171730- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0004.070217T2100Z-070218T2100Z/ /O.COR.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.COR.KGSP.WS.W.0004.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 256 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET... ...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 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MAINLY AS SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION RATES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO PARE BACK TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ADD ABOUT ANOTHER INCH OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPSLOPE PREFERRED LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NCZ051-052-058-171730- /O.COR.KGSP.WS.W.0004.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.COR.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE 256 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS VICINITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SURROUNDING LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MAINLY AS SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION RATES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO PARE BACK TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY IN CONTINUED MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPSLOPE PREFERRED LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAZ010-NCZ053-059-062>064-501-503-505-171730- /O.NEW.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.070217T2100Z-070218T1700Z/ RABUN-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD 256 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY TO SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE SHARPLY LATE THIS EVENING...LEADING TO A QUICK ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS COULD SEE TWO INCHES...WITH ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS FROM HIGHLANDS TO THE BLUE RIDGE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY COULD BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GERAPETRITIS
000 WWUS42 KGSP 171605 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED IN PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .A STRONG AND VERY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... WITH LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LOWER VALLEYS...AND LIGHT SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE PRECIPITATION RATES INCREASE. GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WHILE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE IN THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY DEVELOPING BY AFTERNOON. NCZ033-048>052-058-180015- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.070217T2100Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET ACROSS THE COUNTIES BORDERING TENNESSEE. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MAINLY AS SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION RATES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO PARE BACK TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ADD ABOUT ANOTHER INCH OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPSLOPE PREFERRED LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAZ010-NCZ053-059-062>064-501-503-505-180015- /O.CON.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.070217T2100Z-070218T1700Z/ RABUN-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY TO SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE SHARPLY LATE THIS EVENING...LEADING TO A QUICK ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS COULD SEE TWO INCHES... WITH ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS FROM HIGHLANDS TO THE BLUE RIDGE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY COULD BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOORE
000 WWUS42 KGSP 172100 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 400 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... .A STRONG AND VERY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN INCREASING ALL AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES. STEADIER AND HEAVIER SNOW WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING. GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WHILE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE IN THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY DEVELOPING BY THE AFTERNOON. NCZ033-048>050-180400- /O.UPG.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 400 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL THIS EVENING WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT AND THROUGHOUT SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 7 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ NCZ051-052-058-180400- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE 400 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET. SNOWFALL THIS EVENING WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 4 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT AND THROUGHOUT SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 8 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAZ010-NCZ053-059-062>064-501-503-505-180400- /O.CON.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ RABUN-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD 400 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY TO SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE SHARPLY LATE THIS EVENING...LEADING TO A QUICK ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH OR SO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS COULD SEE TWO INCHES... WITH ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS FROM HIGHLANDS TO THE BLUE RIDGE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY COULD BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 180315 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1015 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... .A STRONG AND VERY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SOON TAKING THE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WITH IT. STEADIER AND HEAVIER SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE WAVE OF THE LOW. WITH THE SECOND AREA OF SNOW...GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WHILE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE IN THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY... WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY DEVELOPING BY THE AFTERNOON. NCZ051-052-058-181115- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE 1015 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET. SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 4 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 8 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NCZ033-048>050-181115- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1015 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY OVERNIGHT WILL ACCUMULATE TO 1 TO 4 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 7 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ GAZ010-NCZ053-059-062>064-501-503-505-181115- /O.CON.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ RABUN-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD 1015 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD TO SCATTERED SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA...OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS COULD SEE TWO INCHES... WITH ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS FROM HIGHLANDS TO THE BLUE RIDGE. MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM A DUSTING TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY COULD BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 180816 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT. GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WHILE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH NORTH CAROLINA. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE ADJACENT NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE...AND WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF BOTH NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. NCZ501-503-505-181630- /O.CAN.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 316 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIDESPREAD TO SCATTERED SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY...CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW...AND INCREASING TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE AREA BY 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. $$ NCZ051-052-058-181630- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE 316 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN AREA ABOVE 3500 FEET UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN AREA BELOW 3500 FEET UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES MIDDLE ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 8 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY AREA AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL REACH UP TO 2 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP TODAY... LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NCZ033-048>050-181630- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 316 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 7 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS... CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ GAZ010-NCZ053-059-062>064-181630- /O.CON.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ RABUN-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD 316 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. WIDESPREAD TO SCATTERED SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER VALLEY...THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY...AND RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA...THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS COULD SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF TWO INCHES...WITH ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS FROM HIGHLANDS TO THE BLUE RIDGE. MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM A DUSTING TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 07
000 WWUS42 KGSP 180832 CCA WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 331 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT. GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WHILE HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH NORTH CAROLINA. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE ADJACENT NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE...AND WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF BOTH NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. NCZ501-503-505-181700- /O.CAN.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ /O.COR.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 331 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIDESPREAD TO SCATTERED SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY...CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW...AND INCREASING TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. 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. $$ NCZ051-052-058-181700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE 331 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN AREA ABOVE 3500 FEET UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN AREA BELOW 3500 FEET UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES MIDDLE ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 8 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY AREA AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL REACH UP TO 2 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP TODAY... LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NCZ033-048>050-181700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 331 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 7 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS... CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ GAZ010-NCZ053-059-062>064-181700- /O.CON.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ RABUN-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD 331 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. WIDESPREAD TO SCATTERED SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER VALLEY...THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY...AND RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA...THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS COULD SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF TWO INCHES...WITH ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS FROM HIGHLANDS TO THE BLUE RIDGE. MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM A DUSTING TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 07
000 WWUS42 KGSP 181503 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1003 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...CONTINUED THREAT OF NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS... .THE GREATEST SNOW SHOWER THREAT WILL REMAIN LIMITED TO THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON...BEFORE ACTIVITY SPREADS BACK ACROSS ALL OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN LATER TODAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE TENNESSEE LINE WILL BE CONFINED TO PARTS OF THE SMOKIES AND AREAS NORTH OF I-26...BEFORE THE THREAT OF HEAVIER OF SNOW SHOWERS REDEVELOPS BY THIS EVENING. GAZ010-NCZ053-059-062>064-181615- /O.CAN.KGSP.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ RABUN-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD 1003 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. $$ NCZ501-503-505-181615- /O.CAN.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070218T1700Z/ CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 1003 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ NCZ051-052-058-182200- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE 1003 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 3500 FEET. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH A FRESH DUSTING TO AN INCH ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEYS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP TODAY... LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NCZ033-048>050-182200- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1003 AM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 181700 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1200 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...CONTINUED THREAT OF NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS... .THE GREATEST SNOW SHOWER THREAT WILL REMAIN LIMITED TO THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. LATER TODAY...HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP...WITH ANYTHING MORE THAN TOKEN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LIMITED TO AREAS NORTH OF I-26. NCZ051-052-058-181800- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.CAN.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE 1200 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. JUST SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM AN ADDITIONAL DUSTING TO PERHAPS AN INCH NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. $$ NCZ033-048>050-182200- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1200 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN BY THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...CAUSING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 181911 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 211 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING... .ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR ON STOUT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN RENEWED SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST FACING SLOPES AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. NCZ033-048>050-190500- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070219T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0008.070218T1911Z-070219T0500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 211 PM EST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW SHOWERS OVERSPREADING THE AREA...WILL RESULT IN FRESH ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH OR TWO THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ON WEST-FACING SLOPES AND AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. INCREASINGLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
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 Feb 17, 2:10 AM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 2:10 AM EST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
210 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
A POTENT UPPER VORT MAX IS VISIBLE SWINGING THROUGH MO AT THIS
HOUR...WITH SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATING WINTRY PTYPES BREAKING
OUT AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE. SHORT RANGE MODELS AGREE WELL WITH THE
DIGGING WAVE CROSSING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS 00Z TO 06Z...WITH
500 MB TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW MINUS 30C AS THE COLD POOL PASSES.
THE STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE COLD TROUGH COMBINING WITH THE DEEPEST
MOISTURE SHOULD YIELD FAIRLY DECENT SNOWFALL RATES LATE THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. MODEL CONSENSUS QPF ALONG WITH HPC QPF/SNOW
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THREE INCH AVERAGE SNOW ACCUMS AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BEFORE THE EVENT
TRANSITIONS TO PURELY NW UPSLOPE FLOW BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
SINCE ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE REACHED AT SOME
POINT SUNDAY WHILE SNOW IS STILL FALLING...WILL ADVERTISE THE
PRODUCT AS A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET
ALONG THE TN BORDER...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WITH LIGHTER
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE LOWER MTN VALLEYS NEAR THE TN LINE UNTIL 05Z
MONDAY. SNOW ADVISORY WORDING CAN BE USED FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF
THE NC MTNS AND RABUN COUNTY GA WHERE LITTLE TO NO OVERLAPS OF
HIGHER WINDS AND SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS ADVISORY WILL RUN UNTIL NOON
SUNDAY.
THE NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW EVENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH
ORTHOGONAL FLOW IMPROVING AS 850 MB WINDS PICK UP TO 40 KNOTS BY
AFTERNOON. POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED TO THE UPPER END OF CHANCE
SUNDAY MORNING ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER NORTH OF INTERSTATE
40...WHICH MAY NOT BE ENOUGH...BUT DOVETAILS NICELY WITH THE HIGH
CHANCE POPS ALREADY IN THE NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS FOR THE AFTERNOON.
QPF WAS INCREASED SUNDAY MORNING AS WELL...LEADING TO ANOTHER TENTH
OR TWO OF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL. A CHANCE OF SNOW CONTINUES INTO
SUNDAY EVENING...BUT WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN NC
MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING WILL TOTAL
BETWEEN HALF AN INCH IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TO ONE INCH IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.
STRONG DOWNWARD OMEGA AND 40 KNOTS OF 850 MB FLOW SUPPORT STIFF
SURFACE WINDS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE NC MOUNTAINS. THE
STRONGER NAM WINDS ARE IN WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
EVENING...WITH WIND WARNING CRITERIA LIMITED TO THE HIGH PEAKS. WIND
CHILL VALUES REACH 10 BELOW ON THE PEAKS SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT REMAIN
ABOVE ZERO INT HE POPULATED VALLEYS.
BY MONDAY MORNING THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES OFFSHORE AND THE DRY HIGH
PRESSURE CENTER IS OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. ON MONDAY NIGHT
THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH BRINGS A MOIST GULF FLOW EAST TO THE
MOUNTAINS. POPS WILL NOT BE INTRODUCED AT THIS TIME AS MOISTURE IS
JUST IMPROVING IN THE MOUNTAINS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.
TEMPERATURES WILL EXHIBIT A TYPICAL NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN
SUNDAY...WITH THE NC MOUNTAINS ABOUT 10 DEGREES COLDER THAN UPSTATE
SC DUE TO COLD ADVECTION AND DOWNSLOPE WARMING...ALTHOUGH EVEN THE
INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR REMAINS 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. SUNDAY NIGHT
TEMPERATURES WERE LOWERED TOWARD THE LATEST GUIDANCE...WITH
RADIATIONAL COOLING SUPPORTED AS THE WIND DIMINISHES. RISING HEIGHTS
ALOFT AND WARM ADVECTION RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT....THOUGH STILL BELOW NORMAL...EVEN WITH WIND AND
CLOUDS MONDAY NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES AN INITIALLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT...WITH
A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE TRAVERSING THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE USA. THE
GFS AND ECMWF AGREE WELL WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THIS SHORTWAVE ON
TUESDAY...THEN THE GFS BECOME A BIT FASTER ON WEDNESDAY IN THE SOUTH
CENTRAL STATES...BECOMING SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER AS THE SYSTEMS EXITS
THE EAST COAST ON THURSDAY. THE CURRENT GFS RUN SURFACE PATTERN
CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE HPC SOLUTION FROM YESTERDAY...WHICH WAS IN
LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS ECMWF RUN. UPCOMING CHANGES...IF ANY...MAY BE
TO SLOW THE DEPARTURE OF THE COLD FRONT AT MID WEEK...BUT A DECISION
WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL HPC COLLABORATION THIS MORNING. EXPECT MORE
MILD TEMPERATURES THAN HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED WITH PREVIOUS EAST
COAST TROUGH...AS UPPER RIDGING IS INDICATED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF
THE SHORTWAVE.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z-06Z/...
A POTENT UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS 00Z TO
06Z SUNDAY...WITH ENOUGH ATTENDANT MOISTURE TO ALLOW CIG TO FLIRT
WITH MVFR AT KAVL...ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE OUTLOOK
PERIOD. OTHERWISE...LOWERING VFR CIG WILL BE THE RULE AT PIEDMONT
LOCATIONS...WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST FLOW DURING PEAK MIXING THIS
AFTERNOON.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REACH CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON IN
MUCH OF THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS...BUT WITH LESS THAN CRITICAL
WINDS. ONLY ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GA REACHES 25 PERCENT RH
...AND COORDINATION WITH LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES WILL BE NEEDED
TO ACERTAIN FUELS MOISTURE THERE.
VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN EXEPECTED EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
SUNDAY...THIS TIME WITH MORE WIND. A FEW AREAS WILL BE MARGINALLY
WITHIN RED FLAG CRITERIA...NAMELY THE NC SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...AND THE IN GA THE AREA FROM HABERSHAM TO
FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY FOR
GAZ010.
NC...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY FOR
NCZ053-059-062>064-501-503-505.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ033-048>052-058.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...HG/JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...HG
FIRE WEATHER...JATHazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 3:34 PM EST, 11 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 334 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2007 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-172045- RABUN-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- 334 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW SHOWER CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD NORTHWEST FLOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN SNOW SHOWER CHANCES CONTINUING FOR THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE LINE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE AREA. FOR FURTHER DETAILS... PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506- 508-510-SCZ001>014-019-172045- 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- 334 PM EST FRI FEB 16 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2:38 AM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Jackson, McDowell, Macon and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, McDowell and 4 more | 33 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.