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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this high wind warning at Oct 24, 2008, 5:53 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina; Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2008, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Union County, NC, Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 6:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 10 Sw Monroe, NC | COUNTY COMMS REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Oct 24, 6:25 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Great Falls, SC | COUNTY COMMS REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KGSP 242153 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 553 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ...HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT... .STRONG WINDS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE REGION. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE EVENING. NCZ033-048>052-058-059-062-242300- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081024T2200Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 553 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH MAY CONTINUE AT THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ NCZ082-SCZ014-250000- /O.NEW.KGSP.HW.W.0005.081024T2153Z-081025T0000Z/ UNION NC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONROE...CHESTER 553 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE DEVELOPING IN A REGION OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...AFFECTING MAINLY LOCATIONS FROM CHESTER SOUTH CAROLINA TO MONROE NORTH CAROLINA. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING...PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ HG
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 242236 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 636 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 NCZ082-SCZ014-250000- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081025T0000Z/ UNION NC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONROE...CHESTER 636 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR CHESTER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. STRONGS WINDS ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE BEING CHANNELED TO THE SURFACE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM CHESTER TO MONROE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE IN THE STURDIVANTS AREA OF UNION COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ HG
000 WWUS72 KGSP 242238 CCA NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 637 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 NCZ082-SCZ014-250000- /O.COR.KGSP.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081025T0000Z/ UNION NC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONROE...CHESTER 637 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR CHESTER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. STRONG WINDS ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE BEING CHANNELED TO THE SURFACE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM CHESTER TO MONROE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE IN THE STURDIVANTS AREA OF UNION COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ HG
000 WWUS72 KGSP 250003 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 803 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 NCZ082-SCZ014-250115- /O.EXP.KGSP.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081025T0000Z/ UNION NC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONROE...CHESTER 803 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE AREA OF HIGH WINDS HAS MOVED EAST OF CHESTER COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA...AND UNION COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. $$ HG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Oct 24, 3:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
WHILE MOIST LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TRACKING NORTHEAST OVER THE
SOUTHEAST REGION. DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST SATURDAY
AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. ON MONDAY...A FAST MOVING COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA...WITH HIGH PRESSURE
REBUILDING THROUGH MID WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE ON THE DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
RIDGE TOP GUSTS COULD CONTINUE UNTIL THEN. WILL LAVE LAKE WIND
ADVISORY IN PLACE UNTIL EXPIRATION. LOOKS LIKE CONVECTION TO OUR
SOUTH HAS ROBBED THE AREA OF BEST MOISTURE INFLOW. HOWEVER...
WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE
EVENING. SOME MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SRN SECTIONS THIS
EVENING. THAT SAID...PRECIP TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE LOWER THAN
PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. MODELS DIFFER ON SPEED OF DRIER AIR MOVING IN
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT...WITH GFS FASTEST. HAVE GONE WITH A
BLEND GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT EXPECTED
BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS MEANS CAT POP EARLY DROPPING TO LIKELY EAST
AND CHC WEST. BEST INSTABILITY SHOULD REMAIN WELL TO OUR SOUTH AND
EAST...SO THUNDER STILL NOT EXPECTED. LOWS WILL BE MILD.
DEEP DRY AIR MOVES IN DURING THE MORNING...SO EXPECT PRECIP TO END
BEFORE NOON. HOWEVER...QUITE A BIT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERS...
SO EXPECT CLOUDINESS TO REMAIN OVER THE MTNS AND ERN SECTIONS BEFORE
WLY FLOW KICKS IN. HIGHS WILL REBOUND AS THICKNESSES ARE QUITE MILD
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM FRIDAY...SHORT RANGE MODELS AGREE THAT DRY HIGH
PRESSURE WITH ZONAL MID LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION ON
SUNDAY. USING A BLEND OF TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE...MIN TEMPERATURES SUN
MORNING SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW NORMAL. LLVL DOWNSLOPE
FLOW...STRONG INSOLATION...MILD THICKNESSES WILL ALLOW RAPID
WARMING...WITH MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
ON MONDAY...AN AMPLIFIED H5 TROF WILL DRIVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. SHORT RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT A S/W WILL
RIPPLE ACROSS THE TN/NC LINE BETWEEN 12/18Z. AT THE SFC...A FAIRLY
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION...ASSOCIATED WITH
ABUNDANT H85-7 MOISTURE. BASED ON THE ORIENTATION OF THE FRONT AND
MOISTURE PROFILE...IT APPEARS THAT A FEW RA AND SN SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE S/W. DURING THE AFTERNOON...CAA
AND A STEEPENING PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD YIELD GUSTY CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE MTNS. I WILL ADVERTISE A NW WIND WITH WIND SPEEDS RANGING
FROM 15-20 MPH AND GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH THE DEEP LW TROF/RIDGE PATTERN NEXT WEEK. WITH VERY
DEEP NW FLOW SETTING UP A DECENT CP AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE
REGION AROUND 00Z TUE. MAX TEMPS SHOULD ONLY MANAGE ABOUT 10 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL TUE AND MODIFY SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
MIN TEMPS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING TUE AND WED MORNING ACROSS THE
MAJORITY OF THE MTN AREAS. WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AND DEEP
SUBSIDENCE BUILDING IN...POPS HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED MUCH FROM THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST. DO THINK THO...THAT NW FLOW CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP
TUE IF IN FACT NOT SNOW SHOWERS. RIGHT NOW PARTIAL THICKNESSES
SUPPORT A GOOD 12/HR PERIOD OF FAVORABLE THERMAL STRATIFICATION.
GOOD PERPENDICULAR FLOW WILL BE A GIVEN...HOWEVER AVAILABLE MOISTURE
IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE. THE 12Z GFS HAS MORE SIGNIFICANT GL FLUX
THAN THE 00Z ECMWF...BUT IT STILL DOESNT BRING ENOUGH TO THE MTNS
BEFORE THE UPPER TROF SHIFTS EAST. THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING
SITUATION TO WATCH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE RUNS AND SEE IF THE MODELS
SLOW THINGS DOWN ENOUGH FOR A POSSIBLE OFF SEASON NW FLOW EVENT.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
TAF FORECAST REMAINS TRICKY AS CONDITIONS HAVE NOT SETTLED IN LIKE
EXPECTED. PRECIP CONTINUES TO BE SPOTTY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
LEADING TO WIDELY VARIABLE VSBY. CIGS ARE STARTING TO SETTLE IN ON
MVFR TO IFR. EXPECT ALL CIGS TO BECOME IFR THEN LIFR WITH LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT. VSBY SHOULD BECOME MVFR AS LIGHT RAIN
CONTINUES THEN IFR IN PLACES WHERE HEAVIER MORE STEADY RAIN MOVES
IN. PRECIP MOVES OUT OVERNIGHT...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS.
THIS SHOULD KEEP CIGS IFR OR LIFR ALL NIGHT. VSBY SHOULD IMPROVE TO
MVFR AS RAIN ENDS...BUT WILL GO LIFR AT KHKY/KAVL WHERE FOG SETS IN.
IN FACT...VLIFR VSBY AND CIG COULD DEVELOP THERE. DEEP MOISTURE
MOVES OUT SATURDAY MORNING...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS. VSBY
SHOULD BECOME VFR BY MID MORNING. HOWEVER...MVFR CLOUDS COULD LINGER
UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON AS COLD MID LEVEL AIR MOVES IN AND INTERACTS
WITH THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. FLOW DOES BECOME WESTERLY SO THERE
COULD BE SOME DRYING TO COUNTERACT THIS. FOR SIMPLICITY...WILL KEEP
MVFR THRU 18Z BUT THERE COULD BE SOME IMPROVEMENT BEFORE THEN.
OUTLOOK...LOOK FOR IMPROVEMENT SAT AFTN AS DRIER HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE REGION. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING COLDER AIR
INTO THE REGION MON NIGHT WITH MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT
AT KAVL AS WINDS TURN NW.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NCZ033-
048>052-058-059-062.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...RWHHazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-053-056-057-063>065-068>072- 082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-251930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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- 325 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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... NONE. NCZ033-048>052-058-059-062-251930- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON- 325 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 10:51 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2008High Wind Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.