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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at May 12, 2008, 2:24 PM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2008, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2008, 5:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 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 121824 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 224 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING LATE AFTERNOON... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING UP THE ATLANTIC COAST CONTINUES TO CAUSE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-502-504-506-508-510-122200- /O.CAN.KGSP.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0014.080512T1824Z-080512T2200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS 224 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REPLACED BY WIND ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE...WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE GRADUALLY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ010-017-122200- /O.CAN.KGSP.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.LW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE 224 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REPLACED BY LAKE WIND ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WARNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE GRADUALLY FROM THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH THE EVENING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GAZ018-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-SCZ001>008-122200- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.LW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ STEPHENS-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY 224 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REPLACED BY LAKE WIND ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE GRADUALLY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-122200- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 224 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE GRADUALLY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ GAZ026-028-029-NCZ082-SCZ009>014-019-122200- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...MONROE... ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER... GREENWOOD 224 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD WILL DECREASE GRADUALLY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ ARK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KGSP 122158 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 558 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WINDS TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS... .AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES FARTHER EAST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT...WINDS WILL STEADILY DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-130400- /O.CAN.KGSP.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0027.080512T2200Z-080513T0400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 558 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS FROM THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY NORTHWARD THIS EVENING. SOME LINGERING WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-502-504-506-508-510-122300- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS 558 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...WILL STEADILY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-122300- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-080512T2200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER... GREENWOOD 558 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ HG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at May 12, 2:12 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 2:12 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
212 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO OUR REGION INTO MID WEEK...THEN
MOVE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY. BY LATE WEDNESDAY...A WEAK
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST WITH LOW PRESSURE FORMING OVER
TEXAS. THIS LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE OFF
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST FRIDAY. AS THIS FRONT GOES OFF THE SOUTHEAST
COAST TO START THE WEEKEND ANOTHER FRONT WILL REACH OUR REGION
SUNDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
DEEP MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW JUST EAST OF THE DELMARVA...WILL CONTINUE
TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. BEHIND THE SYSTEM...A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN...ALLOWING WINDS TO SUBSIDE AND
GENERALLY CLEAR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL. TRENDS IN WIND OBS ARE ABOUT
A CATEGORY BELOW CURRENT WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. SO I HAVE ADJUSTED THE
NPW FOR THE REST OF THE AFTN. DECREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS STILL
SEEN ON SATELLITE ALONG THE TN BORDER...AND A FEW SPRINKLES ARE
POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET (MAINLY IN THE NRN MTNS). WITH COLD DRY
AIR MASS DOMINATING OUR WEATHER...TEMPS WILL BE COOL TONIGHT...AND
MAX TEMPS WILL BE A CATEGORY OR TWO BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 205 PM MONDAY...LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND NAM CONTINUE TO
EXHIBIT A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW
THAT WILL EVENTUALLY EJECT OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS WED NGHT AND THU.
DEEP LAYER FORCING IS QUITE WEAK WED AHEAD OF A LEAD SHORT
WAVE...AND I/VE KEPT POPS LOW DURING THE DAY...WITH ONLY LOW END
CHANCE POPS OVER THE NC MTNS. LLVL ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE BEGINS TO
INCREASE ON BOTH MODELS LATE WED NIGHT. AGAIN...THE 12 UTC GFS IS
DRAMATICALLY OVERDONE WITH WARM ADVECTION AS CAN BE SEEN BY
COMPARING IT/S CONVECTIVE BULLSEYE OVER THE SRN FA WITH THE SREF
WHICH IS MUCH LOWER AND FOCUSED MORE ALONG AND WEST OF THE
ESCARPMENT. I FOLLOWED THE SREF CLOSELY WHILE REMAINING WITHIN
TOLERANCE OF NEIGHBORING OFFICES. THIS STILL YIELDS LOW END LIKELY
POPS OVER MOST OF THE MTNS LATE WED NIGHT...THOUGH THIS IS NOT A
HIGH CONFIDENCE FORECAST.
ON THURSDAY...LLVL INSENTROPIC UPGLIDE CONTINUES THROUGH MOST OF THE
DAY OVER THE FA...BEFORE MORE OF A DOWNSLOPE/DOWNGLIDE COMPONENT TO
FLOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY. DISCOUNTING CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK IN BOTH MODELS WHICH WREAKS HAVOC WITH THE LLVL MASS
FIELDS...HIGHEST POPS ARE LIKELY ON THU AS SEEN IN THE SREF QPF
FIELDS AND THE GENERALLY DEEPER LAYER RH DURING THE TIME ON BOTH
MODELS. I DID TREND A LITTLE LOWER WITH THE QPF THAN WOULD BE
IMPLIED BY THE OPERATIONAL MODELS OR SREF...BUT THE LACK OF
AMPLITUDE OF THE EJECTING WAVE AT THIS POINT DOESN/T GIVE ME A LOT
OF CONFIDENCE IN MOISTURE TRANSPORT OR OVERALL FORCING FOR HEAVIER
PCPN.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM MONDAY...IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER TROF MOVG ACROSS THE S
ROCKIES TOWARD THE W GULF...A SFC WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG THE TX COAST
AND HEADS ENE THU. GFS DEPICTS A VERY WET SCENARIO WHILE ECMWF SHOWS
SOMEWHAT OF A BREAK IN PRECIP OVER THE AREA. WILL COMPROMISE BY
STAYING WITH SOLID CHANCE POPS THU. MODELS VARY IN PROGRESSION AND
DEEPENING OF UPPER TROF...AND ASSOC SFC FEATURES...FROM CENTRAL INTO
E US FRI THRU THE WEEKEND. LEANED TOWARD HPC SOLUTION MOVING SFC
WAVE THRU FRI-SAT...WITH ANOTHER FRONT COMING DOWN FROM THE NW SUN
SO KEPT CHANCE POPS AND BELOW AVG TEMPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTN
HOURS...THEN DIMINISH TO 10 KTS OR LESS AROUND SUNSET. A FEW CU AT
GENERALLY 5000 FT OR HIGHER WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET...LEAVING
SKC WITH LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN MID TO LATE WEEK AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE WEST AND STALLS NEAR THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR GAZ010-
017-018-026-028-029.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NCZ033-049-
050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NCZ048-051-052-
058-059-062>064-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...ARKHazardous weather outlook, May 12, 2:55 AM EDT, 11 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 255 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 GAZ018-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-SCZ001>008-130700- STEPHENS-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE- 255 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-130700- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 255 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ082-SCZ009>014-019-130700- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 255 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 9:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
934 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL 12 SSE MORGANTON 35.58N 81.62W
05/11/2008 E2.75 INCH BURKE NC PARK/FOREST SRVC
HAIL UP TO SIZE OF BASEBALLS AT RANGERS HOME IN SOUTH
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK WEST OF HWY 10.
0430 PM TORNADO 11 SSE MORGANTON 35.59N 81.62W
05/11/2008 BURKE NC PARK/FOREST SRVC
POSSIBLE TORNADO. TREES DOWN IN SOUTH MOUNTAINS STATE
PARK WEST OF OLD HWY 18 AND NORTH OF BAPTIST CAMP RD.
&&
TBENTHALLLocal storm report, May 12, 10:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1018 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG BLACK MOUNTAIN 35.61N 82.33W
05/12/2008 BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN
AND AROUND BLACK MOUNTAIN THIS MORNING. A FEW TREES WHICH
FELL ALSO CAUSED OTHER DAMAGE SUCH AS BRINGING DOWN
UTILITY POLES AND CRUSHING A FEW VEHICLES. MUCH OF THE
TOWN IS WITHOUT POWER.
0700 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 83.81W
05/12/2008 GRAHAM NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SCATTERED TREES REPORTED DOWN AROUND GRAHAM COUNTY. AT
LEAST ONE POWER OUTAGE REPORTED AT FONTANA LAKE.
0700 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.00W
05/12/2008 HAYWOOD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SCATTERED TREES DOWN AROUND HAYWOOD COUNTY AND A FEW
POWER OUTAGES.
0700 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG LENOIR 35.91N 81.53W
05/12/2008 CALDWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTS JUST A COUPLE OF TREES
REPORTED DOWN AROUND CALDWELL COUNTY WITH THE GRADIENT
WIND.
&&
DEOLocal storm report, May 12, 10:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1036 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 AM TSTM WND DMG CLEMSON 34.68N 82.81W
05/11/2008 PICKENS SC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DOT REPORTED SCATTERED TREES DOWN CLEMSON TO NEAR
PICKENS.
&&
TBENTHALLLocal storm report, May 12, 11:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1133 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG WALHALLA 34.77N 83.06W
05/12/2008 OCONEE SC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MOST
OF THEN FELL THIS MORNING. MOST CONCENTRATED AREA WAS
ALONG SC HIGHWAY 107 BETWEEN WALHALLA AND THE NC LINE.
0200 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG NINE TIMES 34.92N 82.84W
05/12/2008 PICKENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
SIX LARGE OAK TREES UPROOTED ON THE SPOTTERS PROPERTY.
POWER AND PHONE SERVICE OUT. WORST OF THE WIND HIT AROUND
2 AM THIS MORNING...ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 60 MPH.
&&
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 5:58 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 4 more | 4 hr |
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Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2008Every wind advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.