Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 16, 2008, 4:52 AM EST for 28 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 16, 2008, 3:04 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2008, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2008, 3:04 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2008, 12:16 PM EST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 38 counties
Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 160952 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 452 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL SURGE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW SHOULD SUPPLY DEEP MOISTURE AND WIDESPREAD LIFT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD SPREAD NORTH LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS SNOW AND SLEET. AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BECOME COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059-063>065- 501>510-SCZ001>003-161800- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.080117T0500Z-080118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0002.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 452 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. THIS BAND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A QUICK ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FALL FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. WHERE TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW FREEZING THE LONGEST...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE TIMING OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY RESULT IN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...BLOCKING ROADS AND LEADING TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NCZ062-161800- /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0002.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FRANKLIN 452 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. THIS BAND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A QUICK ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FALL FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. WHERE TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW FREEZING THE LONGEST...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE TIMING OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY RESULT IN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...BLOCKING ROADS AND LEADING TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ018-NCZ068-069-SCZ004>007-161800- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.080117T0500Z-080118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ STEPHENS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG 452 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS BAND MAY RESULT IN A QUICK INCH OF SNOW FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER...ACROSS ANDERSON...AND INTO THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AREA. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE 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. $$ GAZ026-028-NCZ051-058-070>072-SCZ008-010-161800- /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-SWAIN-GRAHAM-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-CHEROKEE- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...CHEROKEE...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON 452 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE INTO THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. THIS BAND MAY RESULT IN A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF SNOW FROM SHELBY INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NED
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS42 KGSP 161635 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1135 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL SURGE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW SHOULD SUPPLY DEEP MOISTURE AND WIDESPREAD LIFT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD SPREAD NORTH LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS SNOW AND SLEET. AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BECOME COMMON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059-062>065- 501>510-SCZ001>003-170045- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 1135 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. THIS BAND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A QUICK ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FALL FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. WHERE TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW FREEZING THE LONGEST...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE TIMING OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY RESULT IN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...BLOCKING ROADS AND LEADING TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ029-NCZ082-SCZ009-011>014-019-170045- /O.EXA.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ ELBERT-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1135 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING AND SPREAD RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO NORTH CAROLINA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS BAND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN A QUICK QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF SNOW. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAZ018-026-028-NCZ051-058-068>072-SCZ004>008-010-170045- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-SWAIN-GRAHAM-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...CHEROKEE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON 1135 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS BAND MAY RESULT IN A QUICK INCH OF SNOW FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER...ACROSS ANDERSON...AND INTO THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AREA. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE 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. $$ LG
000 WWUS42 KGSP 162004 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 304 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL SURGE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND INTO NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVNEING AND OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW SHOULD SUPPLY DEEP MOISTURE AND WIDESPREAD LIFT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL REACH NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EAST INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GAZ018-NCZ068>072-SCZ004>008-170415- /O.UPG.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WS.W.0002.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ STEPHENS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY 304 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BY MIDNIGHT. THIS BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A QUICK 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THURSDAY MORNING. WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH MAY RESULT IN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...BLOCKING ROADS AND LEADING TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059-062>065- 501>510-SCZ001>003-170415- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 304 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. THIS BAND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A QUICK ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL THEN FALL FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. WHERE TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW FREEZING THE LONGEST...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE TIMING OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THURSDAY MORNING. WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY RESULT IN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...BLOCKING ROADS AND LEADING TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ026-028-029-NCZ051-058-082-SCZ009>014-019-170415- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.080117T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-GRAHAM-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...CHEROKEE... MONROE...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 304 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE AREA SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM GEORGIA THIS EVENING. HIS BAND MAY RESULT IN A QUICK INCH OR SO OF SNOW FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER...EAST ACROSS ANDERSON...TO GREENWOOD AND THROUGH ROCK HILL. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LG
000 WWUS42 KGSP 170216 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 916 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL SURGE NORTH ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND INTO NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS TONIGHT AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW WILL SUPPLY DEEP MOISTURE AND WIDESPREAD LIFT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GAZ026-028-SCZ010-171030- /O.UPG.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ANDERSON 916 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A QUICK 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059-062>065- 068>072-501>510-SCZ001>008-171030- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON- YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY 916 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BY MIDNIGHT. THIS BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A QUICK 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ029-NCZ051-058-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-171030- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ ELBERT-SWAIN-GRAHAM-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...CHEROKEE...MONROE... ROCK HILL...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 916 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE AREA SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM GEORGIA THIS EVENING. HIS BAND MAY RESULT IN A QUICK INCH OR SO OF SNOW FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER...EAST ACROSS ANDERSON...TO GREENWOOD AND THROUGH ROCK HILL. A RAPID TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN FOLLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. A COLD RAIN AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE 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. $$
000 WWUS42 KGSP 170634 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 134 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH EARLY THIS MORNING AND SHOULD REACH THE CAROLINA COAST THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. PRECIPITATION RATES SHOULD DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AFTER MID DAY. NCZ051-058-171445- /O.UPG.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080117T1700Z/ SWAIN-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEROKEE 134 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. BY SUNRISE...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO MAY ACCUMULATE ACROSS SWAIN AND GRAHAM COUNTIES...RESULTING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. AFTER SUNRISE...TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWERLINES. BY MID DAY...TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND RAIN AND DRIZZLE SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NCZ082-SCZ009-013-014-171445- /O.UPG.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080117T1700Z/ UNION NC-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONROE...ROCK HILL...UNION...CHESTER 134 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING. BY 3 AM...THIS BAND SHOULD RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...YIELDING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. AFTER 3 AM...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TEMPORARILY TO 33 TO 34 DEGREES AND RAIN AND SLEET WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL TO FREEZING AROUND SUNRISE BEFORE RISING TO 33 TO 35 DEGREES AROUND NOON. THESE TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH BEFORE MAKING A TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN. PRECIPITATION RATES WILL DECREASE TO A DRIZZLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059- 062>065-068>072-501>510-SCZ001>008-010-171445- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-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-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION... LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ANDERSON 134 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EAST ACROSS FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH 4 AM. SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES FROM HENDERSONVILLE TO NEWLAND BETWEEN 2 TO 4 AM. BY SUNRISE...SNOWFALL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS MAY RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...POSSIBLY 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNRISE. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BECOME COMMON ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR ICE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS. ICE AMOUNTS MAY REACH TWO TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH BY NOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL RANGE FROM 31 TO 34 DEGREES EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BECOME CLOSER TO 32 DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION BY 3 AM. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL MID MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES...POWERLINES...AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. ICE AMOUNTS MAY REACH A TENTH TO THREE TENTHS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH BY MID MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ029-SCZ011-012-019-171445- /O.EXT.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080117T1700Z/ ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... GREENWOOD 134 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL RANGE FROM 31 TO 34 DEGREES EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BECOME CLOSER TO 32 DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION BY 3 AM. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL SUNRISE. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...ICE MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES...POWERLINES...AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH A TENTH OF AN INCH IN SPOTS...HOWEVER...MOST AREAS WILL SEE A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NED
000 WWUS42 KGSP 171454 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 954 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT PORTIONS THE REGION INTO THE AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL REACH THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY EVENING. THE LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE REGION WILL RAPIDLY END FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ052-059-062>064-071-072-SCZ001-002-004- 005-010-171600- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...ANDERSON 954 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE PRECIPITATION HAS LARGELY ENDED OVER FAR WESTERN AREAS AND WHERE IT IS STILL OCCURRING THE TEMPERATURE HAS RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING. THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY. $$ NCZ051-058-082-SCZ009-013-014-171600- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080117T1700Z/ SWAIN-GRAHAM-UNION NC-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...MONROE...ROCK HILL...UNION... CHESTER 954 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE PRECIPITATION HAS SWITCHED OVER TO RAIN AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING. THE RAIN WILL END FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY. $$ GAZ029-SCZ011-012-019-171600- /O.CAN.KGSP.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080117T1700Z/ ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... GREENWOOD 954 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE AREA. WHERE RAIN IS STILL FALLING...IT WILL END FROM THE WEST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. $$ NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-065-068>070-501>510-172300- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION... LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 954 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... AS TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ALOFT...THE PRECIPIATION HAS GNERALLY CHANGED TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH. THE HEAVY PRECIPIATION WILL END BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ SCZ003-006>008-172300- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY 954 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL RANGE 32 TO 34 DEGREES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ONE-TENTH TO TWO-TENTHS RANGE. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM THE WEST BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ LG
000 WWUS42 KGSP 171716 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1216 PM EST THU JAN 17 2008 NCZ033-035>037-048>050-053-056-057-065-068>070-501>510-SCZ003- 006>008-171830- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080118T0000Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION... LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY 1216 PM EST THU JAN 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOST PART HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE EXCEPTION IS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS WHERE SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES REMAIN. THEREFORE...SOME POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAINING MAY CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THAT AREA. OTHERWISE...THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST BY MID AFTERNOON. SOME SLIPPERY HIGHWAYS MAY STILL BE ENCOUNTERED THIS AFTERNOON. SO PLEASE USE CAUTION IF TEAVELING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 16, 4:06 AM EST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 4:06 AM EST, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
406 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN GRADUALLY SETTLE OVER THE REGION OVER
THE WEEKEND...THEN MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC WILL MOVE TO THE COAST TODAY AS
MOISTURE RETURNS OVER THE TOP OF A COOL AND DRY LOW LEVEL AIR MASS
ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. CIRRUS WILL GRADUALLY THICKEN WITH MID
LEVEL CLOUDS INVADING IN THE AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD KEEP TEMPS ON
THE COOL SIDE...ESPECIALLY TO THE W AND SW...WHERE FCST HIGHS WERE
NUDGED DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO. THE LOCATION OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
PRECIP ON GULF COAST RADARS SUGGESTS THAT THE GFS HAS A BETTER
HANDLE ON THE TIMING OF THE ONSET OF THE PRECIP OVER NE GEORGIA...OR
THAT A 3 HR ADJUSTMENT IS NECESSARY FOR THE NAM. BASED ON RADAR
TRENDS...IT IS HARD TO ARGUE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING
REACHING THE GROUND AROUND SUNSET ACROSS NE GEORGIA...SO THE MOS
GUIDANCE POP IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED. AS THE COLUMN MOISTENS AND
COOLS...SOME INITIAL COMBINATION OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS THE
BEST BET...WITH A QUICK CHANGEOVER AROUND 00Z THURSDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 400 AM WEDNESDAY...I WILL USE A BLEND OF NAM AND GFS FOR THE
UPCOMING WINTER STORM. BASED ON THE EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS I WILL UPGRADE A LARGE PORTION OF THE CURRENT WATCH TO
A WINTER STORM WARNING. IN ADDITION...I WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM
ADVISORY FOR THE COUNTIES THAT BORDER THE WARNING. THE WSW WILL RUN
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY.
THE LATEST REGIONAL RADAR COMPOSITE AND SFC OBS INDICATE THAT
PRECIPITATION HAS DEVELOP WELL NORTH OF THE SFC LOW POSITION. A
MODERATE TO HEAVY BAND OF PRECIP SHOULD ENTER THE CWA LATE THIS
EVENING...CROSS SECTIONS OF THE GFS EPV AND FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING
SHOWS GOOD INSTABILITY AND LIFT FROM 3-6Z. I WILL ADJUST POPS A
LITTLE FASTER...INDICATING WIDESPREAD COVERAGE ACROSS THE WESTERN
THIRD OF THE CWA BY 6Z...KEEPING THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT IN
SCHC. FROM 3Z THROUGH 6Z...FORECAST TEMPERATURE PROFILES APPEAR
ISOTHERMAL ALONG FREEZING WITH MOISTURE REACHING OPTIMAL ICE GROWTH
TEMPERATURES. CAD WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH THE NIGHT...PUSHING TEMPS NEAR FREEZING OR SLIGHTLY LESS. IT
APPEARS THAT PRECIP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS WILL BEGIN AS SNOW...MIXING
WITH SLEET. MTNS MAY SEE SNOW PERSIST UNTIL WARMING ARRIVE BETWEEN
4-8 KFT LATE TONIGHT. THE WARM NOSE MAY WARM TO 3 C...YIELDING FZRA
AND SLEET. WARM AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE BETWEEN 3-7 KFT ACROSS
THE CWA DURING DAWN...FAVORING MAINLY FZRA AND SLEET. WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE DRY SFC AIR MASS SHOULD REINFORCE
COOLING...ALLOWING TEMPS TO DROP A DEGREE OR TWO ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS DURING THE MID MORNING. FZRA SHOULD BECOME THE DOMINATE
P-TYPE ACROSS THE MTNS...THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...AND I-40 CORRIDOR
THROUGH THE MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO LIFT ALONG THE NC
COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON...LIFTING THE BEST FORCING NORTH OF THE
CWA. THE REDUCTION THE PRECIP RATES WILL ALLOW SFC TEMP TO REBOUND
ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...ONLY THE I-40
CORRIDOR EAST OF THE MTNS SHOULD HOLD ONTO AREAS OF FZRA UNTIL THE
LATE AFTERNOON.
SNOWFALL WITHIN THE CWA SHOULD CHANGE TO FZRA AND SLEET BY 12Z. BY
THEN...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 2-4 INCHES ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES. AN INCH OR TWO MAY ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS
AND MTN COUNTIES ALONG THE TN LINE. FZRA SHOULD ACCUMULATE BETWEEN
9Z UNTIL 18Z ACROSS THE MTNS...FROM 12Z TO 21Z ACROSS THE NC
FOOTHILLS AND NRN PIEDMONT. FZRA ACCUMULATION SHOULD RANGE FROM TWO
TENTHS TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE I-85 CORRIDOR SHOULD LIKELY
SEE A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF SNOW WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS
OF ICE. HIGH TEMPS EAST OF THE MTNS SHOULD ONLY REACH INTO THE 33-37
DEGREE RANGE.
THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM WILL BE DOMINATED BY SW FLOW ALOFT
WITH SHEARED OUT VORTS MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW...ALONG WITH HIGH
PRESSURE SLIDING BY TO THE W AND NW. THE MODELS INDICATE A PATCH OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING OVER THE MTNS LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY AND
AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT THE 850MB FLOW IS ACTUALLY A BIT S OF W
WHICH IS GENERALLY UNPRODUCTIVE AS UPSLOPE GOES. FOR THAT REASON...
HAVE TRIMMED BACK THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN BOTH PERIODS...TO JUST A
SLIGHT CHANCE AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY. TEMPS GENERALLY FOLLOWED A
GUIDANCE BLEND...BUT HAVE RAISED THE MIN TEMP FRIDAY NIGHT TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE PASSAGE OF CLOUDINESS WITH ONE OF THE SHEARED OUT
SHORT WAVES.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 310 AM WEDNESDAY...NICE CLIPPER SYSTEM AHEAD OF MID LEVEL
ARCTIC TROF WILL TRAVERSE THE GREAT LAKES REGION SAT AND HELP
MAINTAIN NW FLOW SN. CHANCE POPS STILL LOOK GOOD THERE BASED ON
MODEL RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. ALSO...THE AMOUNT AND MAGNITUDE OF
ARCTIC AIR REACHING THE MTNS SAT MORNING HAS REMAINED RIGHT ON TRACK
WITH PREVIOUS MID RANGE MODEL RUNS. THE COLDER 00Z GFS HAS BEEN
GIVEN THE MOST WEIGHT WITH ITS AGREEMENT WITH THE 00Z GEM AS WELL AS
A COLDER TREND SHOWING UP IN THE 12Z ECMWF. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW H85
THERMAL AXIS CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS AROUND 18Z SAT AND ANOTHER SHOT
OF LOWER THETA/E AIR REINFORCING THE AIRMASS AROUND 09Z SUN. THIS
WILL MEAN WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPS SAT AND SUN AND VERY COLD WIND
CHILLS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SAT AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN
MORNING. THE MEXMOS HAS STILL YET TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS SCENARIO AND
HAVE UNDERCUT MAX TEMPS 5-8 F BOTH SAT AND SUN. UPPER LEVEL TROF
LIFTS OUT SUN EVENING AND H5 FLOW BECOMES ZONAL AND A BIT CONFLUENT.
THIS WILL MAINTAIN A STRONG AND DRY SFC HIGH THROUGH EARLY TUE.
TEMPS WILL STILL BE BELOW NORMAL MON WITH HIGHS IN THE M40S OUTSIDE
THE MTNS AS LEFT OVER ARCTIC AIRMASS SLOWS TO MODIFY. ON TUES
THO...SFC HIGH SHOULD BE NUDGED OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AS H5 HEIGHTS
LOWER AND NEXT SIGNIFICANT S/W STRENGTHENS OVER KY. A RETURN FLOW
SHOULD ALLOW MAX TEMPS RETURNING TO RIGHT AROUND NORMAL TUE ALONG
WITH GULF MOISTURE ADVECTION. CHANCE POPS IN TUE HAVE BEEN DECREASED
TO SLIGHT AS IT LOOKS LIKE LEFTOVER AND DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MAKE
IT HARD FOR LLVL MOISTENING TO OCCUR.
&&
.AVIATION /09Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS...THROUGH ABOUT 21Z...SHOULD HAVE VFR
CONDITIONS AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION AND TO THE COAST. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DETERIORATE STEADILY AFTER THAT. THICKENING HIGH CLOUDS DURING THE
DAY WILL GIVE WAY TO A DEVELOPING MID LEVEL DECK AS MOIST UPGLIDE
STRENGTHENS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUD BASES WILL GRADUALLY LOWER
FROM THERE THROUGH THE EVENING AS PRECIP PRODUCTION KICKS IN AND THE
COLUMN MOISTENS FROM THE TOP DOWN. PRECIP ONSET IS STILL
QUESTIONABLE BUT SHOULD NOT BE UNTIL AFTER 00Z...PROBABLY IN THE
TIME RANGE FROM 03Z TO 06Z FROM SW TO NE. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SHOW THAT THE MOST LIKELY PRECIP TYPE AT THE ONSET IS SNOW BECAUSE
OF WET BULB EFFECTS COOLING THE ENTIRE COLUMN BELOW FREEZING AND
BEFORE WARM ADVECTION DEVELOPS AN APPRECIABLE WARM LAYER ABOVE THE
GROUND. FOR THAT REASON...THE TAFS WILL BEGIN WITH A PERIOD OF MVFR
SNOW AT THE VERY END OF THE FORECAST...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KCLT
FOR THIS PACKAGE. DETAILS BEYOND 00Z ARE STILL SKETCHY AND WILL BE
FINE TUNED IN THE NEXT PACKAGE...SUFFICE TO SAY THE OUTLOOK IS GRIM.
AVIATION OUTLOOK...MOST TAF SITES WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT FROZEN OR
FREEZING PRECIP TYPE ISSUES BETWEEN 06Z AND 15Z THURSDAY ALONG WITH
MVFR VISIBILITY. PRECIP AND UPGLIDE SHOULD DEVELOP AN IFR CLOUD DECK
AT ALL TAF SITES FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY THURSDAY. CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR THURSDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY. VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THEREAFTER AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR GAZ010-017.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR GAZ018-026-028.
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059-
062>065-501>510.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR NCZ051-058-068>072.
SC...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR SCZ001>003.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR SCZ004>008-010.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...NED/PM
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...PMHazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 3:53 PM EST, 12 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 353 PM EST TUE JAN 15 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-062-068>072-082-508-510- SCZ001>014-019-162100- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 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- 353 PM EST TUE JAN 15 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 HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A MESSY MORNING COMMUTE REMAINS LIKELY FOR THE AREA AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS STILL EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...PERHAPS AS MUCH AS AN INCH ALONG AND NORTH OF I-85. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO THREATEN THE AREA INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION PROBABLE...RESULTING IN SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS AND PERHAPS CAUSE TREES TO DROOP...AND BRANCHES TO SNAP DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE RAIN TAPERS TO DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING BY EVENING. PLEASE REMAIN ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT...AND BE WARY OF SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059-063>065-501>507-509- 162100- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 353 PM EST TUE JAN 15 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every winter storm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.