Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this high wind warning at Mar 29, 2009, 2:47 PM EDT for Avery County, Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 29, 2009, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 29, 2009, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2009, 3:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2009, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KGSP 291847 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 247 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .GUSTY WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING OUTSIDE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. NCZ033-049-050-300000- /O.UPG.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090330T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.HW.W.0002.090329T1900Z-090330T1000Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 247 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING WITH GUSTS REACHING 50 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE AREA. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-300000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090330T1000Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 247 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY. WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND BLUE RIDGE AREA WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 55 MPH ACROSS THE RIDGES LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-300000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090330T0000Z/ RABUN-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL... ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 247 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND POSSIBLY EVEN 40 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND AND BUDDING FOLIAGE...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 300007 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 807 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... .GUSTY WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING OUTSIDE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-300400- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090330T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0014.090330T0007Z-090330T0400Z/ RABUN-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL... ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 807 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FURTHER BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-300430- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090330T1000Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 807 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 50 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE AREA. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-300430- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090330T1000Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 807 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND BLUE RIDGE AREA WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 55 MPH ACROSS THE RIDGES LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 07
000 WWUS72 KGSP 300215 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1015 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT... .GUSTY NORTHWEST STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST IN AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. NCZ033-049-050-301000- /O.CAN.KGSP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090330T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.090330T0215Z-090330T1000Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1015 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR AVERY...MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS REACHING 50 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-300315- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090330T1000Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1015 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-300315- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090330T0400Z/ RABUN-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL... ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1015 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 9:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every high wind warning in 2009
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.