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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 15, 20096 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this red flag warning at Jan 15, 2009, 1:17 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 16, 2009, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 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 15, 2009, 1:17 PM EST (18:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2009, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 16, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2009-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2009-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -251 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS82 KGSP 151817
RFWGSP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
117 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-160230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0002.090116T1600Z-090117T0000Z/
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090115T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
117 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST
FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO BETWEEN AND 20 AND 25 PERCENT. ALSO...
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS.
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON EVEN THOUGH IT WIL BE COLD...IT WILL BE
EXTREMELY DRY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE 15 TO 20
PERCENT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$
LG
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS82 KGSP 152350
RFWGSP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-160800-
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.090116T1600Z-090117T0000Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
650 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST
FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST
FRIDAY FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE COLD...IT WILL BE
EXTREMELY DRY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE 15 TO 20
PERCENT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

MOORE
000 
WWUS82 KGSP 161106
RFWGSP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 AM EST FRI JAN 16 2009

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-161915-
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.090116T1600Z-090117T0000Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
606 AM EST FRI JAN 16 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE COLD TODAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

ARK
000 
WWUS82 KGSP 161745
RFWGSP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1245 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2009

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-170000-
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090117T0000Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
1245 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE COLD TODAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
FALL INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

14
000 
WWUS82 KGSP 161922
RFWGSP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2009

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-171000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0003.090117T1600Z-090118T0000Z/
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090117T0000Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
222 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE COLD TODAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON.

DEWPOINTS WILL INCREASE A LITTLE ON SATURDAY...BUT TEMPERATURES
WILL INCREASE AS WELL. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE HUMIDITY VALUES
TO FALL INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE DURING THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON HOURS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

MCAVOY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jan 15, 10:56 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 10:56 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1056 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MARCH ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA TODAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
THROUGH FRIDAY...AND BRING A VERY COLD AIRMASS TO THE REGION. THIS
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN...AND MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST
SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NORMAL BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THE NW FLOW UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS TO GET
GOING...BUT PER RADAR...METARS AND GROUND TRUTH THE TYPICAL
UPSLOPE AREAS ARE SEEING SNOW. MODELS...ESPECIALLY NAM NOT DOING
WELL WITH THE QPF. HOWEVER...EXPECT THAT ACCULUMULATIONS ON THE
HIGH END SHOULD ONLY BE AROUND 1 INCH. TIME/HEIGHT SECTIONS SHOW
DEPTH OF MOISTURE DECREASING RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON...SO SNOW
SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN BY EVENING. THE UPSHOT IS THAT I
WILL KEEP THE CURRENT HEADLINES IN PLACE...INCLUDING THE WIND
ADVISORY. PER LATEST LAV GUIDANCE WILL HAVE TO BUMP MAX TEMPS UP
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT INTO THE MID 40S AS COLD ADVECTION CURRENTLY
BEING MITIGATED BY SOME ADIABATIC WARMING IN THE LOW LEVELS.

THE DEEP AND BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE NEAR TERM WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR
SPILLING INTO THE REGION. CONTINUING BRISK NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH
TONIGHT WILL REQUIRE A MOUNTAIN WIND CHILL ADVISORY AS LOWS BOTTOM
OUT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OVERNIGHT AND WIND CHILLS DIP TO MINUS 5 TO
MINUS 15. A FEW OF THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS COULD APPROACH WARNING
CRITERIA WITH WIND CHILLS MINUS 20.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 130 AM THURSDAY...THE MAIN STORY FOR THE SHORT TERM WILL BE
THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...AS HIGHS/LOWS WILL AVERAGE 15-20
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. BASED UPON FORECAST
SOUNDINGS AND PROGGED THICKNESS VALUES...FRIDAY/S MOS HIGHS APPEAR
TOO WARM...SO WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE OUR CURRENT FORECAST OF
MAXES RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE NC MTNS...TO A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING IN THE LOWER SC
PIEDMONT. LOWS FRI NIGHT SHOULD DIP WELL INTO THE TEENS EAST OF THE
MTNS...WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGITS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN.

TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE SLIGHTLY SAT INTO SAT NIGHT...AS RETURN
FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SURFACE HIGH.
HOWEVER...TEMPS WILL NEVERTHELESS STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING ACROSS
THE MTNS SAT AFTERNOON...WHILE ONLY A FEW AREAS OF THE PIEDMONT WILL
MAKE IT TO 40.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 150 AM THURSDAY...GOOD AGREEMENT IS SEEN BTW THE GFS AND THE
ECMWF WRT BREAKING DOWN THE PNA PATTERN AND SHIFTING THE WEST COAST
RIDGE EAST SUN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG RANGE. THIS LARGE
PATTERN CHANGE WILL LEND TOWARD INCREASING MAX TEMPS TO AROUND
NORMAL BY WED AND A DECREASE IN PRECIP CHANCES AFTER THE SUN CLIPPER
FRONT.

ON SUN...THE ECMWF IS FASTER AND DEEPER WITH UPPER TROF THAN THE
GFS. HOWEVER...THE GFS IS MUCH MOISTER AT H85 AND FOR A LONGER
DURATION THAN THE OTHER OP MODELS. WILL MODIFY THE CHC POPS A BIT
ACROSS THE NC ZONES AS A PROGRESSIVE FROPA IS EXPECTED. QPF WILL BE
LOW AND SNOWFALL ACCUMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE MTNS AND NORTHERN
FOOTHILLS WITH LESS THAN 2 INCHES ANTICIPATED. SOME WRAP AROUND
MOISTURE LOOKS TO AFFECT THE NC MTNS THROUGH THE DAY MON AND ANOTHER
WAVE APPROACHES THE REGION TUE. WONT EXPECT MUCH OF A PRECIP THREAT
MON WITH MINI H85 RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA QUICKLY AFTER
12Z...HOWEVER ANOTHER INCH OF SN IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NC/TN SPINE
AREA BTW 00Z AND 12Z MON.

THE NEXT H5 S/W DROPPING INTO THE AREA IS DISPLACED TO THE NW FROM
WHAT HAS BEEN THE NORMAL TRACK THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. THE BREAKDOWN OF
THE PNA WILL CAUSE THE WAVE TO DIG ACROSS THE MID ATL...SO NO REAL
SIGNIFICANT SN THREAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MTNS. THE LLVL WINDS
KEEP A SIGNIFICANT W/LY COMPONENT UPSTREAM OF THE MTNS AND AVAILABLE
MOISTURE GETS TRANSLATED N OF THE CWFA QUICKLY. ISOL POPS WERE ADDED
TO THE GRIDS ACROSS THE MTN BORDER AREAS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS LOW END
EVENT. A STACKED RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE EC WED AND PERSISTS THROUGH
THU. MAX TEMPS ARE FORECASTED RIGHT AROUND NORMAL WED...HOWEVER
TEMPS A COUPLE CATS ABOVE THIS WOULDNT BE A SURPRISE IF THIS PATTERN
HOLDS.

&&

.AVIATION /16Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING IN ON THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR AT
DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. ALL TAF SITES SHOULD SEE WINDS SHIFT TO
NORTHWEST AND THEN BECOME GUSTY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

AT KCLT...WSW WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND EXHIBIT GUSTS TO 18 KT
BY 15Z THIS MORNING. ONLY FEW TO SCT HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE GUSTINESS WILL ABATE THIS EVENING AND WINDS
WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT.

ELSEWHERE...LOW LEVEL CLOUDS ARE ADVANCING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
FRENCH BROAD VALLEY THIS MORNING AS NORTHWEST FLOW MOISTURE
PERSISTS. MAINLY SCT TO BKN VFR LEVEL CLOUDS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
KAVL...BUT THERE IS A CHANCE OF BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS FROM 12Z TO
16Z. OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...ONLY MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL
AFFECT THE TERMINAL SITES. WESTERLY FLOW WILL VEER NORTHWEST AND
BECOME GUSTY BY LATE MORNING. THE WINDS WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY
OVERNIGHT AS GUSTS DIMINISH.

OUTLOOK...COLD AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
WITH LIMITED MOISTURE WILL REACH THE FORECAST AREA LATE IN THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA BEHIND A STRONG COLD
FRONT TODAY. EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 40S BEFORE TUMBLING THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW HOURS OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE. PREVIOUS NE GA
FUEL MOISTURE VALUES AVAILABLE FROM THE GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
SUGGEST 10 HOUR MOISTURE OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. PENDING FURTHER
COORDINATION ON THESE ISSUES...THE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST WILL BE
HEADLINED FOR THE DRY AIR. A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED...HOWEVER.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GAZ010-017-
     018-026-028-029.
     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST FRIDAY
     FOR GAZ010.
NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     NCZ033-048>052-058.
     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST FRIDAY
     FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR NCZ053-059-062>065-
     502-504-506-507-509.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR NCZ501-503-505.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...HG
FIRE WEATHER...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 3:08 AM EST, 10 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
308 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

NCZ033-048>052-058-160815-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
308 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ053-059-062>065-160815-
BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-
308 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ501-503-505-160815-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
308 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   WIND ADVISORY.
   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-508-510-
SCZ001>014-019-160815-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-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-
308 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ502-504-506-160815-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
308 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ507-509-160815-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
308 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-160815-
RABUN-
308 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.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 CHILL ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 2:31 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryGSPRabun33 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.