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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 29, 200928 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2009, 4:55 AM EDT for 28 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 29, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2009, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 29, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 29, 2009, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 42 counties

Elbert County, GA, 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, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2009-03-29Temperature 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2009-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 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 
WWUS72 KGSP 290855
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT
WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND INCREASE IN SPEED THROUGH THE
DAY. THE 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.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-291700-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.090329T0900Z-090330T1000Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-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...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE
455 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY. 

WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND INCREASE IN SPEED TODAY.
WINDS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND BLUE RIDGE AREA WILL
GENERALLY REACH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE
WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND WILL CREATE CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL.

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. SHOULD THESE GUSTS DEVELOP...A HIGH WIND WARNING WOULD
BE NEEDED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS AREA.

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>014-019-291700-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.090329T0900Z-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
455 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND INCREASE IN SPEED ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REACH 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 CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND
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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KGSP 291454
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1054 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE REST
OF THE DAY TIME. THE 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.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-300000-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090330T1000Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-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...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE
1054 AM 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. 

GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE REST
OF THE DAY. WINDS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND BLUE
RIDGE AREA WILL GENERALLY REACH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
45 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE WET GROUND WILL CREATE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL.

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. SHOULD THESE GUSTS DEVELOP...A HIGH WIND WARNING
WOULD BE NEEDED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS AREA.

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
1054 AM 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
TODAY. 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 CONTINUE
INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND 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.

&&

$$
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.

&&

$$
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

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 Mar 29, 4:15 AM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 4:15 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
415 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO
THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE
GREAT PLAINS. THAT SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY...BEFORE CROSSING OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY.
YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
PLAINS THURSDAY...AND APPROACH THE REGION TOWARDS THE END OF THE
WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
COLD FRONT MOVING THRU THE CWFA ATTM. SHOWERS WILL MOVE THRU AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...THEN EAST OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK. GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE SW BEHIND IT. THE WINDS
WILL BE THE BIG STORY AS DEEP MIXING TODAY WILL HELP BRING DOWN
STRONGER WINDS TO THE SFC. EXPECT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 KTS
TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IS STILL IN THE LAKE WIND ADV RANGE.
HOWEVER...WITH THE WET SOILS AND TREES BEGINNING TO PRODUCE
FOLIAGE...TREE FALLS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NORMAL. THEREFORE...WILL
GO WITH A REGULAR WIND ADV ALL AREAS. ATMOS CLEARS OUT OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE MTNS THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT UPSLOPE SHOWERS TO RETURN TO THE TN BORDER. HIGH
ELEVATION TEMPS BEGIN TO FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON...SO SOME SNOW
COULD MIX IN ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKYS. NO ACCUMS ARE
EXPECTED.

WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE MTNS TONIGHT...BUT SHOULD
DIMINISH THRU THE EVENING AND BECOME LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS. WILL END THE WIND ADV OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AT 00Z...BUT
CONTINUE IT THRU THE NIGHT OVER THE NC MTNS. THE NAM HAS MUCH
STRONGER WINDS THAN THE GFS WHICH IS TYPICAL. HOWEVER...CANNOT RULE
OUT SOME 50 KT GUSTS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NRN MTNS AND
NRN BLUE RIDGE TONIGHT. IF THE STRONGER WINDS DO DEVELOP...THEN MORE
TREES AND POSSIBLY POWER LINES COULD FALL. THEREFORE...SINCE
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT AT LEAST WIND ADV GUSTS WILL DEVELOP...WILL
TAKE THE SLIGHTLY UNUSUAL STEP OF ADDING A HIGH WIND WATCH TO THE
NRN MTNS AND NRN BLUE RIDGE IN ADDITION TO THE ADV. UPSLOPE SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TN BORDER DURING THE EVENING BUT DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET TO MIX IN...BUT QPF WILL BE
VERY LIGHT WITH NO ACCUMS EXPECTED. TEMPS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS WILL
GENERALLY FALL INTO THE 35 TO 37 DEGREE RANGE. WINDS...ALTHOUGH
LIGHT...SHOULD REMAIN UP ENUF TO KEEP SFC MIXED UNTIL RIGHT AROUND
DAYBREAK. THIS SHOULD PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD FROST...BUT PATCHY FROST
LIKELY. HAVE ADDED THIS TO THE GRIDS BUT NO FROST ADV FOR NOW.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 AM SUNDAY...TRANSIENT HI PRES BETWEEN TWO AREAS OF DEEP
LOW PRES WILL BE OVER THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. FCST SNDGS
SHOW A RELATIVELY DEEP LAYER OF RH IN THE MID-UPR LVLS DURING THE
DAY...INDICATIVE OF SOME HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING THRU FLAT UPR RIDGE.
I THINK THERE WILL BE ENUF CLOUDINESS TO WARRANT A MOSTLY SUNNY
WORDING INSTEAD OF SUNNY. LLVL THICKNESSES LOOK TO SUPPORT MAX TEMPS
NEAR NORMAL (50S TO MID 60S MTNS AND UPR 60S TO LWR 70S PIEDMONT).
MIN TEMPS MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 30S MTNS AND LWR-MID
40S PIEDMONT.

TUESDAY...SOUTHERN STREAM BECOMES ACTIVE OVER THE LOWER MS
VALLEY...AS ANOTHER DEEP SHORTWAVE EJECTS OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. LLVL FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.
THE NAM AND GFS GENERALLY AGREE ON THE COLUMN MOISTENING FROM TOP
DOWN...W/ SIGNIFICANT GULF CONVECTION UPSTREAM. DEEP MOISTURE AND
ISENTROPIC LIFT BEGINS TO ENCROACH THE FA FROM SW TO NE DURING THE
EVENING HOURS. BASICALLY ALL THE GUIDANCE AGREES ON MODEST QPF
OVRNGT...AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING LIKELY POP FOR THE PERIOD. A
SFC WAVE INVOF MS/AL ALONG APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS SHOWN ON MOST
OF THE GUIDANCE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...HELPING TO ENHANCE LIFT
ACRS THE AREA.

WEDNESDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THE AREA FROM THE
WEST...AND POPS SHOULD DROP FROM W TO E DURING THE DAY. AS THE
SHORTWAVE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FROPA LIFTS INTO SE CANADA...ANOTHER
DEEP SHORTWAVE ENTERS THE GREAT PLAINS. WEAK...TRANSIENT SFC HIGH
PRES AFFECTS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO I INCREASED POP TO
HIGH-END CHC DURING THE DAY...AND DROP POP OVERNIGHT. TEMPS WILL BE
CLOSE TO NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM SUNDAY...FOR THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...ACTIVE PATTERN
CONTINUES...AS STRONG PLAINS SYSTEM IS PROGGED BY MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS...AND DRIVEN BY ANOTHER SUBTROPICAL JET. THE GFS IS A LITTLE
FAST ON BREAKING OUT CONVECTION ACRS THE SOUTHEAST STATES BY
THURSDAY AFTN. THE 00Z/29 ECMWF AND CANADIAN BOTH SHOW COPIUS QPF
ACRS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...W/ UPR LVL DIVERGENCE OVR THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT. I INHERITED SCHC POP THURSDAY AND MID CHC POP FOR
THE OVERNIGHT...AND THAT LOOKS GOOD. WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE
SYSTEM UNCERTAIN...I DID NOT MAKE CHANGES TO FRIDAY OR SATURDAY/S
FCST.

&&

.AVIATION /08Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SLY WINDS...WITH INCREASING SPEEDS AND OCNL GUSTS...AND SHOWERS ON
THE INCREASE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. EXPECT MVFR TO IFR
CIGS UNTIL FROPA AND MVFR VSBY WHENEVER A SHOWER MOVES OVER A TAF
SITE. AFTER FROPA...WINDS SHIFT TO THE SW AND INCREASE IN SPEED WITH
MORE CONSISTENT GUSTS. CIGS SHOULD LIFT TO VFR...BUT COULD BE SOME
BRIEF MVFR EARLY. SKIES CONTINUE TO CLEAR THRU THE DAY AS WINDS
SLOWLY BECOME MORE SWLY OR EVEN WSW WITH STILL MORE SPEED AND GUSTS.
CANNOT RULE OUT SOME VFR CIGS AT KAND. KAVL THE EXCEPTION AS SLY
WINDS BECOME NWLY. THERE WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF CLOUDS OVER THE MTNS
THRU THE DAY...SO SOME LOW VFR CIGS COULD DEVELOP FROM TIME TO TIME.
CLOUDS DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS DO WINDS. HOWEVER...GUSTS LINGER
UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

AT KCLT...MVFR CIGS AND VFR VSBY WILL DROP TO IFR AND MVFR WITH
PASSING SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING. SLY WINDS BECOME GUSTY BY
DAYBREAK. VFR RETURNS BY EARLY MORNING WITH WINDS BECOMING SWLY AND
INCREASING IN SPEED. STILL MORE SPEED INCREASE FOR THE AFTERNOON AS
WINDS BECOME WSW. HAVE A BRIEF PERIOD OF 280 WINDS AROUND 00Z WITH
SLIGHTLY DIMINISHED SPEED. WINDS RETURN TO 260 BY LATE EVENING WITH
MUCH LOWER SPEEDS.

OUTLOOK...LOW PRESSURE WILL LIKELY BRING CIG AND VSBY RESTRICTIONS
LATER TUE AND TUE NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ON WED.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-018-
     026-028-029.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-
     062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ035>037-056-
     057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 4:42 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
442 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-
506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-300845-
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-
442 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-300845-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
442 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY...

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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

ARK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 9:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus9 hr
Mar 28, 10:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion2 hr
Mar 29, 2:47 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey7 hr

Nearby

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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.