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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 12, 20094 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2009, 3:26 AM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 12, 2009, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 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: Dec 12, 2009, 3:26 AM EST (08:26 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 13, 2009, 3:38 AM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dec 12, 2:53 AM EST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 2:53 AM EST, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 6:01 PM EST, 9 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 12, 3:26 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, McDowell, Madison and 5 more	27 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009 Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.