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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2010, 3:18 PM EST for 12 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2010, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 722 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WWUS72 KGSP 242018 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 318 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINDY CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON MONDAY IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS...THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONG WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL THEN PICK UP ON MONDAY...WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THROUGH THE DAY. NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-250500- /O.EXP.KGSP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100124T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.100124T2018Z-100124T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN 318 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH TONIGHT...STRONG WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 DEVELOPING THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ010-250500- /O.EXP.KGSP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100124T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ RABUN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLAYTON 318 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON MONDAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-053-064-065-250500- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.100124T2018Z-100124T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 318 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH TONIGHT...STRONG WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 DEVELOPING THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ017-NCZ501-503-505-250500- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ HABERSHAM-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLARKESVILLE 318 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON MONDAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ006>014-019- 250500- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100125T0500Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 318 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS OF OPEN WATER. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ018-NCZ035-068-502-504-506>510-SCZ001>005-250500- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ STEPHENS-ALEXANDER-CLEVELAND-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SHELBY...LENOIR...MORGANTON... MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 318 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
1 follow-up statement
107 WWUS72 KGSP 242310 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 610 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON MONDAY IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN PIEDMONT SECTIONS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL THEN PICK UP ON MONDAY...WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AGAIN THROUGH THE DAY. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-250900- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100124T2300Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 610 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. STRONG WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 DEVELOPING THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ006>014-019- 250900- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100125T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 610 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS OF OPEN WATER. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-NCZ035-068-501>510-SCZ001>005-250900- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.100125T1500Z-100125T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-ALEXANDER-CLEVELAND-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... SHELBY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS 610 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HG
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 Jan 24, 3:02 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 3:02 PM EST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY
MONDAY...BEFORE COOL NORTHWEST FLOW SETTLES IN THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH
THURSDAY...WHILE ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND APPROACHES THE
AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
SFC OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT MOST OF THE CWA REMAINS UNDER COOL
STABLE CAD AT 1930Z. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE WEDGE IS
BEGINNING TO ERODE ACROSS THE LAKELANDS...WHERE TEMPERATURES RANGE
FROM46 AT LAURENS TO 64 AT NEWBERRY. LOCAL WRF AND NAM WIND AND TEMPERATURE
FIELDS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE CAD
RETREATING NE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING THE I-85 AND I-77 CORRIDORS BY 0Z.
EAST OF THE WEDGE FRONT...SFC BASED CAPES SHOULD RANGE FROM 100-300
J/KG. VEERING LLVL WINDS COUPLED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE H85 JET
WILL YIELD HELICITY VALUES OF 300-400 M2/S2. STABILITY AND HELICITY
VALUES WILL REMAIN UNTIL CONVECTION SWEEPS EAST OF THE
CWA...POSSIBLY KEEPING A HEIGHTEN THREAT OF SVR WEATHER UNTIL EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. IT APPEARS THAT THE PEAK PERIOD AND AREA OF SVR
THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES MAY EXIST ACROSS BROAD
RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN 0Z-4Z.
WIND PROFILES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF RAIN WITH CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS
TO TRACK SSW TO NNE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THIS MAY INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES WITH PROLONG
TRAINING. OTHERWISE...LINGERING UPSLOPE FLOW...PW GREATER THAN 1.3
INCHES...AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN SHIELD SHOULD RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD 2-3 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT...POSSIBLY 4 INCHES ACROSS THE
SW RIDGES. THE GOING FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIMING AND PLACEMENT LOOKS
GOOD.
THE APPROACH AND EVENTUAL PASSAGE OF A SFC LOW AND PLACEMENT OF THE
CAD BOUNDARY WILL STRENGTHEN THE WINDS AND GUSTS POTENTIAL ACROSS
THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THIS EVENING. AT 1930Z...GUSTS ACROSS THE
MIDLAND RANGED FROM THE L20S TO 30 KTS. I WILL KEEP A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE PIEDMONT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
ON MONDAY...LARGE LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NORTH ALONG THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH THE DAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO PUSH EAST THROUGH THE DAY...YIELDING CAA ACROSS THE CWA. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT MIXING HEIGHTS MAY REACH 3-5 KFT MON
AFTERNOON. MODERATE MIXING...CAA...AND 6-8 MB PRESSURE GRADIENT
SHOULD SUPPORT WIDESPREAD GUSTY CONDITIONS ACROSS FORECAST AREA MON
AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THAT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH 15 TO 25
MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS COMBINED
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE. I WILL
HIGHLIGHT WITH A WIND ADVISORY. WEST WINDS ACROSS THE MTNS WILL LIFT
COOL MOIST AIR ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES. I WILL PAINT THE TN
BORDER WITH A CHC OF SHRA...POSSIBLY SOME SN OVER THE RIDGES BY LATE
AFTERNOON.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 245 PM SUNDAY...A BELT OF STRONG MID LEVEL WESTERLIES WILL
REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE. BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS ACROSS THE HIGH
TERRAIN...WHILE GUSTS WILL PICK UP WITH MIXING AGAIN E OF THE MTNS
LATE TUE MORNING. MOISTURE IN THE WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE
MTNS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASINGLY COLD PROFILES TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE WRN NC MTNS THROUGH TUESDAY. THE LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD DRY UP QUICKLY TUE NIGHT...BUT A CONSENSUS OF
MODEL QPF AND EXPECTED 13 TO 1 SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS SUGGEST SOME
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ALONG THE TN BORDER. WINTER
WEATHER AND/OR WIND ADVISORY PRODUCTS MAY BE NEEDED BY MONDAY FOR
THE EARLY SHORT RANGE ACROSS PARTS OF THE NC MTNS.
HEIGHTS WILL STEADILY RISE TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED. ZONAL FLOW WILL
DEVELOP ALOFT ALONG WITH SFC HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE AREA. DRY
PROFILES PRODUCING FULL SUN WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND TO
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL VALUES WED AFTN.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM SUNDAY...A SRN STREAM SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS STATES WILL
SLOWLY OPEN UP AND DAMPEN AS IT MOVES EAST WED NIGHT THROUGH THU.
HOWEVER...THE SYSTEM WILL PHASE WITH A DIGGING NRN STREAM WAVE TO
CARVE OUT A TRUOGH TO THE WEST THU THROUGH FRI. BETTER MOISTURE WILL
INITIALLY LAY OVER ACROSS THE NRN TIER WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A WEAK
COLD FRONT THURSDAY. BOTH TIMING AND THERMAL DIFFERENCES APPEAR IN
THE MODELS THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI. NRN TIER GFS PROFILES ARE QUITE A
BIT COLDER THAN THE ECM AS DEEPER MOISTURE AND LOW PRESSURE APPROACH
FROM THE WEST. THE FORECAST TIMING AND PROFILES WILL BE A BLEND OF
THE FASTER GFS AND SLOWER ECM...WHICH IS VERY NEAR THE GFS ENSEMBLE
MEAN FORECAST THU THROUGH FRI. THIS SHOULD RELEGATE ANY PTYPE
PROBLEMS TO THE FAR NRN TIER NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ON THE WARM
ADVECTION SIDE OF THE SYSTEM INTO FRI.
THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND FORCING WILL CROSS THE AREA FRIDAY WITH THE
PASSAGE OF UPPER JET RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION...THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS
THE LOW MOVES EAST ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE IN A
COMMA HEAD TRAILING THE LOW SHOULD THEN TRANSIT THE AREA
SATURDAY...WITH FALLING THICKNESSES POSSIBLY CAUSING A CHANGEOVER TO
SNOW FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CAREFULLY THROUGH
THE WEEK FOR POSSIBLE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. DRIER NW FLOW WILL
DEVELOP BEHIND THE DEPARTING E COAST TROUGH ON SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...KGSP...KGMU...CONTINUE TO EXPECT LIFR CEILINGS WITH IFR
VIS IN RA TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...LATEST
RADAR VWP INDICATE STRONG LLVL WINDS BETWEEN 1-2 KFT. LLVL WINDS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
HOWEVER...GUSTY SFC WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AROUND 21Z...AS
CAD BOUNDARY RETREATS. THE STRENGTHENING SFC WINDS MAY DECREASE THE
SHEAR VALUES BELOW LLWS CRITERIA. A BAND OF SHRA AND EMBEDDED TSRA
IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 0Z-5Z. AFTER THE LINE
PASSES...WINDS SHOULD VEER TO THE SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHWEST.
CEILINGS MAY GRADUALLY LIFT TO MVFR...WITH A TEMPO IFR CEILING
POSSIBLE DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS AND GUST SW WINDS
SHOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 13Z-15Z.
ELSEWHERE...CONTINUE TO EXPECT LIFR CEILINGS WITH IFR VIS IN RA TO
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...LATEST RADAR VWP
INDICATE STRONG LLVL WINDS BETWEEN 1-2 KFT. LLVL WINDS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
HOWEVER...THE CORE OF LLVL JET WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE MTNS AFTER
21Z...DECREASING THE LLWS POTENTIAL. A BAND OF SHRA AND EMBEDDED
TSRA IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 23Z-3Z. AFTER
THE LINE PASSES...WINDS SHOULD VEER TO THE SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY
SOUTHWEST. CEILINGS MAY GRADUALLY LIFT TO MVFR...WITH A TEMPO IFR
CEILING POSSIBLE DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS AND GUST
SW WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 13Z-15Z.
OUTLOOK...VFR AND GUSTY CONDITIONS EAST OF THE MTNS ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT NW FLOW SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE MTNS MON
NIGHT-TUE NGHT. FAIR WX IS EXPECTED WED AND THU.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR GAZ010-017-018-
026-028-029.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ026-028-
029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-
048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR NCZ033-035>037-
048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ036-037-
056-057-069>072-082.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-048>053-
058-059-062>065.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-
068>072-082.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCZ001>007-
010>012-019.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCZ006>014-
019.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR SCZ008-009-013-014.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 11:38 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1138 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 GAZ018-NCZ502-504-506>510-SCZ001>005-251645- STEPHENS-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- 1138 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ026-028-029-SCZ006-007-010>012-019-251645- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD- 1138 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-251645- RABUN-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON- 1138 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ017-NCZ033-049-050-053-064-065-501-503-505-251645- HABERSHAM-AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 1138 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-251645- IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 1138 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035-068-251645- ALEXANDER-CLEVELAND- 1138 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 24, 1:16 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
116 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.00W
01/24/2010 HAYWOOD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR JOHNSON CREEK
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 83.81W
01/24/2010 GRAHAM NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. MANY POWER OUTAGES
REPORTED.
&&
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 7:54 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:54 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain | 11 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 4 days |
| Jan 24, 11:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 3 days |
| Jan 24, 11:34 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:24 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:24 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:24 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 25 min |
| Jan 24, 5:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010
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.