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Lake Wind Advisory 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Apr 27, 2011, 3:27 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia; 28 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 27, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2011, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 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 07:27 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, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
286 WWUS72 KGSP 270727 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 327 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-280000- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0021.110427T1400Z-110428T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-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- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 327 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ALL ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...INCREASINGLY GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. * TIMING...LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER SMALL OUTDOOR LIGHT OBJECTS COULD BE TOSSED ABOUT...AND ON RECREATIONAL LAKES...AN INCREASINGLY ROUGH CHOP WILL DEVELOP. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
941 WWUS72 KGSP 271616 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1216 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-280000- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110428T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-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- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1216 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ALL ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...INCREASINGLY GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. * TIMING...CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER SMALL OUTDOOR LIGHT OBJECTS COULD BE TOSSED ABOUT...AND ON RECREATIONAL LAKES...AN INCREASINGLY ROUGH CHOP WILL DEVELOP. 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. && $$ NED
174 WWUS72 KGSP 271845 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-280445- /O.EXT.KGSP.LW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110428T1100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-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- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 245 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...ALL ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. * TIMING...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER SMALL OUTDOOR LIGHT OBJECTS COULD BE TOSSED ABOUT...AND ON RECREATIONAL LAKES...AN INCREASINGLY ROUGH CHOP WILL DEVELOP. 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. && $$ NED
543 WWUS72 KGSP 280225 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1025 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-281100- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110428T1100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-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- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1025 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THURSDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...ALL ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. * TIMING...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER SMALL OUTDOOR LIGHT OBJECTS COULD BE TOSSED ABOUT...AND ON RECREATIONAL LAKES...AN INCREASINGLY ROUGH CHOP WILL DEVELOP. 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. && $$
617 WWUS72 KGSP 280735 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 335 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-280845- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110428T1100Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND... SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 335 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>014-019-281100- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110428T1100Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 335 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE UPSTATE AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH DAYBREAK. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER SMALL OUTDOOR LIGHT OBJECTS COULD BE TOSSED ABOUT...AND ON RECREATIONAL LAKES...AN INCREASINGLY ROUGH CHOP WILL DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford, Yancey | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 11:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 26 min |
Nearby
Lake Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2011Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2011Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2011Every lake wind advisory in 2011
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.