Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Feb 14, 2011, 3:40 AM EST for 27 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2011, 3:40 AM EST (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2011, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 27 counties
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, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WWUS72 KGSP 140840 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...INCREASINGLY WINDY TODAY... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW THROUGHOUT THE LOWER AND MIDDLE LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY...WILL GIVE RISE TO STOUT WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-141600- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.110214T0840Z-110215T0200Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 340 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...DEVELOPING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...STARTING IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING AND DEVELOPING INTO THE VALLEYS BY MIDDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND/OR POWER LINES...AND CAUSE LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT. 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. && $$ NCZ035-501>510-141600- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.110214T1400Z-110215T0200Z/ ALEXANDER-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK- 340 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARDS...DEVELOPING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND/OR POWER LINES LATER TODAY...AND CAUSE LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-141600- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.110214T1600Z-110215T0200Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD 340 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARDS...DEVELOPING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD TOPPLE A FEW TREES AND/OR POWER LINES LATER TODAY...AND CAUSE LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ082-SCZ001>014-019-141600- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0005.110214T1600Z-110214T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...MONROE...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 340 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...DEVELOPING WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ON THE LARGER RECREATIONAL LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ CSH
3 follow-up statements
981 WWUS72 KGSP 141744 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1244 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...INCREASINGLY WINDY TODAY... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW THROUGHOUT THE LOWER AND MIDDLE LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY...WILL GIVE RISE TO STOUT WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-501>510-150145- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110215T0200Z/ 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-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD 1244 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...DEVELOPING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH AT HIGH MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND/OR POWER LINES...AND CAUSE LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ082-SCZ001>014-019-142300- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110214T2300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...MONROE...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION... CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1244 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...DEVELOPING WINDY CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ON THE LARGER RECREATIONAL LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ LG
005 WWUS72 KGSP 142349 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 649 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-502-504-506>510- 150100- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110215T0200Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD 649 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-150200- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110215T0200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 649 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...WINDY CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND/OR POWER LINES...AND CAUSE LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LANE
325 WWUS72 KGSP 150157 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 857 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-150500- /O.EXT.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110215T0500Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 857 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...WINDY CONDITIONS. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND/OR POWER LINES...AND CAUSE LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2:17 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:40 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Union | 14 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.