Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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WGUS62 KGSP 261636
FFAGSP

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1136 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

GAZ010-NCZ062>065-SCZ001>003-261745-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-121226T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RABUN-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
1136 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST
TODAY. LINGERING HIGH WATER CONDITIONS AND ELEVATED STREAM LEVELS
WILL BE STEADILY IMPROVING AND FALLING THIS AFTERNOON. 

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1012 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA EARLY
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CROSS EAST OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOONWITH CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING BACK ON THURSDAY.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA SATURDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 935 PM...THE RAIN SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH INITIAL SURGE OF DEEP
LAYER FORCING IS BEGINNING TO MAKE ITS PUSH INTO THE FAR WESTERN
ZONES. PRECIP RATES DERIVED FROM UPSTREAM RADARS HAVE BEEN PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE...GENERALLY SOLID .25 OR SO INCH PER HOUR ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA AND NORTHERN/CTRL ALABAMA. AS THE SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL
JET CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY...RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS .5 INCH PER
HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHERN ESCARPMENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
QPF HAS BEEN BUMPED UP IN MOST AREAS...PUTTING THE SOUTHERN
ESCARPMENT CLOSER TO 3 INCHES STORM TOTAL. SIX HOUR FFG VALUES ARE
ACTUALLY CLOSER TO 4 INCHES THAN 3...BUT BASED UPON THE UPSTREAM
RAINFALL RATES...I AM REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT A FEW BASINS WILL SEE
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL NEAR THE SOUTHERN ESCARPMENT. A SMALL FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS.

IN TERMS OF THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL...THE VERY ROBUST (ALBEIT
LARGELY ELEVATED) QLCS THAT WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS ALL BUT FALLEN APART AS IT HAS VENTURED
DEEPER INTO THE COOL AIR. THE AIR ONLY GETS COOLER OVER NORTH
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...AS RESIDUAL COOL POOL REMAINS
STUBBORNLY IN PLACE...AND MAY HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY REINFORCED BY THE
STRENGTHENING E/NE FLOW IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE SURFACE
CYCLONE. WHILE TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT
IN MOST AREAS...THE WARM FRONT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO...AND IT MAY BE
SUNRISE BEFORE IT BEGINS TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT INROADS INTO THE
FORECAST AREA. THEREFORE...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE SEVERE
THREAT WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL MID-MORNING OR SO...BUT QUICKLY RAMP UP
AS THE COLD FRONT AND ATTENDANT INSTABILITY AXIS SWINGS ACROSS THE
AREA BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z. IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE POTENTIAL WILL
EXIST FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FORECAST
AREA.

WIND PRODUCTS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS WANING THAT
TONIGHT/S SOUTHEASTERLY JET IS GOING TO CAUSE MUCH TROUBLE OUTSIDE
OF THE PEAKS AND RIDGE TOPS. IT APPEARS THE VALLEYS ARE GOING TO
REMAIN FAIRLY STABLE AND THEREFORE /PROTECTED/ FROM THE STRONG FLOW
ALOFT. HOWEVER...THIS MORE STABLE AIR MAY BE DISPLACED ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST-MOST VALLEYS BY SUNRISE. STRONGER WINDS COULD ALSO BE
MIXED DOWN BY CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE PRECIP SHIELD...AND
THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR CHANNELING THROUGH SOUTHEAST/
NORTHWEST ORIENTED PASSES AND NARROW VALLEYS.

STRONG MID LEVEL DRYING SHOULD WRAP IN FROM THE SW THROUGH THE AFTN
HOURS. WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD REDEVELOP ON THE COLD
ADVECTION SIDE. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OVER TIMING AND THE MIXED
LAYER IN THE COLD AIR...WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY COLD ADVECTION
ADVISORIES IN THE WESTERLY FLOW AT THIS POINT...BUT THEY COULD NEED
TO BE ISSUED OUT OVER THE PIEDMONT WED AFTN GIVEN THE MOIST SOIL AND
30 TO 40 KT NEAR THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL
FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY 21Z ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE TOWARD EVENING ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EST TUESDAY...THE LATEST MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH DEEP OCCLUDED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING NE ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN CONTINUE NE INTO THE
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY THU MORNING.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WRAP AROUND MOISTURE IN NW COLD AIR ADVECTION
BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SHOULD RESULT IN NW FLOW SNOW
SHOWER ACTIVITY ALONG THE TN/NC BORDER. THE NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS
MAY SEE SNOW ACCUMS OF 2-3"...WITH 1-2" ACROSS THE SMOKIES/BAKSANS.
NW 850 MB WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 50 KTS IN STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION. THEREFORE...WE MAY SEE STRONG SUSTAINED NW WINDS OF 30-40
MPH...GUSTS TO 50 MPH ABOVE 4500 FT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NOT
AS CONFIDENT OF THAT HIGH OF WINDS IN THE LWR ELEVATIONS...BUT WITH
WET SOILS...WE CAN NOT RULE OUT MORE DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES
THAN USUAL FOR THIS TYPE OF EVENT. AGAIN...THIS WIND EVENT LOOKS TO
BE SHORT-LIVED AND NOT QUITE CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO WARRANT WIND HAZARD
PRODUCTS AT THIS TIME.

THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...NW FLOW MOISTURE QUICKLY DECREASES AND
WINDS SUBSIDE AS DRY AIRMASS MOVES IN FROM THE NW. HENCE POPS TAPER
OFF QUICKLY BY MIDDAY...SO WE WON'T SEE MUCH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUM
AFTER DAYBREAK. TEMPS WILL BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH
CONTINUED COLD AIR ADVECTION. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA
THU NIGHT...RESULTING IN DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR NORMAL OVERNIGHT
TEMPS.

FRIDAY...THE HIGH WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST DURING THE
DAY..WITH CLOUDS SPREADING IN FROM THE WEST FRI AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE GULF STATES. WILL KEEP DRY
FORECAST WITH TEMPS NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 1430 EST TUESDAY...ON FRIDAY EVENING A FLAT UPPER RIDGE WILL BE
NEAR THE EAST COAST...WHILE AND UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE GREAT
PLAINS. THIS TROUGH REACHES THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE
SATURDAY...THEN MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST EARLY SUNDAY. A UPPER RIDGE
THEN MOVES INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND STALLS WHILE DEAMPLIFYING.

COLD AIR DAMMING SETS UP FRIDAY NIGHT ALONG THE EAST COAST...WITH
HIGH PRESSURE OVER PA THAT EXTENDS SOUTH ALONG THE PIEDMONT...A SLOW
MOVING WARM FRONT ALONG THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS...AND A COLD
FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER THE COASTAL
FRONT WILL PRODUCE PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR AREA FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUPPORT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IN THE
MOUNTAINS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...AS A WARM NOSE
ALOFT ALLOWS MELTING...BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENCOUNTERS A COLD
SURFACE LAYER. BY LATE MORNING...WARMING LOWER LAYERS SHOULD CHANGE
THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN EXCEPT AT THIS HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...WHERE
COOLING ALOFT WILL SUPPORT SNOW. CONVECTIVE CHANCES AHEAD OF THE
FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE RATHER LIMITED IN IN COLD AIR DAMMING...BUT
IF THE WARM FRONT CAN GET NORTH INTO THE AREA...CHANCES WOULD
INCREASE. FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED AROUND MIDDAY...LOWERING
PRECIPITATION CHANCES EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. A COLD AND MOIST NW
FLOW WILL PRODUCE POST FRONTAL SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NC MOUNTAINS
BORDERING TN INTO SUNDAY.

DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. A COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT PRECIPITATION TYPE PROBLEMS MAY BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM AS WELL...DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF ITS
ARRIVAL. AT THIS TIME...A SMALL CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
CARRIED IN MUCH OF WESTERN NC AROUND DAYBREAK...DEPENDING ON SURFACE
TEMPERATURES. CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW...AND AT THIS TIME...NOW
MEASURABLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE CARRIED.

TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH NORMAL AHEAD OF THE FIRST COLD FRONT
FRIDAY NIGHT...WILL BE HELD BELOW NORMAL DUE TO CLOUDS AND RAIN
SATURDAY...THEN WILL FALL FURTHER BELOW NORMAL BEHIND THE FRONT...
FOLLOWED BY SOME MODERATION AS HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...COMPLEX FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH BASICALLY
ALL AVIATION FORECAST PARAMETERS BEING PROBLEMATIC. MAINLY LIGHT
RAIN WILL PASS OVER THE TERMINAL DURING THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS...WITH A
BRIEF VISBY/CIG RESTRICTION BEING POSSIBLE DURING THAT WINDOW.
MEANWHILE...LOW LEVEL LIFT WILL INTENSIFY LATER THIS EVENING...AS
STRONG LOW PRESSURE LIFTS OUT OF THE LOWER MISS VALLEY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN IFR CIGS SPREADING BACK INTO THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT.
RAIN SHOULD REDEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL VISBY
RESTRICTIONS ANTICIPATED. AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA BY
LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...SCATTERED TS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE
TERMINAL...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY CONVECTIVE WINDS.
OTHERWISE...E/NE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT...WITH
GUSTS IN THE LOWER 20S POSSIBLE BY AROUND SUNRISE. WINDS MAY TURN
TOWARD THE SOUTH BY LATE MORNING...AS A WARM FRONT TRIES TO LIFT
NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...BEFORE BECOMING SW AND GUSTY BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT WED AFTERNOON.

ELSEWHERE...IFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AT THE UPSTATE SC
TERMINALS BY 03Z...WITH REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED A LITTLE LATER AT THE
NC TERMINALS. OTHERWISE...THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIP FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH THE NEXT ROUND EXPECTED BY AROUND LATE
EVENING...OR A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. VISBY RESTRICTIONS CAN BE
ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO SWEEPS
ACROSS THE AREA BY AROUND SUNRISE...SCATTERED TS WILL BE POSSIBLE
NEAR THE TERMINALS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY CONVECTIVE
WINDS. OTHERWISE...E/NE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT...
WITH GUSTS IN THE LOWER 20S POSSIBLE BY AROUND SUNRISE. WINDS MAY
TURN TOWARD THE SOUTH AT THE SC TERMINALS BY LATE MORNING...AS A
WARM FRONT TRIES TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...BEFORE BECOMING SW
AND GUSTY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT DURING LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.

OUTLOOK...WESTERLY DOWNSLOPING FLOW WILL GRADUALLY END RESTRICTIONS
AT ALL BUT KAVL WED NIGHT. NW FLOW MOISTURE IN THE FRENCH BROAD
VALLEY MAY KEEP RESTRICTIONS GOING THERE INTO EARLY THU...WITH GUSTY
NW FLOW. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA
BY THE WEEKEND.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY FOR GAZ010.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NCZ062>065.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-
     059-062>065-501-503-505.
     HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ051-052-058-
     059-062-063.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>003.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...HG/JDL
SHORT TERM...JOH
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...JDL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-262100-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.
   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA TONIGHT...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY
ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AS WELL AS THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES AND
ADJACENT VALLEYS OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ033-048>050-053-064-065-501-503-505-262100-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA TONIGHT...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY
ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AS WELL AS THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES AND
ADJACENT VALLEYS OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALSO GENERATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS. SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE HIGH...SO THESE WINDS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DOWN TREES ACROSS THE AREA.

AS THE LOW BEGINS TO EXIT THE AREA TO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...WITH
GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. THE WINDS MAY DOWN MORE
TREES OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ507-509-262100-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA TONIGHT...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY
ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AS WELL AS THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES AND
ADJACENT VALLEYS OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALSO GENERATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS. SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE HIGH...SO THESE WINDS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DOWN TREES ACROSS THE AREA.

AS THE LOW BEGINS TO EXIT THE AREA TO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...WITH
GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. THE WINDS MAY DOWN MORE
TREES OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-
508-510-SCZ001>014-019-262100-
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-
350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES OR MORE MAY RESULT
IN SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PASS TO
THE EAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF
THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY ALSO EXIST WITH THESE
STORMS...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85.

AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...A PERIOD OF VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION...STARTING AROUND MIDDAY
IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY AND WESTERN UPSTATE...AND CONTINUING
EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SINCE THE GROUND WILL BE
WET...THE WINDY CONDITIONS MAY KNOCK DOWN NUMEROUS TREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-262100-
RABUN-
350 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES OR MORE MAY RESULT
IN SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PASS TO
THE EAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF
THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY ALSO EXIST WITH THESE
STORMS...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85.

AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...A PERIOD OF VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION...STARTING AROUND MIDDAY
IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY AND WESTERN UPSTATE...AND CONTINUING
EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SINCE THE GROUND WILL BE
WET...THE WINDY CONDITIONS MAY KNOCK DOWN NUMEROUS TREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.