Alert archive / South Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Mar 5, 2012, 3:49 PM EST for 8 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 5, 2012, 3:49 PM EST (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA, 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), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 2077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
316 WWUS72 KGSP 052049 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 349 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FOLLOWED BY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE ALLOWING WINDS TO BECOME LIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES. COORDINATION WITH NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL PARTNERS INDICATES THAT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND PLANTS ARE ALREADY ACTIVE DUE TO THE WARM WINTER. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>014-019-060500- /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0001.120306T0500Z-120306T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 349 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS CAUSING ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES THROUGH SUNSET...THEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNSET. TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND RECOVER ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT THAT MAY KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT. 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 FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-060000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 349 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS IN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ035>037-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>003-060000- /O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...STATESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 349 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS CAUSING ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA 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. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
3 follow-up statements
941 WWUS72 KGSP 052314 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 614 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE REGION...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD FREEZING CONDITIONS. COORDINATION WITH NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL PARTNERS INDICATES THAT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND PLANTS ARE ALREADY ACTIVE DUE TO THE WARM WINTER. FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCT HAVE THUS COMMENCED FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>014-019-061000- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0001.120306T0500Z-120306T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 614 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. THE FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT THAT MAY KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-060015- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 614 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. A FEW GUSTS TO 20 MPH MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING ALONG THE HIGHER PEAKS. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ035>037-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ001>003-060015- /O.CAN.KGSP.LW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...STATESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 614 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL BECOME LIGHT THROUGH LATE EVENING. $$ GERAPETRITIS
020 WWUS72 KGSP 060243 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 943 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE AREA...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD FREEZING CONDITIONS. COORDINATION WITH NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL PARTNERS INDICATES THAT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND PLANTS ARE ALREADY ACTIVE DUE TO THE WARM WINTER. FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCTS HAVE THUS COMMENCED FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>014-019-061045- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0001.120306T0500Z-120306T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 943 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT MAY KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
316 WWUS72 KGSP 060833 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 333 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. COORDINATION WITH NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL PARTNERS INDICATES THAT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND PLANTS ARE ALREADY ACTIVE DUE TO THE WARM WINTER. FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCTS HAVE THUS COMMENCED FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>014-019-061400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120306T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 333 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. * TEMPERATURES...MORNING LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Mar 5, 2:27 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:27 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EST MON MAR 5 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS HIGH
WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ALLOWING WARMER AIR TO
SPREAD BACK IN. A COLD FRONT WILL SAG TOWARD THE AREA ON FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 215 PM...CLIPPER SYSTEM HAS MOVED WELL TO THE EAST AND REGIONAL
RADARS INDICATE THAT JUST A FEW FLURRIES WERE LINGERING IN THE
UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...DEEP LAYER
DRYING IS TAKING PLACE AND EXPECT THE FLURRIES TO DISSIPATE BY LATE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY NW WINDS CONTINUE...SO WILL LEAVE CURRENT WIND
PRODUCTS IN PLACE.
OVERNIGHT...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA WITH WINDS
QUICKLY DIMINISHING TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE EVENING. THAT
WILL SET THE STAGE FOR TEMPS TO DROP INTO THE TEENS AND LOW 20S OVER
THE MOUNTAINS...AND MID TO UPPER 20S ELSEWHERE. THE HIGH WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TO THE COAST BY LATE TUE. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
ON TUE WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO RISE QUICKLY...BUT TOP OUT A LITTLE SHY
OF NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM MONDAY...MOST OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE MARKED
BY LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGING ALONG THE EAST COAST...WITH DEVELOPING DEEP
SW FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS. LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW
SETTING UP ON THE BACKSIDE OF DEPARTING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
RESULT IN INCREASING MOISTURE ON WEDNESDAY. THE MOISTURE WILL
GRADUALLY DEEPEN WHILE THE FLOW GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS WED NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE LATE WED NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
AREAS ALONG THE SOUTHERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE WILL SEE THE
HIGHEST CHANCES...ALTHOUGH COVERAGE OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO BE
ISOLATED EVEN THERE.
TEMPS WILL BEGIN THE PERIOD AROUND NORMAL...INCREASING TO ABOVE
NORMAL WED NIGHT AND THU IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING MOISTURE/CLOUD
COVER AND DEEP SW FLOW.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 2 PM EST MONDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE NORTHEAST ON
FRIDAY...WITH A FLAT RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST...AND A CLOSED LOW
OVER THE SOUTHWEST. BY SUNDAY THE SOUTHEAST RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO
THE GREAT LAKES...WHILE THE UPPER LOW PROGRESSES INTO THE PLAINS. ON
MONDAY THE UPPER RIDGE PROGRESSES TO THE EAST COAST...WHILE THE
UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE GREAT LAKES.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS OUR AREA ON FRIDAY...SUPPORTING
SCATTERED PRECIPITATION. AS THE FRONT REACHES SOUTH GA EARLY
SATURDAY...AND HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS...
PRECIPITATION WILL EXPERIENCE A LULL...WITH JUST A SMALL CHANCE OF
ACTIVITY IN THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER
DEVELOPING OVER THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL ALLOW CLOUDS AND SCATTERED
PRECIPITATION TO SPREAD NORTH ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...MAINLY FROM THE
UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY INTO THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL FROM ABOVE NORMAL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND IT...MODERATING TO ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF THE
FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...MAIN AVIATION ISSUE WILL BE THE GUSTY NW
WINDS. EXPECT GUSTS TO AROUND 30KTS AT TIMES UNTIL ABOUT 22Z. THEN
WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY. OTHERWISE...ESSENTIALLY SKC.
OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA AND REMAIN THRU
MID WEEK. MOISTURE WILL RETURN AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
THU-FRI.
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...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ035>037-
051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-048>050.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-
019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...LGHazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 5:35 AM EST, 10 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 AM EST MON MAR 5 2012 NCZ033-048>050-061045- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 535 AM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ051-052-061045- SWAIN-HAYWOOD- 535 AM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS OUTSIDE OF THE ADVISORY. ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ053-059-501-503-505-061045- BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 535 AM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE THROUGH LATE MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ058-062>065-068>072-082-507>510- SCZ001>014-019-061045- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GRAHAM-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-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- 535 AM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-061045- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL- 535 AM EST MON MAR 5 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE AND A LIGHT DUSTING IS POSSIBLE IN COLDER LOCATIONS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END QUICKLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH NOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 5, 11:48 AM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1148 AM EST MON MAR 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0909 PM TSTM WND DMG 11 E FRANKLIN 35.19N 83.18W
03/02/2012 JACKSON NC TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AT THE INTERSECTION
OF PINE CREEK AND NORTH NORTON ROADS.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 7:52 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 22 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012
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.