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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 18, 20126 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm watch at Feb 18, 2012, 4:52 AM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 19, 2012, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 18, 2012, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 18, 2012, 3:03 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 18, 4:32 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 4:32 AM EST, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 8:01 AM EST, 20 hours 51 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 3:03 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood and 6 more	36 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2012 Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.