Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this high wind warning at Jan 29, 2013, 3:40 PM EST for 15 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Jan 30, 2013, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. 40 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2013, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2013, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 10:09 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Rabun County, GA, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sw Robbinsville, NC | TREES KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES. |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Sylva, NC | POWERLINES DOWN IN THE CITY LIMITS...ALSO POWERLINES DOWN 5 MILES NORTHWEST ON HWY 74. |
| Jan 30, 8:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Rainbow Springs, NC | A COUPLE TREES DOWN ON HWY 64. |
| Jan 30, 8:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Brevard, NC | SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 9:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Waynesville, NC | TREES DOWN ALL AROUND THE COUNTY SINCE 6 AM THIS MORNING. |
| Jan 30, 10:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hendersonville, NC | SEVERAL TRESS DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY SINCE 6 AM THIS MORNING. |
| Jan 30, 1:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Robbinsville, NC | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND ROBBINSVILLE |
| Jan 30, 1:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Alarka, NC | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON BRADLEY CREEK ROAD AND WOOD CHUCK LANE. |
| Jan 30, 1:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Franklin, NC | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS WESTERN FRANKLIN. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. |
| Jan 30, 1:42 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Franklin, NC | TREE AND POWERLINE DOWN ON OAKFIELD DRIVE. |
| Jan 30, 2:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Waynesville, NC | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. |
| Jan 30, 2:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Burnsville, NC | SCATTERED SMALL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM MAINLY SECONDARY ROADS IN YANCEY COUNTY. THE CONTACT FOR DOT COULD NOT BE MORE SPECIFIC ON LOCATION. |
| Jan 30, 3:08 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 9 Sw Morganton, NC | TREE REPORTED DOWN...BLOCKING ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF CONLEY RD AND HIGHWAY 64. |
| Jan 30, 5:00 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Rosman, NC | FRENCH BROAD RIVER FLOODING PARTS OF ROSMAN...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST MAIN...DEPOT AND BROAD STREETS. |
| Jan 30, 5:10 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Brevard, NC | DAVIDSON RIVER ROAD FLOODED BY THE DAVIDSON RIVER AT OLD HENDERSONVILLE ROAD. |
| Jan 30, 5:12 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Black Mountain, NC | HIGHWAY 70 IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT GROVESTONE RD...THE RESULT OF STREAM FLOODING. |
| Jan 30, 5:15 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Newland, NC | NORTH TOE RIVER FLOODING PARTS OF LINVILLE AND PINEOLA STREETS. |
| Jan 30, 5:20 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Brevard, NC | FRENCH BROAD RIVER FLOODING A PORTION OF HANNAH FORD ROAD. |
| Jan 30, 5:28 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Newland, NC | SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROADS FLOODED IN THE COUNTY INCLUDING MULLEN HILL RD OFF OF HIGHWAY 19E...HIGHWAY 105 AND HIGHWAY 181. |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Franklin, NC | TREES FELL AND HIT HOMES IN MACON COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Robbinsville, NC | TREE FELL THROUGH A MOBILE HOME IN GRAHAM COUNTY. NOBODY HURT. |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sylva, NC | MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY BECAUSE OF DOWNED TREES. |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | W Franklin, NC | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 64 WESTBOUND. |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | FLOOD | Sylva, NC | SAVANNAH CREEK FLOODING |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Rosman, NC | HANNAH FORD RD COVERED NEAR CALVERT RD |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | E Rosman, NC | EAST FORK RD UNDER WATER |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | N Rosman, NC | OLD WAGON RD BLOCKED WITH WATER |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Se Brevard, NC | WATER RUNNING ACROSS GREENVILLE HIGHWAY |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | Hendersonville, NC | 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN...24 HR TOTAL. |
| Jan 30, 5:30 PM EST | DEBRIS FLOW | N Rosman, NC | MUDSLIDE ON HIGHWAY 215. ROAD CLOSED BETWEEN OLD CHERRYFIELD RD AND MACEDONIA CHURCH RD. ROAD CAVING IN. |
| Jan 30, 5:55 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Cruso, NC | CULVERT CALLAPSED CAUSING CHENQUIPEN RD TO FLOOD AND A BUILDING TO COLLAPSE. |
| Jan 30, 6:15 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 6.62 | 2 Ene Lake Toxaway, NC | 5.10 INCHES FROM 10 AM TO PRESENT AND 1.52 INCHES FROM LAST NIGHT TO 10 AM WHICH GAVE A EVENT TOTAL TO THIS POINT OF 6.62 INCHES. |
| Jan 30, 6:20 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Spruce Pine, NC | SOUTH TOE RIVER FLOODED A PORTION OF CARPENTER ISLAND RD. |
| Jan 30, 6:24 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Rosman, NC | WATER RESCUE ON MAIN ST.IN ROSMON |
| Jan 30, 6:40 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse Hendersonville, NC | MUD CREEK LIKELY FLOODING PARTS OF SOUTH KING...SOUTH GROVE AND SOUTH CENTER PLAZA. |
| Jan 30, 6:40 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Collettsville, NC | WILSONS CREEK IS FLOODING OLD JOHNS RIVER RD. TWO BRIDGES ARE UNDER WATER. JOHNS RIVER IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND ANTHONY CREEK RD IS FLOODED. |
| Jan 30, 6:40 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Brevard, NC | CRAB CREEK FLOODING A PORTION OF CASCADE LAKE ROAD. |
| Jan 30, 7:00 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Fairview, NC | CANE CREEK FLOODING GAP CREEK ROAD. |
| Jan 30, 7:00 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Sse Asheville, NC | SWEETEN CREEK ROAD STILL FLOODED IN SPOTS. |
| Jan 30, 7:46 PM EST | DEBRIS FLOW | Cullowhee, NC | LANDSLIDE ON NC HWY 107 BETWEEN CULLOWHEE AND TUCKASEGEE. ONE LANE OF ROAD IS CLOSED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
757 WWUS72 KGSP 292040 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AROUND DAYBREAK...AND SHOWER COVERAGE ALONG THE FRONT WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...BUT ANY MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS MAY ALSO CHANNEL THE HIGHER WINDS TO THE GROUND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TURN SHARPLY WEST BEHIND THE FRONT LATE DAY...BUT WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WARM AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. FREQUENT STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SCATTER OUTDOOR OBJECTS ACROSS THE UPSTATE... FOOTHILLS...AND WESTERN PIEDMONT. RAIN SHOWERS COULD ALSO MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-300445- /O.UPG.KGSP.HW.A.0001.130130T1100Z-130131T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.HW.W.0001.130130T1100Z-130131T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 340 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AROUND DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN STRONG TO DAMAGING THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE ADDRESS WHERE IT OCCURRED. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506>510-SCZ001>014-019-300445- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.130130T1700Z-130131T1100Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 340 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...NOON WEDNESDAY TO SUNRISE THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SOME POWER LINES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PM
4 follow-up statements
424 WWUS72 KGSP 300150 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 850 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE DAYBREAK...AND SHOWER COVERAGE ALONG THE FRONT WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...BUT ANY MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS MAY ALSO CHANNEL THE HIGHER WINDS TO THE GROUND IN THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TURN SHARPLY WEST BEHIND THE FRONT LATE DAY...BUT WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WARM AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. FREQUENT STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SCATTER OUTDOOR OBJECTS ACROSS THE UPSTATE... FOOTHILLS...AND WESTERN PIEDMONT. RAIN SHOWERS COULD ALSO MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-301000- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0001.130130T0900Z-130131T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 850 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AROUND DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN STRONG TO DAMAGING THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE ADDRESS WHERE IT OCCURRED. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506>510-SCZ001>014-019-301000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.130130T1700Z-130131T1100Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 850 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...NOON WEDNESDAY TO SUNRISE THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SOME POWER LINES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 07
198 WWUS72 KGSP 300853 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 353 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SET UP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...BUT RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION COULD CHANNEL STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AS WELL. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE APPROACHING FRONT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA. THE RESULTANT WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE WINDS TO TOPPLE TREES AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL TURN SHARPLY WEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATE TODAY...BUT WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY LASTING WELL INTO THE NIGHT. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-301700- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.130130T0900Z-130131T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 353 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND REMAIN STRONG TO DAMAGING THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE ADDRESS WHERE IT OCCURRED. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506>510-SCZ001>014-019-301700- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.130130T1700Z-130131T1100Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 353 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BECOMING VERY WINDY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN ANY SHOWERS. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
967 WWUS72 KGSP 302006 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 306 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE WET SOIL CONDITIONS...MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE WINDS TO TOPPLE TREES AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL TURN SHARPLY WEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...BUT WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY LASTING WELL INTO THE NIGHT. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-310500- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 306 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TOWARD MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...SHIFTING TO WEST. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE ADDRESS WHERE IT OCCURRED. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506>510-SCZ001>014-019-310500- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T1100Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 306 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT...THOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN ANY SHOWERS. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. AREAS WITH WET SOIL WILL SEE LARGER TREES BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MCAVOY
855 WWUS72 KGSP 310309 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1009 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .GUSTY WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD DAYBREAK ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...BUT CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AS THEY BECOME NORTHWESTERLY. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-311115- /O.CAN.KGSP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/ /O.EXB.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T2300Z/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 1009 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...THEN DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE WEST-FACING SLOPES ABOVE 3500 FT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE A FEW POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. DUE TO WET SOILS...A FEW TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506>510-SCZ001>014-019-311100- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T1100Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1009 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TOWARD DAYBREAK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE A FEW POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. DUE TO WET SOILS...A FEW TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ARK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Jan 29, 3:28 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 3:28 PM EST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA...BEFORE A STRONG COLD
FRONT AFFECTS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON
WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER...YET
FAIRLY WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSING THE REGION ON FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
UPDATED WWA SECTION...
AS OF 230 PM EST ON TUESDAY...AREAS OF LIGHT UPSLOPE PRECIP HAVE
DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SW MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
RESULT OF INCREASING MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW. MODELS AGREE THAT THE
PRECIP COVERAGE WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AS
DEEPER MOISTURE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS THE
REGION AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. THEREFORE...POPS RAMP UP FROM WEST TO EAST WITH THE BEST
CHANCE OF PRECIP REMAIN OVER SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF SW MOUNTAINS
THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH INCREASING DEW POINTS
OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD FOG SHOULD DEVELOP EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
AND PORTIONS OF NC MOUTON VALLEYS. INCREASING MOIST WARM ADVECTION
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES RELATIVELY MILD
FOR MOST LOCATIONS WITH LOWS IN THE U50S/L60S OVER THE PIEDMONT
AND U40S/L50S IN THE MOUNTAINS/VALLEYS.
FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING...MODELS HAVE TRENDED SLOWER WITH THE COLD
FRONT...LEAVING OUR AREA UNDER THE PREDOMINANT WARM ADVECTION
SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. THEREFORE...ISENTROPIC LIFT
INDUCED PRECIP WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH POPS IN THE
CATEGORICAL RANGE OVER THE WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS AND LIKELY
ELSEWHERE. AS STRONG +65KT 850MB SOUTHERLY JET MOVES OVER THE AREA
WED MORNING AHEAD OF THE TRAILING COLD FRONT...STRONG S WINDS OF
30-40MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF SW MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE WILL SEE RELATIVELY LIGHT S
WINDS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE BECOMING STRONG BY
MIDDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...A CONSENSUS OF MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT
A SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCING LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL BE ENTERING
THE WRN PART OF NC AROUND 18Z AND WILL STEADILY MARCH EASTWARD AHEAD
OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. AHEAD OF THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...THERE IS
GOOD POTENTIAL FOR THE BOUNDARY LAYER TO DEEPEN JUST ENOUGH TO TAP
SOME OF THE STRONGER WINDS THAT ARE NOT TOO FAR ALOFT...ESPECIALLY
IF ANY BREAKS DEVELOP IN THE CLOUD COVER. FREQUENT GUSTS IN THE
40-45 MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED...SO THE ENTIRE AREA OUTSIDE THE MTNS
WAS BUMPED UP TO A WIND ADVISORY. THE PASSAGE OF THE CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM WILL BE THE MAIN STORY. PRECIP AMTS LOOK DECENT BUT THE
CONVECTIVE LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH FAST ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR
SURE...BUT THE FLOOD WATCH WILL NOT BE EXPANDED AT THIS TIME. SHEAR
AND HELICITY WILL BE PHENOMENAL. YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT FIND ANOTHER
FCST HODOGRAPH AROUND HERE WITH MORE LENGTH AND CURVATURE AS THE NAM
INDICATES FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BUOYANCY IS THE LIMITING
FACTOR...BUT EVEN THE MORE CONSERVATIVE GFS HAS RAISED CAPE VALUES
INTO THE 100-300 J/KG RANGE WHILE THE NAM TOPS OUT ABOUT DOUBLE
THAT. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT BOWING STRUCTURES AND LINE
SEGMENTS THAT COULD PRODUCE SWATHS OF WIND DAMAGE AND SMALL BRIEF
TORNADOES. AS USUAL...THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 WILL
HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT...ALTHO THE ENTIRE REGION IS UNDER A SLIGHT
RISK AS SEEN ON THE DAY2 OUTLOOK FROM SPC. THE CONVECTIVE LINE IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE MTNS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THE FOOTHILLS
AND UPSTATE IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND THE PIEDMONT IN THE
LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. THE TREND OF THE MODELS HAS BEEN TO
SLOW IT DOWN...SO THIS COULD SLIP A BIT. THE FRONT SHOULD CLEAR THE
EASTERN EDGE IN THE EARLY EVENING WITH A SHARP BACK EDGE. STRONG
WIND GUSTS COULD PERSIST WITH BETTER MIXING AS COLD ADVECTION
IMPROVES BEHIND THE FRONT...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS KEPT FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OVER THE MTNS...PRECIP WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO
SNOW FROM HIGH TO LOW ELEVATIONS STARTING IN THE LATE EVENING...
ENDING AS ALL SNOW AROUND DAYBREAK. THE POTENTIAL IS SOMETHING
AROUND AN INCH OR TWO ON THE TN BORDER.
A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD IN THURSDAY AND GIVE THE MTNS A
BRIEF BREAK. ANOTHER QUICK MOVING CLIPPER LIKE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH
THURSDAY EVENING AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
TEMPS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH THAT ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS...ON THE
TN BORDER AFTER MIDNIGHT...WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. IT WILL BE
SUCH A QUICK SHOT THAT POP WAS KEPT TO THE CHC RANGE WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR MAYBE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
BACK IN FOR FRIDAY BEHIND THE REINFORCING COLD FRONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...GUIDANCE IS AGAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT UNTIL THE
END OF THE PERIOD. LONG WAVE TROF REMAINS OVER THE ERN CONUS WITH A
RIDGE OVER THE WEST. A MODERATE ENERGY SHORT WAVE MOVES THRU THE
TROF AND ACROSS THE AREA SAT NITE/SUNDAY PUSHING THRU A CLIPPER-TYPE
COLD FRONT. THERE IS A BAND OF DEEP MOISTURE WITH THIS FRONT...BUT
IT IS NARROW. PREV MDL RUNS SHOWED SOME SLY LOW LEVEL WINDS AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...BUT CURRENT RUNS KEEP WINDS WLY WITH A QUICK CHANGE TO
NW BEHIND THE FRONT. THEREFORE...DO EXPECT SOME CLOUDS OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS...AND POSSIBLY SOME VERY LIGHT PRECIP OR SPRINKLES...BUT
NOT ENUF TO INCLUDE POP ATTM. FOR SAT NITE...KEPT CHC POP LIMITED TO
THE TN BORDER COUNTIES WHERE DEEP MOISTURE LINGERS AND WLY FLOW IS
UPSLOPE...WITH SLIGHT CHC POP SPREADING TO THE BLUE RIDGE. WILL BE
SOME LINGERING NW FLOW PRECIP OVER THE MTNS EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE
MOISTURE DISSIPATES. TEMPS WILL BE COLD ENUF FOR RAIN SAT...CHANGING
TO SNOW SAT NITE AND REMAINING SNOW AS PRECIP ENDS SUN. HIGHS AND
LOWS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL SAT AND NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE SUN.
GUIDANCE DIFFERS FOR MON AND TUE AS THE GFS DROPS A STRONG NRN
STREAM SHORT WAVE INTO THE TROF AND MOVES IT ACROSS THE AREA MON
NITE WITH DEEP NWLY FLOW FOR TUE. THE ECMWF IS ABOUT 24 HRS SLOWER
WITH THIS WAVE MOVING IT THRU ON TUE NITE. AT THE SFC...THIS
TRANSLATES TO A STRONG COLD FRONT ON THE GFS MOVING THRU MON NITE
WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE FOR TUE...WHILE THE ECMWF HAS THE STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVING THRU ON TUE. THE GEFS ENSEMBLE MEAN SUGGESTS A SLOWER
TREND IN BETWEEN THE TWO OPERATIONAL MDLS. THEREFORE...HAVE GONE
SLOWER AS WELL WITH SLIGHT CHC POP INTO THE MTNS LATE MONDAY...CHC
ALL AREAS MON NITE...THEN CHC NRN TIER/SLIGHT CHC ELSEWHERE TUE
MORNING AND DECREASING THRU THE AFTERNOON. TEMPS WOULD BE COLD ENUF
FOR A MIX OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW MON NITE BEFORE BECOMING ALL RAIN
TUE. LOWS NEAR NORMAL SUN NITE RISING ABOVE NORMAL MON NITE. HIGHS A
LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL MON THEN HOLDING NEARLY STEADY TUE.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THROUGH
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE LOWERING TO MVFR CEILING BY 5Z AND IFR BY 9Z
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE SW. LATEST GUIDANCE
IS SUPPORTIVE OF IFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 9Z AND 14Z WED AS MOIST
ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASES OVER THE REGION. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL
DEVELOP BY WED MORNING AS DEEPER MOISTURE WITH STRONGER WARM
ADVECTION FLOW TAKE PLACE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM
THE WEST. SOUTH WINDS OF 7-10KTS WILL REMAIN THROUGH WED MORNING.
STRONG S WINDS OF 15-20KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL DEVELOP BY 15Z
WED AS STRONG 850MB SOUTHERLY JET ARRIVES FROM THE WEST.
ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS WITH SOME PASSING MVFR CLOUDS OVER
PORTIONS OF NE GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SC THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. AS
THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE FAR WEST...MOIST ISENTROPIC LIFT
WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA AND THIS WILL ALLOW MVFR/IFR CLOUDS TO
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TOWARD TONIGHT. GUIDANCE IS SUPPORTIVE OF IFR
DECK CLOUDS WITH LIGHT PRECIP SPREADING OVER THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. INCREASING MOIST WARM ADVECTION FLOW WILL KEEP IFR
CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT PRECIP THROUGH 18Z WED. STRONG S WINDS OF
15-20KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL DEVELOP BY 15Z WED AS STRONG 850MB
SOUTHERLY JET AHEAD OF THE TRAILING COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE WEST.
OUTLOOK...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...
BRINGING LOW CIGS...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WITH LIMITED VSBY...AND
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL CLEAR THE AREA WED
NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY DRIER AIR AND VFR CONDITIONS.
AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR GAZ010.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR
GAZ017-018-026-028-029.
FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR GAZ010.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-
503-505.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR
NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506>510.
FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NCZ059-062>065.
SC...WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR
SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...JOH
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...JOHHazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 3:55 AM EST, 11 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 355 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 NCZ033-048>053-058-501-503-505-300900- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 355 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 WATCH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ON WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS WEDNESDAY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE...AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. FINALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING...OR SNOW TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-NCZ059-062>065-300900- RABUN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- 355 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND MACON...JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA...AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. FLOOD WATCH. HIGH WIND WATCH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT. BEHIND THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER RIDGES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE BALSAMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING...OR SNOWFALL TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506>510-SCZ001>014-019-300900- HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-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- 355 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE WINDS MAY GUST ABOVE 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...WHICH MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN SOME TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. A LINE OR BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE LINE OF STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. THE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. STAY TUNED IN CASE ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NEEDED FOR THESE HAZARDS ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...OR FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GERAPETRITIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:20 AM EST | High Wind Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:36 AM EST | Flood Watch | GSP | Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 44 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:40 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 69 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2013High Wind Warnings in Georgia, 2013Every high wind warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.