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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 26, 20136 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Feb 26, 2013, 4:52 AM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 5 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
Feb 26, 2013, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
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 09:53 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 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 25, 5:47 PM EST, 11 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 5:47 PM EST, 11 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 26, 2:34 AM ESTIce Storm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania6 hr
Feb 26, 3:40 AM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 6 more6 hr
Feb 26, 10:10 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey110 min
Feb 26, 10:36 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Transylvania84 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.