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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 5, 20138 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Mar 5, 2013, 4:02 AM EST for 8 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 5, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 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, 2013, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 6, 2013, 7:24 PM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Avery County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Mar 4, 6:55 PM EST, 9 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 6:55 PM EST, 9 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 4:23 PM EST, 11 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
423 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013

NCZ033-048>052-058-059-052130-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
423 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

WINTER STORM WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-NCZ053-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-SCZ001>003-052130-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-BUNCOMBE-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
423 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST ON
WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS FREEZING RAIN EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL
CROSS THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING
BACK OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE
INTO WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-
510-SCZ004>014-019-052130-
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-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-
CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
423 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 3:58 AM ESTWind AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 14 more39 hr
Mar 5, 4:02 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGSPAvery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more54 hr
Mar 5, 6:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville42 min
Mar 5, 6:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson53 min
Mar 5, 6:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion47 min

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2013Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.