Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 21, 2014, 3:52 AM EST for 7 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 23 hr. 32 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 21, 2014, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2014, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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 21, 12:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 1 W Faust, NC | 2 INCHES ON THE GROUND AND STILL SNOWING |
| Jan 21, 12:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Beech Mountain, NC | |
| Jan 21, 1:39 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | Burnsville, NC | |
| Jan 21, 2:20 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Nnw Balsam, NC | MOUNT LYN LOWRY - 6100 FT |
| Jan 21, 3:09 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Faust, NC | |
| Jan 21, 4:10 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Maggie Valley, NC | |
| Jan 21, 4:46 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Robbinsville, NC | |
| Jan 21, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Sse Clyde, NC | IN BETHEL...A SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Jan 21, 5:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 8 N Waynesville, NC | AROUND 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE JONATHANS CREEK AREA AT 530 PM. |
| Jan 21, 5:30 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Cruso, NC | ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES IN CRUSO AREA IN THE 530 TO 6 PM TIME. |
| Jan 21, 6:06 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Burnsville, NC | STILL SNOWING AND 27 DEGREES. |
| Jan 21, 6:10 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Grandfather Mountain, NC | STILL SNOWING AND 17 DEGREES. BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERAL CARS OFF ROADS. |
| Jan 21, 8:11 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ene Canton, NC | HAS ABOUT 2 INCHES ON TOP OF MOUNTAIN WITH 3 INCHES ALONG GENERAL WESTERN FACING SLOPE. 3400FT ELEVATION. |
| Jan 21, 8:33 PM EST | SNOW 6 | 1 Nne Buladean, NC | MEASURED 6 INCHES AT 830 PM AND REACHED 4 INCHES ABOUT 6 PM. 21 DEGREES ABOUT 2 MILES FROM IRON MOUNTAIN GAP. A HEAVY WET SNOW...NOT POWDER. |
| Jan 21, 8:41 PM EST | SNOW 6 | 5 W Luck, NC | COLD SPRINGS AREA... HEAVY SNOW WITH 12 DEGREES. |
| Jan 21, 8:52 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 3 N Faust, NC | HEAVY SNOW AND 15 DEGREES. |
| Jan 21, 8:54 PM EST | SNOW 6 | 1 Ssw Mount Mitchell St, NC | REPORT FROM MOUNT MITCHELL RELAYED BY MEDIA. 6200FT. 8 DEGREES ABOVE WITH NW WIND 32MPH AND 40MPH GUSTS |
| Jan 21, 9:13 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Beech Mountain, NC | DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU STAND IT IS 6 TO 10 INCHES. 9 DEGREES. |
| Jan 21, 9:15 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 4 W Spruce Pine, NC | IN GENERAL VICINITY OF SPRUCE PINE IN A DRIVE FROM BUSICK TO BAKERSVILLE IT WAS AROUND 2 INCHES. |
| Jan 21, 9:21 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Newland, NC | 5 TO 6 INCHES IN NEWLAND. HAVE NOT HEARD RECENTLY OF ELSEWHERE IN COUNTY. |
| Jan 21, 9:25 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Burnsville, NC | 4 TO 5 INCHES IN BURNSVILLE. |
| Jan 21, 9:27 PM EST | SNOW 8 | 1 Wsw Swiss, NC | AT WINDY GAP WHICH IS NEAR MADISON BORDER. |
| Jan 21, 9:31 PM EST | SNOW 6 | 1 Sse Ramseytown, NC | IN THE COXES CREEK AREA. |
| Jan 21, 9:35 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Bakersville, NC | 3 TO 4 INCHES IN BAKERSVILLE. |
| Jan 21, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Waynesville, NC | AROUND AN INCH BUT VARIES AROUND TOWN. |
| Jan 21, 9:46 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Marshall, NC | AROUND 2 INCHES ESTIMATED IN MARSHALL. |
| Jan 21, 9:51 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Mars Hill, NC | ONLY A HALF INCH TO PERHAPS AN INCH. |
| Jan 21, 10:10 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Bryson City, NC | AVERAGE AROUND 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND AROUND BRYSON CITY. HIGHWAY 441 IS CLOSED. |
| Jan 21, 10:15 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Robbinsville, NC | 3 TO 4 INCHES ON GROUND AROUND GRAHAM COUNTY. |
| Jan 21, 11:22 PM EST | SNOW 2.6 | 5 Ssw Spruce Pine, NC | LITTLE SWITZERLAND AREA. SNOW TAPERED OFF THIS EVENING AND STOPPED JUST AFTER 11 PM. |
| Jan 22, 1:00 AM EST | SNOW 6 | 6 Nw Canton, NC | |
| Jan 22, 5:03 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Waynesville, NC |
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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 2859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
015 WWUS42 KGSP 210852 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 352 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS MORNING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. MOIST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AGAINST THE WESTERN FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA...PRODUCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WHICH IS LIKELY TO BECOME HEAVY IN SOME AREAS. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO FALL BELOW ZERO. RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. NCZ051-052-058-211700- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0002.140121T0900Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.140121T1200Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0003.140121T1200Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 352 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3500 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3500 FEET FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF HAYWOOD...SWAIN...AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO PRODUCE VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...PEAKING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED TO WORK DOWN FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. 1 TO 2 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDING BRYSON CITY AND ROBBINSVILLE. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS..WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-211700- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0002.140121T0900Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0003.140121T1200Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 352 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...PEAKING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW WILL WORK DOWN FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ053-059-062-211700- /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.140121T1200Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 352 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLACK ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...SNOW...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE THIS MORNING. A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW SHOWERS CONFINED TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BEGIN TO FALL AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH A FEW HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALL...BLACK ICE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MANY ROADS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT REFREEZING OF ROADS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SOME ROADS THAT APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ063>065-501-503-505-507-509-211700- /O.NEW.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 352 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-211700- /O.NEW.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140122T0200Z-140122T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 352 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...ZERO TO 5 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ MCAVOY
6 follow-up statements
573 WWUS42 KGSP 211002 RRA WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...DELAYED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 502 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS MORNING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. MOIST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AGAINST THE WESTERN FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA...PRODUCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WHICH IS LIKELY TO BECOME HEAVY IN SOME AREAS. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO FALL BELOW ZERO. RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. NCZ051-052-058-211815- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.140121T1200Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.140121T1200Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 502 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF HAYWOOD...SWAIN...AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO PRODUCE VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...PEAKING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED TO WORK DOWN FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. 1 TO 2 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDING BRYSON CITY AND ROBBINSVILLE. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS..WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-211815- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.140121T1200Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 502 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...PEAKING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW WILL WORK DOWN FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ053-059-062-211815- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.140121T1200Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 502 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...SNOW...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE THIS MORNING. A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW SHOWERS CONFINED TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BEGIN TO FALL AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH A FEW HIGHER AMOUNTS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALL...BLACK ICE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MANY ROADS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT REFREEZING OF ROADS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SOME ROADS THAT APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ063>065-501-503-505-507-509-211815- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 502 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-211815- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140122T0200Z-140122T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 502 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...ZERO TO 5 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ MCAVOY
952 WWUS42 KGSP 211640 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1140 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON. MOIST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AGAINST THE WESTERN FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA...PRODUCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WHICH IS LIKELY TO BECOME HEAVY IN SOME AREAS. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO FALL BELOW ZERO. RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. NCZ051-052-058-220000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 1140 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF HAYWOOD...SWAIN...AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO PRODUCE VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...PEAKING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED TO WORK DOWN FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. 1 TO 2 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDING BRYSON CITY AND ROBBINSVILLE. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS..WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-220000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1140 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...PEAKING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED TO WORK DOWN FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ053-059-062-220000- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 1140 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...SNOW...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW SHOWERS CONFINED TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BEGIN TO FALL AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SPOTTY ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE AN INCH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALL...BLACK ICE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MANY ROADS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT REFREEZING OF ROADS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SOME ROADS THAT APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ063>065-501-503-505-507-509-220000- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140121T1800Z-140122T1700Z/ SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 1140 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-220000- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140122T0200Z-140122T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 1140 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...ZERO TO 5 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ LANE
162 WWUS42 KGSP 211945 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE CONCENTRATED ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER DURING THE EVENING. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO FALL BELOW ZERO. RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE THIS EVENING. NCZ051-052-058-220400- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 245 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...HAYWOOD...SWAIN...AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO PRODUCE VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE EVENING ON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. BLACK ICE MAY MAKE VALLEY ROADS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS..WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-220400- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 245 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE EVENING ON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ053-059-062-220400- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 245 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...SNOW...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. BLACK ICE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW SHOWERS CONFINED TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE TONIGHT. BLACK ICE WILL BEGIN TO FORM ON WET ROADS QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BEGIN TO FALL AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL SEE AN INCH OR LESS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLACK ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT REFREEZING OF ROADS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SOME ROADS THAT APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ063>065-501-503-505-507-509-220400- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 245 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-220400- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.140122T0200Z-140122T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 245 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...ZERO TO 5 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ LANE
860 WWUS42 KGSP 220335 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ALONG AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AS WELL. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO FALL BELOW ZERO. RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. NCZ051-052-058-221145- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...HAYWOOD...SWAIN...AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO PRODUCE VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE EVENING ON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES AT HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. BLACK ICE MAY MAKE VALLEY ROADS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS..WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-221145- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN TAPER OFF TOWARD DAYBREAK. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET...FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ053-059-062-221145- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...LIGHT SNOW...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND WINDY CONDITIONS. BLACK ICE. * TIMING...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS. PATCHES OF BLACK ICE SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON UNTREATED ROADS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH IN ISOLATED SPOTS. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLACK ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT REFREEZING OF ROADS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SOME ROADS THAT APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ063>065-501-503-505-507-509-221145- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-221145- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL...ZERO TO 5 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ PM
261 WWUS42 KGSP 220842 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 342 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...SNOW SHOWERS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES ALONG THE TENNESSEE LINE BY DAYBREAK. EVEN THOUGH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW..AND BLACK ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. NCZ051-052-058-221700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 342 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING BELOW 3500 FEET... * LOCATIONS...HAYWOOD...SWAIN...AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO PRODUCE VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH AT HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. BLACK ICE WILL MAKE VALLEY ROADS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE LOW TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-221700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 342 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. VERY LOW WIND CHILL. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 5 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OR IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY ON STEEP MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO FALLEN ELECTRICAL LINES. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE LOW TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT...GLOVES...AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET... FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ053-059-062-221700- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 342 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...BLACK ICE AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * TIMING...AREAS OF BLACK ICE SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON UNTREATED ROADS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVER AND BLACK ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VERY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW IN THE VALLEYS TO 20 BELOW AT RIDGE TOPS. * TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID TEENS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLACK ICE MEANS THAT REFREEZING OF ROADS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE. BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SOME ROADS THAT APPEAR CLEAR MAY BE COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ063>065-501-503-505-507-509-221700- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 342 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-221400- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 342 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL...ZERO TO 5 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ MCAVOY
170 WWUS42 KGSP 221104 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 604 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...SNOW ENDING OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO FLURRIES ALONG THE TENNESSEE LINE. EVEN THOUGH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...THERE WILL STILL BE SOME WEATHER HAZARDS TO CONTEND WITH. SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED WHILE OTHERS WILL BE COVERED IN BLACK ICE. BITTERLY CLOUD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. NCZ051-052-058-221700- /O.EXP.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.EXP.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 604 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...HAYWOOD...SWAIN...AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ033-048>050-221700- /O.EXP.KGSP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 604 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-221215- /O.CAN.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 604 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE FAILED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. $$ NCZ053-059-062-221700- /O.EXP.KGSP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140122T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN 604 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW IN THE VALLEYS TO 20 BELOW AT RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ063>065-501-503-505-507-509-221700- /O.CON.KGSP.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140122T1700Z/ SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 604 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL...FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ MCAVOY
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 Jan 21, 3:25 AM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 3:25 AM EST, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE LOW WILL THEN
TRACK NORTHEAST. EXPECT MUCH COLDER HIGH PRESSURE TO CONTROL OUR
WEATHER INTO THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 315 AM EST TUESDAY...A STRONGLY ADVECTIVE H5 SHORT WAVE TROUGH
WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AN ARTIC COLD FRONT
WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE UPPER TROUGH BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR INTO
THE REGION.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WEATHER CONCERNS WITH THIS SYSTEM. OVER THE
MOUNTAINS PCPN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
THERE MAY INITIALLY BE SOME MIX...BUT BY AFTN PREDOMINATELY SNOW IS
EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...PCPN AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE LIGHT AND
GENERALLLY CONFINED TO THE TN BOARDER UNTIL THE EARLY AFTN HOURS
WHEN THE STRONG SHORT WAVE WILL CROSS THE MTNS. NW FLOW AND SYNOPTIC
SCALE FORCING SHOULD MAKE FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW
SHOWERS...LASING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES
AND DAYTIME HEATING...ALONG WITH A TIGHT GRADIENT BEHIND THE SFC LOW
OVER ERN NC SHOULD ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF RATHER RAPID SNOW
ACCMULATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER THE NRN MTNS AND ALONG
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SRN MTNS. IT/S A CLOSE
CALL...BUT I UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCHES TO WARNING. I ALSO
ADDED A TIER OF WINTER WX ADVISORY COUNTIES INCLUDING THE NC BLUE
RIDGE...BUNCOMBE...JACKSON AND MACON. THESE COUNTIES SHOULD SEE A
PERIOD OF SNOW AS THE SHORT WAVE COMES THROUGH. I DON/T THINK 2
INCHES IS LIKELY EXCEPT IN RATHER ISOLATED LOCATIONS.
HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY BEHIND THE ARCTIC
FRONT...RESULTING IN QUITE A BIT OF BLACK ICE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL
INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS AFTN...BUT THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND
ADVISORIES WILL COVER THIS. I WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SRN
MTNS. HENDERSON COUNTY IS LIKELY TO SEE THE WORST OF THE WINDS. WIND
CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THE HIGHER PEAKS BY
EARLY AFTN...AND WILL FALL QUICKLY TO VALLEY FLOORS BY LATE AFTN.
THE WIND CHILL PRODUCT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE WINTER WX ADVISORY
WHERE THEY OVERLAP...AND WILL BE IT/S OWN PRODUCT WHERE THEY DON/T.
OUTSIDE THE MONTAINS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG LLVL CONVERGENCE
ALONG THE DEVELOPING SFC LOW TRACK...SOME MOISTURE POOLING AND
STRONG DPVA SHOULD HELP TO DEVELOP A LINE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A
FEW TSTMS IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE SHORT WAVE. I/VE UPPED
POPS...ESPCIALLY ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT WHERE MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE
ALLOWING MODELS INDICATE PCPN. THE BNDRY LAYER TEMPS WILL BE WARM
AND IT MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR SNOW LEVELS TO WORK DOWN.
HOWEVER...VIGOROUS CONVECTION WOULD MAKE SHORT ORDER OF ANY SFC WARM
NOSE AND WOULD RESULT IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL. RIGHT NOW I HAVE SOME
UNDER 1 INCHE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NORTH OF CHARLOTTE OUT ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT. I SIMPLY DON/T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO GO WITH ANY MORE
SNOW THAN THIS. HOWEVER...I HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY RAISED POPS WHICH I
THINK IS A TREND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE WILL
HAVE TO WATCH CONVECTIVE TRENDS CAREFULLY AS THE SHORT WAVE MOVES
EAST OF THE MTNS THIS AFTN. IT/S POSSIBLE THAT A SNOW ADVISORY WILL
BE NEED FOR PARTS OF OUR NC PIEMDONT ZONES BETWEEN 21-03 UTC THIS
AFTN AND EVENING. WIND CHILL CRITERIA IS EXPECTED TO BE MET ACROSS
THE NC FOOTHILLS STARTING THIS EVENING AS WELL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 245 AM TUE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST
WEDNESDAY AS UPPER FLOW BRIEFLY FLATTENS OVER THE CWFA BEHIND
DEPARTING SHORTWAVE. WITH BACKING WINDS...ANY UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END BEFORE 12Z WED AND WITH THE DRY ARCTIC
AIRMASS REMAINING UNMODERATED...DEEP DRY AIR WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY
CLEAR. MAX TEMPS HOWEVER WILL STILL BE AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. WIND CHILL ADVY CRITERIA WILL STILL BE MET THRU THE MORNING
AS WINDS AND GUSTS CONTINUE TO BE BRISK...RELAXING LATER IN THE DAY.
THU MRNG DOES NOT LOOK AS COLD AS WED MRNG...AS THICKNESSES REBOUND A
BIT UNDER WEAK RIDGE...BUT STILL VERY COLD. A SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS
THE GREAT LAKES WED NIGHT...AND SPRAWLING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SPILLS
DOWN INTO THE INTERIOR CONUS BEHIND IT. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE SOUTHEAST THU MRNG...BRINGING A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE THIS TIME.
ANOTHER MINOR NW FLOW SNOW EVENT IS THUS EXPECTED WITH IT. PROG
SOUNDINGS INDICATE VERY SHALLOW SATURATION...BUT WINDS ARE IDEALLY
ORIENTED. NO INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS UNDER
STRONG INVERSION AND TEMPS IN FACT MAY BE TOO COLD IN THE UPSLOPE
LAYER FOR IDEAL DENDRITIC GROWTH...MEANING FAIRLY LOW RATIOS IF ANY
SNOW FORMS AT ALL. NOTING ALL THIS...KEPT POPS IN SCHC RANGE THU AND
THU EVENING WITH MINIMAL QPF. ACCUMULATION SHOULD AMOUNT TO A
DUSTING. DRY FCST AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE PIEDMONT AROUND AND
BEHIND THE FROPA. BRISK GUSTS WILL MIX DOWN THU AFTN BUT TEMPS ARE
NOT CRITICALLY LOW. VERY COLD TEMPS DO RETURN THU NIGHT WITH WIND
CHILLS AGAIN NEAR ADVY CRITERIA ON MODERATE NW WINDS.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 220 AM EST ON TUESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO
AGREE ON DRY CONDITIONS THIS COMING WEEKEND AND INTO THE START OF
NEXT WEEK WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE EAST AND RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST. THERE WILL BE
A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES DIVING DOWN INTO THE SE THROUGH THE
PERIOD.
STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED ROUGHLY OVER
LOUISIANA ON FRIDAY. A SHORTWAVE WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF OUR
REGION LATE SATURDAY WITH NW FLOW SNOW SHOWERS AFFECTING THE NC AND
TN BORDER AREAS FROM AROUND MID DAY SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE
GFS AND CANADIAN MODELS HAVE THE LEAST QPF RESPONSE WHILE THE NEW
ECMWF HAS THE GREATEST QPF AMOUNTS AND EARLIER TIMING...MAX AROUND
18Z SAT. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PASSES SOMETIME BETWEEN 06Z MONDAY AND
06Z TUES DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL REFERENCED. THE GFS HAS THE
GREATEST QPF AMOUNTS AND LATEST IN TIME WHILE THE ECMWF IS EARLIER
AND LESS AMOUNTS. THIS IS NEARLY A WEEK AWAY AND SURE TO CHANGE FROM
MODEL RUNS. THE AXIS OF THE APPROACHING TROUGH AND THUS COLDEST
ASSOCIATED AIR WITH FALLING THICKNESS VALUES WILL FOLLOW THE CURRENT
DAY 7 OF OUR FORECAST TOWARD MID WEEK. TEMPERATURES IN THE CURRENT
MEDIUM RANGE WILL BE 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY...AROUND 8
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL SAT...AND AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL SUN AND
MON. AS IT LOOKS NOW TEMPS WILL FALL AGAIN TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /09Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT KCLT...EXPECTING QUIET CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE MORNING. TOWARD
NOON WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP OUT OF THE WEST
SOUTHWEST...GUSTING UP TO 20-25 KTS DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTN
HOURS. IT/S WORTH NOTING THAT THE NAM MODEL BRINGS A FRONT DOWN
ACROSS THE AIRFIELD BY ABOUT 18 UTC. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE...IF
THE FRONT MAKES IT THROUGH...THAT THE SFC WINDS COULD TURN OUT OF
THE NORTH AT LIGHTER SPEEDS FOR A WHILE IN THE AFTN. HOWEVER...FOR
NOW I AM KEEPING THE AIRFIELD SOUTH OF THE FRONT. LATER IN THE
EVENING THE WINDS WILL TURN OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST AND THEN
NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 KTS DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.
AS THE PREVIOUS SHIFT MENTIONED...THERE STILL REMAINS A CHANCE FOR A
PERIOD OF RAIN AND THEN SNOW SHOWERS AT THE AIRFIELD LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE NAM ACTUALLY BRINGS A GOOD
BAND OF SHOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AIRFIELD AROUND 00 UTC. EVEN THE GFS
IS DOING THIS...THOUGH THE ENSEMBLE MODELS HAVE MUCH LESS PCPN. THIS
IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN AS THE FORCING IS STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE
A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS STILL TOO LOW TO
INCLUDE ANYTHING IN THE TAF JUST YET. WE WILL LOOK AT THIS VERY
CLOSELY WITH THE 12 UTC ISSUANCE.
ELSEWHERE...OUTSIDE THE MTNS...SIMILAR CONDITIONS AT KHKY.
CONDITIONS ALSO SIMILAR AT THE UPSTATE SC TAF SITES BUT ALMOST NO
CHANCE OF SNOW. A DIFFERENT STORY AT KAVL. EXPECT NW FLOW BEHIND THE
WAVE TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH SOME LOW CLOUDS UP THE VALLEY
DURING THE DAY. SOME SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE FR BROAD VALLEY IN THE AFTERNOON...SO A PROB30 WAS
INCLUDED FOR AN MVFR CEILING AND VISIBILITY.
OUTLOOK...MVFR RESTRICTIONS IN SNOW SHOWERS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT AT KAVL. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AND
WILL BE REINFORCED LATE IN THE WEEK. THAT SHOULD KEEP VFR CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEDNESDAY ONWARD.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
08-14Z 14-20Z 20-02Z 02-08Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 88% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 79% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
A VERY DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY WILL ALLOW FOR DEEP MIXING. LOW RH OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT IS
EXPECTED OVER THE PIEDMONT EACH AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE TO NO
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THAT
TIME...FUELS WILL HAVE TIME TO DRY OUT FURTHER BY THEN. WINDS
HOWEVER WILL GENERALLY NOT BE OF CONCERN.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ051>053-058-059-062.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ033-048>052-058.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-
507-509.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY
FOR NCZ063>065.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...WIMBERLEY
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...MCAVOY
FIRE WEATHER...WIMBERLEYHazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 3:44 PM EST, 12 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 344 PM EST MON JAN 20 2014 NCZ033-048>050-212045- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 344 PM EST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. AFTER PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND MIDDAY TUESDAY...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...BITTERLY COLD SUB ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET AND WIND GUSTS REACH NEAR 45 TO 50 MPH LATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. ..WEDNESDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION DURING THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NCZ053-059-062>065-501-503-505-212045- BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 344 PM EST MON JAN 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH MAY ALSO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CAUSING A FEW TREE LIMBS TO FALL AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. ..WEDNESDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION DURING THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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-NCZ056-068>072-082-504-506>510-SCZ001>014- 019-212045- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-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- 344 PM EST MON JAN 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION DURING THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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>037-057-502-212045- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- 344 PM EST MON JAN 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF I-40. AS TEMPERATURES FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION MAY TURN TO ALL SNOW BEFORE COMING TO AN END. ANY ACCUMULATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT. ..WEDNESDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION DURING THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. NCZ051-052-058-212045- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- 344 PM EST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 3500 FEET... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INTENSITY PEAKING AROUND MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...BITTERLY COLD SUB ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET AND WIND GUSTS REACH NEAR 45 MPH LATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. ..WEDNESDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION DURING THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CDG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:52 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham and 12 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 26 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 18 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
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.