Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2015, 9:05 PM EST for 10 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 14, 2015, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. 18 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
- Feb 13, 2015, 9:05 PM EST (02:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2015, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2015, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Henderson County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 6:02 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw Hickory, NC | POWERLINES DOWN AT POPLAR ST AND HWY70. |
| Feb 14, 7:09 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 5 S Lenoir, NC | MEASURED WITH DAVIS WX UNIT |
| Feb 14, 7:33 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Morganton, NC | MEASURED BY DAVIS WX INSTRUMENT |
| Feb 14, 8:08 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Morganton, NC | LARGE TREE IN HIGHWAY WEST BOUND INTERSTATE 40 AT EXIT 104 |
| Feb 14, 8:13 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ese Granite Falls, NC | POSSIBLE ROOF DAMAGE AT CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH |
| Feb 14, 8:15 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Woodlawn, NC | HIGHWAY 221 SLICK AND COVERED IN SNOW. |
| Feb 14, 8:35 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Old Fort, NC | LARGE TREE DOWN ALONG EAST MAIN STREET IN OLD FORT |
| Feb 14, 8:54 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Marion, NC | MANY SLICK SPOTS AROUND THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY. A FEW ACCIDENTS |
| Feb 14, 9:04 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 2 Se Weaverville, NC | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 14, 9:10 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Marion, NC | STICKING TO GRASSY SURFACES. |
| Feb 14, 9:14 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Swannanoa, NC | 2350 FEET. |
| Feb 14, 10:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 7 Nnw Banner Elk, NC | |
| Feb 15, 3:52 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 2 W Fletcher, NC | KAVL ASOS |
| Feb 15, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Spruce Pine, NC | |
| Feb 15, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.8 | Flat Springs, NC | -2 LOW TEMP THIS AM |
| Feb 15, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Mount Mitchell State Pa, NC | -12 LOW TEMP THIS AM |
| Feb 15, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Banner Elk, NC | -9 LOW TEMP THIS AM |
| Feb 15, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Beech Mountain, NC | -10 LOW TEMP THIS AM |
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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
760 WWUS72 KGSP 140205 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 905 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THIS TIME. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-141000- /O.UPG.KGSP.HW.A.0001.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.HW.W.0001.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 905 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CDG
8 follow-up statements
233 WWUS72 KGSP 140221 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 921 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THIS TIME. NCZ509-141000- /O.EXA.KGSP.HW.W.0001.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ POLK MOUNTAINS- 921 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-141000- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 921 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-141000- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 921 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CDG
350 WWUS72 KGSP 140940 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 440 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THIS TIME. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-141745- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 440 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ036-037-056-057-141745- /O.EXA.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY 440 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-141745- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 440 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ARK
903 WWUS72 KGSP 141513 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1013 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THIS TIME. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-142315- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 1013 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-142315- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 1013 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ036-037-056-057-142315- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY 1013 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 07
373 WWUS72 KGSP 142050 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 350 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THIS TIME. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION AFTER SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-150500- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 350 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND AREAS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING STARTING AROUND DAYBREAK. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ035-502-504-506-150500- /O.EXA.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT 350 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-150500- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 350 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING STARTING AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ036-037-056-057-150500- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.150214T2300Z-150215T1400Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY 350 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER DAYBREAK SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PM
661 WWUS72 KGSP 150006 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 706 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THIS TIME. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION AFTER SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-150800- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 706 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND AREAS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING STARTING AROUND DAYBREAK. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ068>072-082-508-510-150800- /O.EXA.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY 706 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001>010-150800- /O.EXA.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN... ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE... MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...GREENVILLE... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON 706 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-150800- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 706 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING STARTING AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-150800- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY 706 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CDG
391 WWUS72 KGSP 150236 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 936 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THIS TIME. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION AFTER SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-151000- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 936 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND AREAS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING STARTING AROUND DAYBREAK. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-151000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 936 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING STARTING AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-151000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS... MONROE...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY 936 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001>010-151000- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN... ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE... MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...GREENVILLE... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON 936 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CDG
878 WWUS72 KGSP 150916 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 416 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS... .VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING ARCTIC FRONT THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THIS TIME. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION AFTER SUNRISE. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-151400- /O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 416 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND AREAS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING STARTING AROUND DAYBREAK. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-151400- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 416 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING STARTING AROUND DAYBREAK. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-151400- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS... MONROE...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY 416 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AROUND DAYBREAK. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001>010-151400- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN... ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE... MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...GREENVILLE... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON 416 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AROUND DAYBREAK. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ARK
239 WWUS72 KGSP 151407 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 907 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING|... .GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-151515- /O.EXP.KGSP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH 907 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS AND AT LOWER TO MIDDLE ELEVATIONS. THE VERY HIGHEST PEAKS WILL SE VERY GUSTY WINDS PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. $$ NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-151515- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 907 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS AND AT LOWER TO MODEL ELEVATIONS. A FEW HIGH PEAKS WILL SEE VERY GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-151515- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS... MONROE...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY 907 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING...WITH ONLY MODEST GUSTS CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON. $$ GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001>010-151515- /O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150215T1400Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN... ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE... MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...GREENVILLE... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON 907 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING...WITH ONLY MODEST GUSTS CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 13, 6:22 PM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 6:22 PM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
622 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA SATURDAY
EVENING...BRINGING ANOTHER VERY COLD AIRMASS TO THE REGION BY
SUNDAY. MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO SPREAD BACK INTO THE AREA ON
MONDAY...WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING BY TO THE SOUTH ON TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD HIGH WILL MOVE BACK IN FOR THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 620 PM EST FRIDAY...CURRENT FCST REMAINS ON TRACK THEREFORE NO
SIG CHANGES WERE NEEDED/MADE WITH THIS UPDATE. DID DO THE USUAL
TWEAKS TO TEMPS/DEWS FOR BETTER REFLECTION OF RECENT OB TRENDS.
WILL ALSO REISSUE HWO TO REMOVE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT WORDING ACROSS
NORTHEAST GA FROM THIS AFTERNOON.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AT 145 PM...RATHER QUIET CONDITIONS ARE IN STORE FOR THE OVERNIGHT
WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGED OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS. WITH DECENT RADIATIONAL
COOLING...LOWS WILL DIP WELL INTO THE 20S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS WITH
TEENS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
ON SATURDAY...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT GRADUALLY INCREASES ACROSS THE
AREA AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ADVANCES RAPIDLY SE TOWARD THE AREA
DRIVEN BY A STRONG UPPER TROUGH DIVING SE OUT OF CANADA. WINDS WILL
BE W/SW AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 20 TO 30
MPH OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND GENERALLY 30-40 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE DOWNSLOPING WINDS
DURING SATURDAY WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPS TO REBOUND WITH HIGHS REACHING
THE 50S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS AND 40S MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
THE POWERFUL ARCTIC FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLY A FEW SQUALLS WITH NW WINDS INCREASING WHICH WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW. WILL RAMP UP THE POPS QUICKLY DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON TO INDICATE NUMEROUS/WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE TN
BORDER WITH A QUICK 1 TO 1.5 INCH ACCUMULATIONS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 210 PM FRIDAY...CONDITIONS WILL GO DOWNHILL RATHER QUICKLY
SATURDAY EVENING...ESP ACROSS THE MTNS...AS ARCTIC FRONT BLASTS
THROUGH THE REGION. WHILE THE SETUP FOR ACCUMULATING NW FLOW SNOW
WILL BE QUITE HIGH (VERY COLD MOIST-LAYER TEMPS...VERY STRONG NW
FLOW)...WITH RATHER HIGH SNOW:LIQUID RATIOS LIKELY...THIS WINDOW
WILL BE QUITE BRIEF...AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT TOTAL ACCUMS
SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 2-3 INCH RANGE IN THE USUAL TENN BORDER
COUNTY AREAS. THE BIGGER CONCERN STILL APPEARS TO BE THE COLD AND
THE WIND. IN FACT...THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER DAMAGING GRADIENT WIND
SCENARIOS WE/VE SEEN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS...WITH 55 TO 65 KT H8
WINDS NEAR THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE...AND NAM DEPICTION OF AN 8 MB
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE GREAT TENN VALLEY AND THE NC FOOTHILLS. THERE
WILL ALSO BE AN IMPRESSIVE ISALLOBARIC GRADIENT ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH 12-PLUS MB PRESSURE RISES IN 6 HOURS EXPECTED BETWEEN
00Z AND 06Z SUNDAY. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED...THIS SCENARIO APPEARS TO
BE A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT NEAR THE EASTERN
ESCARPMENT SATURDAY NIGHT...AND A HIGH WIND WATCH WILL BE ISSUED
FROM HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.
WITH TEMPS EXPECTED TO PLUMMET TO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE
VALLEYS...AND BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGH ELEVATIONS...VERY LOW WIND
CHILL VALUES OF -20 OR LESS WILL BE LIKELY ABOVE 3500 FEET ACROSS
THE CENTRAL NC MTNS...AND ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHERN MTNS. THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF THESE AREAS.
WHILE THE WIND AND WIND CHILL WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGHOUT
SUNDAY...IT WILL BE BITTERLY COLD ACROSS THE AREA...WITH TEMPS
STRUGGLING TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND
FOOTHILLS...WHILE EVEN THE LOWEST MTN VALLEYS WILL BE FORTUNATE TO
SEE THE MID-20S.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE GOES QUICKLY DOWNHILL SUNDAY NIGHT...AS AN AREA
OF HEIGHT FALLS OVERSPREADS THE CENTRAL CONUS. CYCLOGENESIS IS
EXPECTED TO RESULT SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE ARKLATEX. THE
DEVIL...AS USUAL IS IN THE DETAILS...AND WHILE IT APPEARS CERTAIN
THAT A FRONTOGENESIS BAND WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE SOUTHEAST
SUNDAY NIGHT...IT IS NOT AT ALL CLEAR HOW FAR NORTHEAST PRECIP WILL
SPREAD BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH CONSIDERABLE SPREAD STILL
PRESENT ACROSS THE SUITE OF MODELS AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. HAVING
SAID THAT...MOUNTAIN SNOW CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO LOW
CHANCE BY 12Z MONDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM FRIDAY...AS OUR WINTER PRECIP EVENT NEXT WEEK DRAWS
NEARER...CONFIDENCE HAS ACTUALLY DIPPED A BIT...MAINLY BECAUSE OF
THE RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY ISSUES SEEN WITH THE OPERATIONAL GFS. THE
GEFS PLUME DIAGRAMS FROM RECENT RUNS ALSO CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE
CONFIDENCE...AS THEY SHOW MORE SPREAD IN TERMS OF PRECIP AMTS AND
TIMING. HOWEVER...THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME CONSENSUS TO BE FOUND
BETWEEN THE 12Z RUNS OF THE ECMWF/CANADIAN/NAM IN TERMS OF THE
OVERALL IDEA OF HOW THINGS MIGHT UNFOLD...EVEN IF THOSE RUNS SHOW
TIMING DIFFERENCES. THE POSSIBLE SCENARIO LOOKS LIKE THIS...A
FRONTOGENETICAL BAND WILL MIGRATE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS MAINLY ON
MONDAY. THAT BRINGS THE POSSIBILITY OF PRECIP BEGINNING OVER THE NC
MTNS AROUND DAYBREAK...WITH THAT PRECIP SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE
ENTIRE FCST AREA BY MONDAY EVENING...AND THEN E OF THE FCST AREA BY
DAYBREAK TUESDAY. PARTIAL THICKNESS FROM A BLEND OF THE GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS THAT MOST OF THIS WILL FALL AS SNOW INTO MONDAY EVE. THIS
SCENARIO AGREES WITH WPC THOUGHTS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS MUCH
OF THE FCST AREA ON MONDAY...WITH PERHAPS THE EXCEPTION OF THE AREA
E OF I-77 BECAUSE OF TIMING. WITH THIS IN MIND...WILL INCREASE
PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE FCST AREA ON MONDAY BUT WILL LIMIT TO THE
CHANCE RANGE...WITH SOME LIKELY OVER THE SW MTNS...THEN WITH PRECIP
SHIFTING OFF TO THE EAST WITH SOME LIKELY POP OVER THE SE ZONES
MONDAY NIGHT. ALL THE MODEL GUIDANCE AGREES THAT SOME LULL WILL
OCCUR LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...BUT THE TIMING CANNOT
BE NAILED DOWN YET...ESPECIALLY WITH THE OPERATIONAL GFS SPREADING
PRECIP UP FROM THE S/SW EARLY TUESDAY...SO PRECIP PROBABILITY GOES
DOWN TO THE CHC RANGE...WHERE IT STAYS THRU TUESDAY EVENING.
ASSUMING PRECIP IS FALLING LATE MONDAY NIGHT THRU TUESDAY
MORNING...EXPECT A WARM NOSE TO CREEP UP FROM THE S THAT WOULD MIX
IN SOME SLEET OVER MUCH OF NE GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE...AND FREEZING
RAIN OVER THE LAKELANDS. PRECIP WOULD THEN CHANGE/MIX TO RAIN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THERE IS NO CONSENSUS THAT PRECIP WILL
ACTUALLY FALL EARLY TUESDAY...UNTIL A DEFORMATION ZONE BRINGS SOME
LIGHT PRECIP BACK TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE CONSENSUS IS
THAT PRECIP CHANCES WILL PULL AWAY TO THE E/NE BY DAYBREAK
WEDNESDAY. BY THAT TIME...ANY REMAINING PRECIP WILL HAVE CHANGED
BACK TO LIGHT SNOW. BOTTOM LINE IS...STILL A LOW CONFIDENCE FCST...
AND A LOT CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...SO
EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE MANAGED ACCORDINGLY. -PM
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM HUDSON BAY
TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE TROUGH AXIS PROGRESSES TO THE EAST COAST
BY THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY THE MODELS SHOW SOME DEAMPLIFICATION OF THE
TROUGH...WHILE THE GFS BECOMES A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE
ECMWF...MOVING ITS TROUGH AXIS OFF THE EAST COAST.
AT THE SURFACE...ON WEDNESDAY MORNING A COLD FRONT WILL BE DEPARTING
OUR AREA...WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND GUSTY WINDS IN ITS
WAKE. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE DAY...STARTING IN THE
LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS...AS DRYING OCCURS BEHIND THE FRONT.
THE MODELS HAVE VARIED FROM RUN TO RUN ON SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROUNDING
THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. THERE IS SOME SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER COLD
FRONT CROSSING THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY. WHETHER THIS FRONT WILL HAVE
ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SET UP NW FLOW SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NC MOUNTAINS
ALSO HAS VARIED.
THE WPC SOLUTION DOES NOT SUPPORT THE SECOND FRONT...AND FEATURES
HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ALONG THE GULF COAST THAT SPREADS EAST OVER OUR
AREA BY THURSDAY...RESULTING IN DIMINISHING WINDS. THIS HIGH SETTLES
OVER SOUTH GA BY FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL EXHIBIT A WARMING TREND
AS HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT...FROM ALMOST 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...TO
AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. -JAT
&&
.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD. SKC TO FEW HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS WILL HIGHLIGHT SKIES THROUGH
THE NIGHT WITH LIGHT/CALM SFC FLOW. WINDS WILL RAMP UP OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST BY MORNING AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST
ALLOWING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN. THUS...TAFS FEATURE
INCREASING HIGH/MID LEVEL CIRRUS WITH PREVAILING 20-30KT SWLY GUSTS
BY AFTERNOON WITH INCREASED MIXING AT ALL SITES...ASIDE FOR KAVL
WHERE CHANNELING IN THE VALLEY WILL KEEP GUSTS NORTHWESTERLY. LOW
VFR CIGS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN LATE IN THE PERIOD AS
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTRUDES...THUS ADDED SUCH AT KAVL.
LASTLY...INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW ALONG THE TN LINE NEAR PERIODS
END WILL YIELD INCREASED COVERAGE OF SNOW SHOWERS...WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW AT KAVL JUST BEFORE THIS TAF
CYCLE ENDS...HOWEVER OPTED NOT TO INCLUDE IN TAF AT THIS TIME.
OUTLOOK...A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SAT
NIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY NW GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT WITH SNOW
FLURRIES WITH MVFR CIGS AND SNOW FLURRIES AFFECTING KAVL SAT NIGHT.
VFR CONDITIONS WITH DIMINISHING WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST INTO MONDAY. HOWEVER RESTRICTIONS DUE TO
SNOW MAY DEVELOP LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
13-19Z 19-01Z 01-07Z 07-12Z
KCLT HIGH 95% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL MED 74% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KHKY MED 77% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% 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 COMBINATION OF WINDY CONDITIONS AND DIURNALLY LOW RH WILL CONTINUE
AT TIMES FRI THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH THE AREA BEING GENERALLY FREE OF
PRECIPITATION DURING THIS TIME...FUEL MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
FURTHER EACH DAY. IN COORDINATION WITH STATE FIRE
AGENCIES...ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER STATEMENTS OR ALERTS MAY BE
ISSUED TO HIGHLIGHT ENHANCED FIRE DANGER. THE STORM PREDICTION
CENTER HIGHLIGHTS PORTIONS OF EAST/CENTRAL GA...MOST OF SC...AND
S/CENTRAL NC WITH ELEVATED FIRE DANGER FOR SATURDAY.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-
028-029.
NC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR NCZ070>072-082.
WIND CHILL WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NCZ033-048>053-059-064.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507.
SC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PM
NEAR TERM...CDG/LG
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JAT/PM
AVIATION...CDG
FIRE WEATHER...JDLHazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 6:32 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 NCZ048-051-052-142345- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA BY THE END OF SATURDAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...MAINLY OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...A ROUND OF SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. ..SUNDAY...WIND CHILL POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS...RANGING FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 BELOW OR COLDER IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. ..MONDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COULD ALLOW SNOW TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-049-050-142345- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...A ROUND OF SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. ..SUNDAY...WIND CHILL POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. ..MONDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COULD ALLOW SNOW TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ058-142345- GRAHAM- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA BY THE END OF SATURDAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...MAINLY OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. ..SUNDAY...WIND CHILL POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS...RANGING FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. ..MONDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COULD ALLOW SNOW TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ059-064-142345- NORTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA BY THE END OF SATURDAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...MAINLY OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. ..SUNDAY...WIND CHILL POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS...RANGING FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 BELOW OR COLDER IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. ..MONDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COULD ALLOW SNOW TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ053-142345- BUNCOMBE- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. ..SUNDAY...WIND CHILL POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS...RANGING FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20 BELOW OR COLDER IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. ..MONDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COULD ALLOW SNOW TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ065-501-503-505-507-142345- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. ..SUNDAY...WIND CHILL POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS...RANGING FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. ..MONDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COULD ALLOW SNOW TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ062-063-509-142345- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-POLK MOUNTAINS- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA BY THE END OF SATURDAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...MAINLY OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. ..SUNDAY...WIND CHILL POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY...VERY LOW WIND CHILLS...RANGING FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. ..MONDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COULD ALLOW SNOW TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...SNOW POSSIBLE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ502-504-506-142345- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...WILDFIRE DANGER POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH FIRE DANGER...ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA BY THE END OF SATURDAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS SATURDAY EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. ..SUNDAY...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY... VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO POSSIBLY PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO EARLY SUNDAY. ..MONDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... PRECIPITATION MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS BY THE END OF MONDAY. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT SNOW AS THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW...WITH ADDITIONAL LATE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068-069-508-510-142345- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...WILDFIRE DANGER POSSIBLE. ..SUNDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. A STRONGER ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION...WITH A RETURN TO WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS EARLY SUNDAY. ..MONDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... PRECIPITATION MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS BY THE END OF MONDAY. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT SNOW AS THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW...WITH ADDITIONAL LATE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ070>072-082-SCZ009-142345- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-YORK- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...WILDFIRE DANGER POSSIBLE. ..SUNDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. A STRONGER ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION...WITH A RETURN TO WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT EARLY SUNDAY. ..MONDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... PRECIPITATION MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS BY THE END OF MONDAY. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT SNOW AS THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...POSSIBLY BECOMING MIXED WITH SLEET OR RAIN DURING THE DAY. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>008-010>014-019-142345- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 632 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...WILDFIRE DANGER POSSIBLE. ..SUNDAY...COLD WAVE POSSIBLE. A STRONGER ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION...WITH A RETURN TO WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS EARLY SUNDAY. ..MONDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... PRECIPITATION MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS BY THE END OF MONDAY. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT SNOW AS THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE DAY. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY BECOMING MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. CDG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 9:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 17 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:33 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:33 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell, Polk and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:33 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 5:14 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 23 hr |
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Sources
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