Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2015, 3:22 PM EST for 28 counties in North Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Feb 16, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr. 60 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 15, 2015, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2015, 4:18 AM EST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 42 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 16, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Cherokee, NC | FIRST LINE OF SNOW SHOWERS CROSSING AREA WITH SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. A GOOD DUSTING ALREADY. |
| Feb 16, 1:25 PM EST | SLEET 0 | 4 Nw Clayton, GA | ELEVATION 2832 FEET. SLEET STARTED AT 1119 AM. MIXED AT TIMES WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. BURST OF SNOW AT 1240 AM. ALL SURFACES HAVE A THIN COATING OF ICE. TEMP FALLING AS WAS 24 AROUND 1PM AND NOW 23 DEGREES. |
| Feb 16, 1:35 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Hendersonville, NC | SNOW JUST STARTED FALLING AT A MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RATE. SURFACES ARE TURNING WHITE RAPIDLY. 24 DEGREES. |
| Feb 16, 1:35 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 4 Nne Upton, NC | ALREADY A GOOD COATING OF SNOW ON HIGHWAY 321. |
| Feb 16, 1:45 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 Ese Grandfather Mount, NC | HEAVY SNOW FALLING AND ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. AT LEAST A HALF INCH ON GROUND. 14 DEGREES. ELEVATION 4005 FEET. |
| Feb 16, 1:50 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | 2 S Skyland, NC | SNOWING IN ARDEN AND IS LAYING FAST. |
| Feb 16, 2:20 PM EST | SLEET 0 | 3 Nnw York, SC | HEAVY SLEET STARTED ON RABBIT RUN ROAD AT 220 PM. |
| Feb 16, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 5 Ne Newland, NC | A THICK COATING OF SNOW WITH AT LEAST A HALF INCH ON FOSCOE SIDE OF NEWLAND. |
| Feb 16, 2:40 PM EST | SLEET 0 | 4 Ese Pineville, NC | HEAVY SLEET ON WILD DOVE LANE. |
| Feb 16, 2:45 PM EST | SNOW 0 | 5 E Columbus, NC | JUST STARTING TO GET LIGHT SNOW MIXED AT TIMES WITH A LITTLE SLEET. |
| Feb 16, 3:07 PM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Lenoir, NC | |
| Feb 16, 3:15 PM EST | SLEET 0 | Monroe, NC | MODERATE SLEET WITH A FEW SNOWFLAKES IN DOWNTOWN MONROE. |
| Feb 16, 4:02 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | Sheffield, NC | |
| Feb 16, 4:14 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Bryson City, NC | 1200FT ELEVATION |
| Feb 16, 4:40 PM EST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 Nnw Maggie Valley, NC | HEMPHILL BALD 1.75 INCH SNOW AT 4700FT ELEVATION |
| Feb 16, 4:41 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Newland, NC | |
| Feb 16, 4:50 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Bakersville, NC | |
| Feb 16, 5:06 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 4 N Weaverville, NC | PINES CREEK AT 4280FT |
| Feb 16, 5:53 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Clayton, GA | |
| Feb 16, 6:08 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 Nw Waynesville, NC | ELEVATION 3800FT |
| Feb 16, 6:20 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Nnw Maggie Valley, NC | HEMPHILL BALD ELEVATION 4700FT |
| Feb 16, 6:53 PM EST | SLEET 0.7 | 4 Sse Mill Spring, NC | 0.7 INCH SLEET |
| Feb 16, 6:56 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Anderson, SC | |
| Feb 16, 6:56 PM EST | SLEET 0.2 | Anderson, SC | |
| Feb 16, 7:45 PM EST | SLEET 1.5 | Marion, NC | CURRENTLY 24 DEGREES |
| Feb 16, 8:00 PM EST | SLEET 0.8 | Sheffield, NC | |
| Feb 16, 8:14 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 5 S Easley, SC | |
| Feb 16, 8:26 PM EST | SLEET 2 | 3 N Morganton, NC | |
| Feb 16, 8:40 PM EST | SLEET 1.5 | Mill Spring, NC | SLEET MIXED WITH FZRA |
| Feb 16, 9:14 PM EST | SLEET 1.5 | Taylorsville, NC | 1.5 SLEET AND FZRA |
| Feb 16, 9:23 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Greenwood, SC | 0.2 ICE ON ELEV SFC |
| Feb 16, 9:28 PM EST | SLEET 1 | 2 Ne Forest City, NC | |
| Feb 16, 9:59 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 5 W Williamston, SC | 0.5SLEET W/ 0.25ICE |
| Feb 16, 10:04 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Charlotte, NC | SIDEWALKS ICY AND ROADS SLUSHY. |
| Feb 16, 10:04 PM EST | SLEET 0.2 | Concord, NC | ACCIDENTS ON I-85 AND POPLAR TENT RD. |
| Feb 16, 10:05 PM EST | SLEET 2 | Marion, NC | DOWNTOWN ROADS COVERED IN SLEET. |
| Feb 16, 10:18 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 3 Nnw Greenwood, SC | |
| Feb 16, 10:40 PM EST | SLEET 0.8 | Gaffney, SC | |
| Feb 16, 10:45 PM EST | SLEET 2 | 2 Ne Granite Falls, NC | |
| Feb 16, 10:47 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 1 E Charlotte, NC | |
| Feb 16, 10:54 PM EST | SLEET 0.8 | Asheville, NC | WEST ASHEVILLE |
| Feb 16, 11:17 PM EST | SLEET 1.5 | Morganton, NC | |
| Feb 16, 11:33 PM EST | SLEET 0.9 | Advance, NC | |
| Feb 16, 11:34 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Cornelius, NC | |
| Feb 16, 11:44 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Rock Hill, SC | |
| Feb 16, 11:45 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Hartwell, GA | POSSIBLY UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE. TREES AND LARGE LIMBS FALLING. |
| Feb 16, 11:45 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Rock Hill, SC | |
| Feb 17, 12:09 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Canton, NC | |
| Feb 17, 12:20 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Feb 17, 12:27 AM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Charlotte, NC | |
| Feb 17, 12:30 AM EST | SLEET 2.5 | 5 S Lenoir, NC | MEASURED AT MIDAS BOLICK ROAD AND POPE LANE. |
| Feb 17, 12:35 AM EST | SLEET 1.2 | 4 Sse Mill Spring, NC | 0.01 OF ICE ON TOP. |
| Feb 17, 12:49 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Greenwood, SC | |
| Feb 17, 1:06 AM EST | ICE STORM | Anderson, SC | WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 17, 1:13 AM EST | ICE STORM | Chester, SC | MULITPLE TREES DOWN ALONG I-77. |
| Feb 17, 1:18 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 6 S Gaffney, SC | |
| Feb 17, 1:22 AM EST | ICE STORM | Greenwood, SC | TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 17, 1:23 AM EST | ICE STORM | Laurens, SC | WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 17, 1:38 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Anderson, SC | LARGE TREE BROUGHT DOWN IN YARD. |
| Feb 17, 2:33 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.34 | Anderson, SC | SINCE 7 PM 16FEB15 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
669 WWUS42 KGSP 152022 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT...AND TRACK ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE CAROLINAS MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS BY MONDAY MORNING... THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT AN INITIAL PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...BUT QUICKLY WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE OCCUR. GAZ028-029-152130- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T0600Z-150217T1700Z/ HART-ELBERT- 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES MONDAY AFTERNOON...WARMING TEMPERATURES SHOULD RESULT IN PRIMARILY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ SCZ011-019-152130- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T1500Z-150217T1700Z/ ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD- 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES MONDAY AFTERNOON...WARMING TEMPERATURES SHOULD RESULT IN PRIMARILY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T0600Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NCZ048-052-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T0600Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T1500Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN... ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE... MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T0600Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET IN THE EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY END AS A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ501-503-505-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T1500Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET IN THE EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY END AS A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T1500Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END AS FREEZING RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ068>072-508-510-SCZ005>009-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T1500Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE I-85 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE CAROLINAS. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF A LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW PACK COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ GAZ018-026-SCZ004-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T0600Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...SENECA 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ082-SCZ010-012>014-160430- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0001.150216T1500Z-150217T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ UNION-ANDERSON-LAURENS-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONROE...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON... TRINITY...ANDERSON...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER... GREAT FALLS 322 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE LOWER PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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
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099 WWUS42 KGSP 160138 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 838 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT...AND TRACK ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE CAROLINAS MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS MONDAY MORNING... THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT AN INITIAL PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...BUT QUICKLY WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE OCCUR. GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-161000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA 838 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NCZ048-052-053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-161000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH... NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 838 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND PART OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE MORNING ON MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-161000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 838 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MID MORNING MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET IN THE EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY END AS A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES... ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-161000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ 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 838 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END AS FREEZING RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NCZ068>072-508-510-SCZ005>009-161000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 838 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE I-85 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE CAROLINAS. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF A LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW PACK COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ GAZ018-026-NCZ082-SCZ004-010-012>014-161000- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-UNION-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-LAURENS-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...MONROE...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON... TRINITY...SENECA...ANDERSON...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION... CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 838 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH... ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ PM
371 WWUS42 KGSP 160954 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND THE CAROLINAS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT AN INITIAL PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...BUT QUICKLY WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE OCCUR. GAZ026-161100- /O.CAN.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ FRANKLIN- 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FRANKLIN COUNTY IS FORECAST TO SEE TEMPERATURES NEARLY STEADY IN THE MID 30S DURING THE PRECIPITATION PERIOD. IT APPEARS THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A COLD RAIN. $$ NCZ082-162000- /O.UPG.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONROE...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON... TRINITY 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF A LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW PACK COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-162000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH ONE QUARTER TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ048-052-053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-162000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH... NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND PART OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THIS MORNING... BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING... LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...ALONG WITH ONE QUARTER TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-162000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1200Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MID MORNING...BEGINNING AS SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY END AS A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-162000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ 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 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END AS FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NCZ068>072-508-510-SCZ005>009-162000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...EAST ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF A LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW PACK COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ GAZ018-SCZ004-010-012>014-162000- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SENECA...ANDERSON...LAURENS... CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 454 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN OCCURS THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ NED
218 WWUS42 KGSP 161324 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 824 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND THE CAROLINAS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS FROM THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT AN INITIAL PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...BUT QUICKLY WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE OCCUR. GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-162130- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA 824 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NCZ048-052-053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-162130- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH... NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 824 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND PART OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-162130- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 824 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS...BEGINNING AS SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY END AS A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH AROUND 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN AVERY COUNTY. A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED AS WELL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-162130- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ 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 824 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END AS FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...EXCEPT NEAR 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST ALEXANDER COUNTY...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH LIGHT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ005>009-162130- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 824 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...EAST ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF A LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW PACK WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ GAZ018-SCZ004-010-012>014-162130- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SENECA...ANDERSON...LAURENS... CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 824 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN OCCURS THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
334 WWUS42 KGSP 161554 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1054 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN THROUGH THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AROUND NOON...THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT AN INITIAL PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...BUT QUICKLY WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE OCCUR. GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-170000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA 1054 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA STARTING AROUND NOON...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ048-052-053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-170000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH... NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 1054 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND PART OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST STARTING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH HIGHLY VARIABLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IN THE LOWER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY TO CLOSER TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-170000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 1054 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY END AS A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-170000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ 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 1054 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 40...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END AS FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CALDWELL COUNTY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY HIGHLY...RANGING FROM AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IN NORTHWEST LOCATIONS...TO TWO TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ005>009-170000- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 1054 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...EAST ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON...FALLING AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OCCURS DURING THE EVENING. THE HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING NEAR INTERSTATE 85 TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL MAXIMIZE ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER...WITH LESSER ICE AMOUNTS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85 AND NORTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF A LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW PACK WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ GAZ018-SCZ004-010-012>014-170000- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.150216T1700Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SENECA...ANDERSON...LAURENS... CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 1054 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE LOWER UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN OCCURS THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE IN CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTIES TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH IN FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
928 WWUS42 KGSP 162005 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 305 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL PASS EASTWARD THROUGH THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY SPREAD INTO THE FORECAST AREA...AND THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD STEADILY INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW AND SLEET FALLING EARLY IN THE EVENT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...AND POSSIBLY TO ALL RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS. GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-170415- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA 305 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY AS SNOW...OR A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY ENDING AS A MIXED BAG OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF MAINLY 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ048-052-053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-170415- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH... NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 305 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND PART OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY OVERNIGHT...BUT A RETURN OF A LIGHT WINTRY MIXED BAG IS POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH A FEW HIGHER ELEVATIONS SEEING 4 INCHES. EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER AND OUT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-170415- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 305 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW FROM THE NORTHWEST BEFORE DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-170415- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ 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 305 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 40...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH A POSSIBLE TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS BEFORE ENDING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE. ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED...EXCEPT CLOSER TO ONE THIRD INCH IN SECTIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ005>009-170415- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 305 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...EAST ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW EARLY ON...BUT WITH A STEADY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TRACE NEAR INTERSTATE 85 TO AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO VARY WIDELY...WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ALONG AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85...RANGING UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH FROM CHARLOTTE TO THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ GAZ018-SCZ004-010-012>014-170415- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SENECA...ANDERSON...LAURENS... CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 305 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE LOWER UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN OCCURS LATER THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
347 WWUS42 KGSP 162142 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL PASS EASTWARD THROUGH THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY SPREAD INTO THE FORECAST AREA... AND THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD STEADILY INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW AND SLEET FALLING EARLY IN THE EVENT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...AND POSSIBLY TO ALL RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS. GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-170545- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY AS SNOW...OR A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY ENDING AS A MIXED BAG OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF MAINLY 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ048-052-053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-170545- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH... NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND PART OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY OVERNIGHT...BUT A RETURN OF A LIGHT WINTRY MIXED BAG IS POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES... WITH A FEW HIGHER ELEVATIONS SEEING 4 INCHES. EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH... WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER AND OUT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-170545- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW FROM THE NORTHWEST BEFORE DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-170545- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ 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 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 40...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH A POSSIBLE TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS BEFORE ENDING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE. ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED... EXCEPT CLOSER TO ONE THIRD INCH IN SECTIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ005>009-170545- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...EAST ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW EARLY ON...BUT WITH A STEADY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TRACE NEAR INTERSTATE 85 TO AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO VARY WIDELY... WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ALONG AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85...RANGING UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH FROM CHARLOTTE TO THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ GAZ026-028-029-SCZ011-019-170100- /O.NEW.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.150216T2200Z-150217T0100Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS... CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...ABBEVILLE... CALHOUN FALLS...GREENWOOD 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE LAKELANDS AND LOWER PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT COATING OF ICE COULD FORM ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ON SIDEWALKS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY 8 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ GAZ018-SCZ004-010-012>014-170545- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SENECA...ANDERSON...LAURENS... CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE LOWER UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN OCCURS LATER THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ PM
820 WWUS42 KGSP 170021 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL PASS EASTWARD THROUGH THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW AND SLEET FALLING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...AND MOST OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WILL SEE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OVER THE LAKELANDS BEFORE ENDING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS. GAZ026-028-170830- /O.UPG.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ FRANKLIN-HART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS... CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATION DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * WINDS...NORTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...A COATING OF ICE COULD FORM ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ON SIDEWALKS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. 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. && $$ GAZ018-SCZ004-010-012>014-170830- /O.UPG.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...SENECA...ANDERSON...LAURENS... CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE LOWER UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN...BUT MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR FROM TREE BRANCHES FALLING ON POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-170830- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY ENDING AS A MIXED BAG OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ048-052-053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-170830- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH... NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND PART OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY OVERNIGHT...BUT A RETURN OF A LIGHT WINTRY MIXED BAG IS POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-170830- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW FROM THE NORTHWEST BEFORE DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. 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...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-170830- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 40...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH A POSSIBLE TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS BEFORE ENDING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ005>009-170830- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...EAST ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BUT WITH A STEADY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ GAZ029-SCZ011-019-170500- /O.EXT.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0500Z/ ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS... GREENWOOD 721 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE LAKELANDS AND LOWER PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...LIGHT ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT COATING OF ICE COULD FORM ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ON SIDEWALKS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ MOORE
407 WWUS42 KGSP 170311 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1011 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THIS EVENING WILL PASS EASTWARD THROUGH THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW AND SLEET FALLING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...AND MOST OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... WILL SEE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. GAZ029-SCZ011-019-171115- /O.UPG.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS... GREENWOOD 1011 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE ACCUMULATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE LAKELANDS AND LOWER PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATION DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...A COATING OF ICE COULD FORM ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ON SIDEWALKS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES. FALLING TREE BRANCHES MAY KNOCK DOWN SOME POWER LINES...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-SCZ001-171115- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-SWAIN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER 1011 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY ENDING AS A MIXED BAG OF LIGHT SNOW... SLEET AND RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ048-052-053-064-065-507-509-SCZ002-003-171115- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH... NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE 1011 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND PART OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET. * TIMING...A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY OVERNIGHT... BUT A RETURN OF A LIGHT WINTRY MIXED BAG IS POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK AS TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-171115- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK... CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 1011 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW FROM THE NORTHWEST BEFORE DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-171115- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ 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 1011 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 40...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN FROM THE SOUTH LATE THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH A POSSIBLE TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS BEFORE ENDING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ005>009-171115- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...TRINITY...EASLEY...CLEMSON... GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 1011 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...EAST ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BUT WITH A STEADY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN IN SOUTHERN AREAS BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. 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. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-SCZ004-010-012>014-171115- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-GREATER OCONEE-ANDERSON-LAURENS-UNION- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...SENECA... ANDERSON...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 1011 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE LOWER UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN...BUT MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL RESULT IN PLENTY OF SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR FROM TREE BRANCHES FALLING ON POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. 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
034 WWUS42 KGSP 170918 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 418 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL END BEFORE SUNRISE... .THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED DAMAGING ICE AND SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS MORNING. A FEW LINGERING BANDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY 5 AM. WIDESPREAD ICE COVERED ROADS WILL REMAIN THROUGH TODAY...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-171030- /O.CAN.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 418 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW ROUNDS OF LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG TENNESSEE STATE LINE ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID MORNING...RESULTING IN LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION. ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE COVERED IN ICE AND WILL REMAIN SLICK THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING...ROADS MAY ONCE AGAIN BECOME COATED IN ICE...PRIMARILY ON SHADED AND SECONDARY ROADS. $$ NED
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 15, 12:12 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 12:12 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1212 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH MOIST
LOW PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY. THIS LOW WILL
CROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AS ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS
ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS THURSDAY
BEFORE ANOTHER MOIST LOW PRESSURE CENTER APPROACHES ON FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
1715 UTC UPDATE...SKY COVER WAS REDUCED PER SATELLITE IMAGERY. WINDS
WERE UPDATE FROM A BLEND OF THE LATEST MODEL DATA...AND THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE NC MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
1400 UTC UPDATE...WINDS WERE UPDATED FROM A BLEND OF MODEL DATA THAT
YIELDED THE GREATEST SPEEDS...AND EVEN AT THAT WINDS FALL BELOW WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA EXCEPT AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
WITH THAT IN MIND...THE WIND ADVISORY AND HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 900 AM. SKY COVER WAS REDUCED PER
SATELLITE IMAGERY.
AS OF 645 AM...WINDS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH ACRS THE REGION.
HOWEVER...DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS THE WIND HAZARDS WITH THIS
UPDATE...BUT WILL BE ABLE TO CUT THE WIND ADV ACRS THE PIEDMONT AND
PROBABLY DOWNGRADE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WITH ANOTHER UPDATE
SHORTLY. OVERALL...MAIN CHANGES WERE TO LOWER DEWPTS TO MATCH UP
BETTER WITH OBS FOR THIS MORNING. MAY NEED TO LOWER THEM FURTHER FOR
MIDDAY THRU AFTN HOURS WITH NEXT UPDATE.
AS OF 330 AM...ARCTIC HIGH PRES CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD INTO
THE REGION TODAY. THE PRES GRAD ACRS THE CWFA IS BEGINNING TO RELAX.
HOWEVER...A SOLID MTN-WAVE SET UP WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE
PER THE 00Z NAM. SO THE WIND ADV AND HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE MTNS
LOOK GOOD. WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO TREND DOWNWARD WITH LESS FREQUENT
GUSTS ACRS THE PIEDMONT. HOWEVER...WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND
STILL GUSTY CONDITIONS...I WILL LEAVE THE WIND ADV IN THE PIEDMONT
UP FOR NOW.
THE TEMP TRENDS ARE STILL SLOWER THAN EXPECTED...WITH ALL THE MIXING
AND DOWNSLOPE PERHAPS HELPING KEEP THEM UP. THE HIGHEST PEAKS ARE ON
TRACK WITH SUB-ZERO READINGS NEAR THE HIGHEST SUMMITS. THE WIND
CHILLS ARE STARTING TO FALL INTO THE WIND CHILL ADV/WARNING CRITERIA
IN THE MTNS. WILL LEAVE THE WIND CHILL PRODUCTS AS IS WITH THIS FCST
PACKAGE AS WELL.
THE MOISTURE WITHIN THE NW FLOW HAS SUBSIDED...AND ONLY A FEW
FLURRIES SEEM TO BE LINGERING PER RADAR AND OB TRENDS. SO WILL LET
THE WINTER WX ADV EXPIRE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR...AND MENTION ANY
LINGERING SNOW/BLOWING SNOW IN THE WIND CHILL PRODUCTS.
BY LATE MORNING...WINDS AND WIND CHILLS SHUD TAPER OFF SUCH THAT OUR
HEADLINES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE (OR CANCEL EARLY). SKIES SHUD BE
MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY. HOWEVER...VERY COLD LLVL THICKNESSES WILL RESULT
IN TEMPS ONLY GETTING INTO THE TEENS TO UPR 20S IN THE MTNS...AND
30S ACRS THE PIEDMONT TODAY. THIS WILL BE THE START OF WELL BELOW
NORMAL TEMPS...SO WE WILL PLAN TO ISSUE A COLD WAVE SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT (SPS) THIS MORNING. DESPITE THE COLD TEMPS...THE VERY DRY
AIR WITHIN THE ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL STILL RESULT IN CRITICAL RH
VALUES FOR FIRE WX CONCERNS. FORTUNATELY...WINDS SHUD WEAKEN BELOW
RED FLAG (SEE FIRE WX SECTION BELOW).
TONIGHT...THE AXIS OF THE SFC RIDGE WILL CROSS THE AREA...WHILE
INCREASING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL STREAM IN FROM THE WEST WITHIN
FLATTENING QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED SLOWER WITH
ONSET OF LLVL MOISTURE AND POTENTIAL LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE
WEST BEFORE DAYBREAK MONDAY. SO HAVE CUT BACK POPS TO JUST THE NC
MTNS AND LOW-END CHC OR LOWER. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT. LOW DEWPTS AND LIGHT WINDS SHUD STILL ALLOW GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING...WITH MIN TEMPS IN THE TEENS TO MID 20S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 430 AM...SHORT RANGE MODELS FEATURING SIGNIFICANT LLVL
THICKNESS WARMING THROUGH THE PERIOD. A BLEND OF THE 0Z ECMWF AND 0Z
GFS WILL BE USED THROUGH THE PERIOD. BOTH SOLUTIONS INDICATE THAT
THE CENTER OF THE LOW WILL TRACK GENERALLY ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR.
IN ADDITION...A WELL DEVELOPED SFC RIDGE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS THE LOW APPROACHES ON MON. THIS PATTERN
WILL SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT ISENTROPIC LIFT THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS
ON MONDAY. THE THICK CLOUD COVER...ENE WINDS...AND PRECIP SHOULD
KEEP HIGHS LIMITED TO THE U20S ACROSS THE MTNS TO AROUND FREEZING
EAST...MID 30S ACROSS THE LAKELANDS. BASED ON THE FORECAST
SOUNDINGS...PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN AS SN ACROSS THE NC ZONES...A MIX OF
SN/IP/RA ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MON
AFTERNOON.
MON EVENING AND NIGHT...WINTER WEATHER PRECIP WILL PEAK ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...WILL TIME CATE POPS. PARTIAL THICKNESSES AND TOP
DOWN APPROACHES INDICATE THAT PRECIP WILL GRADUALLY FAVOR FZRA SOUTH
OF THE MTN THROUGH PIEDMONT I-40 CORRIDOR...WITH SN NORTH. CAA WILL
INCREASE DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS TUESDAY...RESULTING IN A MIX OVER
TO SN FROM WEST TO EAST. DURING THE MORNING DAYLIGHT HOURS
TUESDAY...DEEP MOISTURE AND FORCING WILL LIFT NORTH AND EAST OF THE
REGION...RESULTING IN STEADILY DECREASING POPS. THIS P-TYPE TREND
AND COVERAGE IS SUPPORTED BY THE SREF PLUMES.
I WILL BLEND WPC AND SREF QPF THROUGH THE PERIOD. USING CONSENSUS
QPF VALUES...SNOWFALL IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS
THE TN BORDER COUNTIES TO 4 TO 6 ACROSS THE I-40 CORRIDOR...AREAS
CLOSER TO THE NC/SC LINE MAY SEE AROUND AN INCH. FREEZING RAIN
TOTALS GENERALLY RANGE AROUND A QUARTER TO .3 INCHES SOUTH OF THE
NC/SC LINE AND EXTREME WESTERN NC MTNS. AREAS WITHIN THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE WARMEST TEMPS THE
LONGEST....RESULTING IN THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS OF WINTER PRECIP. GIVEN
THE FORECAST...WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CWA WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH
FROM MON THROUGH NOON TUES.
TUESDAY...CONDITIONS WILL DRY...WITH LIGHT NWFS CONTINUING ALONG THE
TN LINE. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH INTO THE 30S ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH MOST AREAS ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF
STRONG CAA WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT NWFS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MIN TEMPS SHOULD FALL INTO THE TEENS ACROSS THE
MTNS TO LOW 20S EAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 240 AM SUNDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE CONTINUES TO REMAIN ACTIVE
AND COLD. A WELL AGREED UPON H5 TROF AXIS WILL BE TRAVERSING THE FA
WED WITH STRONG DEEP LAYERED SUBSIDENCE BUILDING IN IT/S WAKE. A
BROAD MEAN ERN CONUS TROF WILL LINGER WITH THE HUDSON BAY LOW
DROPPING SOUTH...SLOWING THE OVERALL PROGRESSION OF THE PHASED
SYSTEM.
BOUNDARY LAYERED TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO DROP WED WITH ANOTHER CA
AIRMASS QUICKLY FILTERING IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ACROSS THE WRN
MTNS...ENUF LLVL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST AND ENABLE NWF -SNSH THROUGH
WED AND DIMINISHING TOWARD DAYBREAK THU. NOT ANTICIPATING MUCH
ACCUMS WITH THESE SNSH AS DRY AIR BUILDS IN QUICKLY. THE MAIN
WEATHER CONCERN EARLY THU WILL BE THE STRONG NW/LY FLOW AND VERY
COLD H85 TEMPS ON THE ORDER OF -22 C ACROSS THE MTNS AND SINGLE
DIGIT SFC LOWS ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA. THIS WILL SET UP VERY LOW
WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE MTNS WITH WATCH/WARNING CRITERIA PROBABLE
ABOVE 3.5 KFT. MORNING LOWS AND LOW MAXES WILL CHALLENGE RECORD
LEVELS FOR THE DATE AND A CLIMO SECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS AFD
SHOWING THE ACTUAL VALUES...SOME OF WHICH ARE MET/BROKEN WITH THE
CURRENT FCST.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CENTER OVER THE FA THU BEFORE ANOTHER AREA OF
CYCLOGENESIS DEVELOPS OVER THE NRN GULF COAST. CONFIDENCE IS ON THE
LOW SIDE WITH THE PROGRESSION AND ACTUAL TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...BUT
WITH THE ULVL DYNAMICS REMAINING STRONG OVER A STALLED FRONTAL
BNDRY...SOMETHING SHOULD TAKE SHAPE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS
SCENARIO COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIP FOR
THE FA AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SLOW TO TRANSIT NE. POPS FOR
THIS SYSTEM HAVE BEEN SCALED BACK 10/20 PERCENT DUE TO UNCERTAINTY
WITH TIMING AND THE LOCATION/SOURCE OF THE BEST MOISTURE FLUX.
&&
.AVIATION /17Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR. MODEST NW WINDS WITH GUSTS WILL PERSIST THIS
AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS VEER NE THIS EVENING. WINDS VEER ESE ON
MONDAY MORNING...INCREASING SLIGHTLY. HIGH CLOUDS WILL SPREAD OVER
THE AREA THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY MID LEVEL CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. BY
LATE MONDAY MORNING A LOW VFR CIG IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL SPREAD
TOWARD THE FIELD FROM THE WEST MONDAY MORNING...BUT CHANCES ARE TOO
LOW FOR A MENTION BY MIDDAY.
ELSEWHERE...NW WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AT KAVL THIS
AFTERNOON...WHILE LIGHT WINDS VEER NE AT FOOTHILLS SITES. LIGHT
WINDS VEER SE AT KAVL AND FOOTHILLS SITES BEFORE DAWN MONDAY. HIGH
CLOUDS SPREAD EAST OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH MID CLOUDS
FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT. LOW VFR CIGS ARRIVE MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL
SPREAD E ACROSS WESTERN NC OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...RESTRICTING
VSBY AT KAVL AND KHKY. SC COULD SEE FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW...WITH THE
FORMER A BETTER BET AT KAND. VSBY RESTRICTIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
IN SC.
OUTLOOK...A WET STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION
STARTING BY MIDDAY MONDAY THRU TUESDAY...BRINGING A MIX OF WINTRY
PRECIP TYPES (WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS POSSIBLE) AND VSBY/CIG
RESTRICTIONS. VFR CONDITIONS RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.
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...
THE PLANNING FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR EVEN LOWER MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...PER THE LATEST MODEL DATA. ALTHOUGH THE MOUNTAIN
FORECAST SHOWS GUSTY WINDS DURING PERIODS OF VERY LOW RH...THE
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE AT HIGHER ELEVATION...AND THE LOW RH AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS...WITHOUT THE OVERLAP TO SUPPORT RED FLAG CONDITIONS. E
OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WIND WILL DROP OFF QUICKER...BUT MAY REMAIN
GUSTY ENOUGH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IN COORDINATION WITH LAND
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...ANOTHER FIRE DANGER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR MECKLENBURG AND IREDELL COUNTIES AND EAST FOR TODAY.
MOISTURE WILL RETURN ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...
BRINGING A TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FROM FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NCZ035>037-053-056-057-064-065-068>072-082-501>510.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NCZ033-048>052-058-059-062-063.
SC...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SCZ002-003-005>014-019.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SCZ001-004.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SBK
NEAR TERM...ARK/JAT
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...JAT
FIRE WEATHER...JATHazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 6:19 AM EST, 9 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-161130- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL WARNING. WIND ADVISORY. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. NCZ033-049-050-161130- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND CHILL WARNING. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. NCZ035-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ002-003-161130- ALEXANDER-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-161130- IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. NCZ056-068>070-SCZ005>010-161130- CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. GAZ026-028-029-161130- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. NCZ053-161130- BUNCOMBE- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND CHILL WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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-SCZ001-161130- RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. . PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. GAZ018-SCZ004-161130- STEPHENS-GREATER OCONEE- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. NCZ065-501-503-505-507-509-161130- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. NCZ064-161130- TRANSYLVANIA- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL WARNING. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. SCZ011>014-019-161130- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 619 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR...RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ..FRIDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. ..SATURDAY...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. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 15, 9:53 AM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
953 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW BEECH MOUNTAIN 36.19N 81.87W
02/15/2015 M3.0 INCH AVERY NC CO-OP OBSERVER
-10 LOW TEMP THIS AM
&&
JPTLocal storm report, Feb 15, 9:54 AM EST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
954 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW FLAT SPRINGS 36.25N 81.91W
02/15/2015 M1.8 INCH AVERY NC CO-OP OBSERVER
-2 LOW TEMP THIS AM
&&
JPTLocal storm report, Feb 15, 9:55 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
955 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PA 35.77N 82.26W
02/15/2015 M2.0 INCH YANCEY NC CO-OP OBSERVER
-12 LOW TEMP THIS AM
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JPTLocal storm report, Feb 15, 9:56 AM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
956 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW SPRUCE PINE 35.92N 82.07W
02/15/2015 M0.5 INCH MITCHELL NC CO-OP OBSERVER
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JPTLocal storm report, Feb 15, 10:01 AM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1001 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0854 PM SNOW MARION 35.68N 82.01W
02/14/2015 E0.0 INCH MCDOWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
MANY SLICK SPOTS AROUND THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY. A
FEW ACCIDENTS
0904 PM SNOW 2 SE WEAVERVILLE 35.68N 82.53W
02/14/2015 E0.2 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING
0910 PM SNOW MARION 35.68N 82.01W
02/14/2015 E0.5 INCH MCDOWELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
STICKING TO GRASSY SURFACES.
0914 PM SNOW SWANNANOA 35.60N 82.39W
02/14/2015 E0.5 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
2350 FEET.
0700 AM SNOW BANNER ELK 36.16N 81.87W
02/15/2015 M3.0 INCH AVERY NC CO-OP OBSERVER
-9 LOW TEMP THIS AM
0700 AM SNOW BEECH MOUNTAIN 36.19N 81.87W
02/15/2015 M3.0 INCH AVERY NC CO-OP OBSERVER
-10 LOW TEMP THIS AM
0700 AM SNOW FLAT SPRINGS 36.25N 81.91W
02/15/2015 M1.8 INCH AVERY NC CO-OP OBSERVER
-2 LOW TEMP THIS AM
0700 AM SNOW MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PA 35.77N 82.26W
02/15/2015 M2.0 INCH YANCEY NC CO-OP OBSERVER
-12 LOW TEMP THIS AM
0700 AM SNOW SPRUCE PINE 35.92N 82.07W
02/15/2015 M0.5 INCH MITCHELL NC CO-OP OBSERVER
0836 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG N SENECA 34.69N 82.96W
02/15/2015 OCONEE SC EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN
0841 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG N ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
02/15/2015 ANDERSON SC BROADCAST MEDIA
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE
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JPT
JPTLocal storm report, Feb 15, 11:19 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1119 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 7 NNW BANNER ELK 36.25N 81.91W
02/14/2015 E54 MPH AVERY NC COCORAHS
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ACSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 100 min |
| Feb 15, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Union | 28 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.