Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 9:33 PM EST for 12 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 9:33 PM EST (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
325 WWUS72 KGSP 030233 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 933 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS LASTING THRU MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>064-505-031045- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0003.160203T0233Z-160203T1500Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...WAYNESVILLE... LAKE JUNALUSKA...HIGHLANDS 933 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH MID-MORNING WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. WET GROUND FROM DEVELOPING HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TREES TO FALL...ALONG WITH LIMBS. IF THEY FALL ON POWER LINES...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES COULD OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 16 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Macon, Swain | 58 min |
| Feb 3, 6:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 57 min |
| Feb 3, 7:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:57 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:01 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 38 min |
| Feb 3, 9:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 26 min |
| Feb 3, 10:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 66 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 51 min |
| Feb 3, 10:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 11:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:28 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Feb 3, 11:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 24 min |
| Feb 3, 12:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 43 min |
| Feb 3, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 15 min |
| Feb 3, 12:50 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:57 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Swain | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 63 min |
| Feb 3, 1:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 30 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Feb 3, 2:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:24 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 41 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 5 more | 6 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.