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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2016, 5:44 PM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 4, 2016, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2016, 5:44 PM EST (22:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2016, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2016, 9:40 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
768 WWUS72 KGSP 042244 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 544 PM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM THE WEST...AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS OVER COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE WINDIEST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE HOURS BEFORE DAWN ON FRIDAY...WITH THE WINDS SLOWLY ABATING THROUGH LATE MORNING. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-051000- /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.160205T0400Z-160205T1500Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT 544 PM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND THEN MAXIMIZE DURING THE PRE- DAWN HOURS FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH LATE MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS. A FEW WEAK TREES COULD BE DOWNED GIVEN THE MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS...WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
3 follow-up statements
859 WWUS72 KGSP 050348 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1048 PM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM THE WEST... AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS OVER COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE WINDIEST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE HOURS BEFORE DAWN ON FRIDAY...WITH THE WINDS SLOWLY ABATING THROUGH LATE MORNING. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-051200- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.160205T0400Z-160205T1500Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT 1048 PM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND THEN MAXIMIZE TOWARD DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH NOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. A FEW WEAK TREES COULD BE DOWNED GIVEN THE MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS...WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
988 WWUS72 KGSP 050901 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 401 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM THE WEST...AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD OVER COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY ABATE THROUGH LATE MORNING. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-051500- /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160205T1500Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT 401 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH NOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. A FEW WEAK TREES COULD BE DOWNED GIVEN THE MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS...WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
447 WWUS72 KGSP 051440 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 940 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-051545- /O.CAN.KGSP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160205T1500Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 940 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 9:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.