Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm warning at Feb 14, 2016, 4:30 AM EST for 7 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 14, 2016, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr. 30 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 14, 2016, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Hudson, NC | |
| Feb 14, 6:15 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Lenoir, NC | |
| Feb 14, 6:20 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 5 Nw Lenoir, NC | HWY 321 VERY SLICK. |
| Feb 14, 6:25 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Morganton, NC | |
| Feb 14, 6:45 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 N Upton, NC | ROADS ARE HORRID. |
| Feb 14, 7:00 PM EST | SLEET 0.1 | 4 N Taylorsville, NC | |
| Feb 14, 7:10 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Lenoir, NC | |
| Feb 14, 7:12 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Woodlawn, NC | |
| Feb 15, 6:15 AM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Marion, NC | COVERED SLICK ROADS |
| Feb 15, 6:15 AM EST | SNOW 0.1 | Morganton, NC | COVERED SLICK ROADS |
| Feb 15, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | Flat Springs, NC | SNOW DEPTH 6 INCHES. SLR 0.20 INCHES |
| Feb 15, 9:33 AM EST | ICE STORM | 2 S Drexel, NC | DREXEL ROAD CLOSED DUE TO SOLID SHEET OF ICE. MULTIPLE WRECKS WITH INJURIES. |
| Feb 15, 10:34 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Glen Alpine, NC | GLAZE OF ICE ON CAR WINDOWS. |
| Feb 15, 12:17 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Morganton, NC | ROADWAYS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. MANY WRECKS. |
| Feb 15, 12:28 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 15 Nnw Lenoir, NC | SECONDARY ROADS COVERED. |
| Feb 15, 12:46 PM EST | SLEET 1 | 3 Nw Glen Alpine, NC | SLEET/SNOW MIX. ROADWAYS COVERED. |
| Feb 15, 2:43 PM EST | SLEET 1 | Valdese, NC | |
| Feb 15, 4:10 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.04 | Morganton, NC | CURRENTLY SNOW FLURRIES |
| Feb 15, 5:10 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.08 | Old Fort, NC | |
| Feb 15, 5:35 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 5 Nw Woodlawn, NC | |
| Feb 15, 6:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Marion, NC | US 221 NORTH AT LINVILLE CAVERNS IS CLOSED DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS AND MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. |
| Feb 15, 6:39 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Marion, NC | |
| Feb 15, 7:50 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 W Hudson, NC | US321 SOUTH CLOSED IN HUDSON DUE TO ICE |
| Feb 15, 8:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 W Glen Alpine, NC | |
| Feb 15, 9:15 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Marion, NC | |
| Feb 15, 9:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Marion, NC | 31 DEGREES |
| Feb 15, 9:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Morganton, NC | |
| Feb 15, 11:26 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Morganton, NC | 2 REPORTS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IN AND AROUND MORGANTON. CURRENT TEMP 29 DEGREES. |
| Feb 15, 11:55 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Valdese, NC | |
| Feb 16, 12:10 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.37 | Valdese, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
635 WWUS42 KGSP 140930 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 430 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE INTO THIS COLD AIR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. WITH COLD AND DRY AIR INITIALLY IN PLACE TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW THROUGHOUT. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...BECOMING ALL RAIN IN MOST AREAS BY MONDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. NCZ033-049-050-141800- /O.CAN.KGSP.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160214T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160215T0000Z-160216T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0004.160214T2300Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE 430 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MONDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM JUST ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. * TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE 20S...BUT WARMING ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD MIDNIGHT 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ NCZ035-141800- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0004.160214T2300Z-160216T0500Z/ ALEXANDER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT 430 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET MIDDAY MONDAY AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY LATE DAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM FREEZING ABOVE LATE MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF SLEET. ALSO...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S BUT RISING ABOVE FREEZING MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ501>506-141800- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160215T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0004.160214T2300Z-160216T0500Z/ CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LENOIR...JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON... OLD FORT...MARION 430 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET MIDDAY MONDAY AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM FREEZING ABOVE LATE MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND 4 TO 6 INCHES NEARER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. * WINDS...EAST AROUND 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHERLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S BUT RISING ABOVE FREEZING MONDAY EVENING. 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062-141800- /O.EXT.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160214T2300Z-160216T0000Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS 430 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY LATE DAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...EXCEPT UP TO 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS NORTH OF ASHEVILLE. ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF THAT MAY FALL AS SLEET. A GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED AS WELL. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...BUT RISING THROUGH THE 30S MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ036-037-056-057-063>065-068>072-507>510- SCZ001>009-141800- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...STATESVILLE... MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS... SALISBURY...CASHIERS...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY... RUTHERFORDTON...SALUDA...COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER... PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS... GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL 430 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ALSO...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MAINLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 85. * HAZARDS...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET MONDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO ALL RAIN SOMETIME MONDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM UP TO AN INCH NEAR THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR TO 3 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS MAY INCLUDE ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF SLEET...ALONG WITH A GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * WINDS...EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE 20S EARLY...RISING ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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
9 follow-up statements
235 WWUS42 KGSP 141634 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1134 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE INTO THIS COLD AIR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. WITH COLD AND DRY AIR INITIALLY IN PLACE TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW THROUGHOUT. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...BECOMING ALL RAIN IN MOST AREAS BY MONDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-150045- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.160214T2300Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 1134 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MONDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM JUST ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES... ALONG WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. * TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE 20S...BUT WARMING ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD MIDNIGHT 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062-150045- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160214T2300Z-160216T0000Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS 1134 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY LATE DAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES... EXCEPT UP TO 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS NORTH OF ASHEVILLE. ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF THAT MAY FALL AS SLEET. A GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED AS WELL. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...BUT RISING THROUGH THE 30S MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ036-037-056-057-063>065-068>072-507>510- SCZ001>009-150045- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...STATESVILLE... MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS... SALISBURY...CASHIERS...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY... RUTHERFORDTON...SALUDA...COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER... PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS... GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL 1134 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ALSO...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MAINLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 85. * HAZARDS...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT... MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET MONDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO ALL RAIN SOMETIME MONDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM UP TO AN INCH NEAR THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR TO 3 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS MAY INCLUDE ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF SLEET...ALONG WITH A GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * WINDS...EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE 20S EARLY...RISING ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. && $$
347 WWUS42 KGSP 141952 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 252 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE INTO THIS COLD AIR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. WITH COLD AND DRY AIR INITIALLY IN PLACE TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW THROUGHOUT. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...BECOMING ALL RAIN IN MOST AREAS BY MONDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-150400- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.160214T2300Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 252 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MONDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM JUST ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ GAZ018-026-SCZ004>009-150400- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.160215T0500Z-160215T1800Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS... GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL 252 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...MINOR ACCUMULATIONS FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062-150400- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160214T2300Z-160216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.160214T2300Z-160216T0000Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS 252 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET MONDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER BRIEFLY TO FREEZING RAIN BY MIDDAY. A CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ036-037-056-057-063>065-068>072-507>510-SCZ001>003- 150400- /O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.160214T2300Z-160216T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON... ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...CASHIERS...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...LAKE LURE... FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...SALUDA...COLUMBUS...WALHALLA... PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA 252 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ALSO...THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT... MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO ALL RAIN SOMETIME MONDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * WINDS...EAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$ GAZ028-029-NCZ082-SCZ010-150400- /O.NEW.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.160215T0500Z-160215T1800Z/ HART-ELBERT-UNION-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON... MONROE...TRINITY...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...ANDERSON 252 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...MINOR ACCUMULATIONS FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. && $$
994 WWUS42 KGSP 150307 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1007 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE OVER THE TOP OF THE COLD AIR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY AS SNOW AND SLEET...AND WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE OUT EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...BECOMING ALL RAIN IN MOST AREAS BY MONDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-151200- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 1007 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK MONDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET MONDAY MORNING AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MONDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM JUST ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S MONDAY AFTERNOON. 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ082-SCZ004>010-151200- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.160215T0500Z-160215T1800Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-UNION-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON... MONROE...TRINITY...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...SENECA...EASLEY... CLEMSON...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON 1007 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY...CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...MINOR ACCUMULATIONS FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ036-037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-507>510- SCZ001>003-151200- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARS HILL...MARSHALL... HOT SPRINGS...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON... LAKE JUNALUSKA...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK... ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... SALUDA...COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE... GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA 1007 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL MIX WITH SLEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER BRIEFLY TO FREEZING RAIN BY MIDDAY. A CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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
437 WWUS42 KGSP 150924 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY... .A COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE OVER THE TOP OF THE COLD AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE REGION...ALBEIT WITH FAIRLY LIGHT AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER PIEDMONT. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY...BECOMING ALL RAIN BY EVENING IN MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER THE LONGEST ALONG THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-151800- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW THIS MORNING...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL MIX OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN STARTING AROUND MIDDAY. FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EARLY...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN LATE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 MPH ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS...WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAIN WINDS MAY GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH AT TIMES LATE IN THE DAY. * TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE 20S...RISING INTO THE 30S 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ SCZ012>014-151800- /O.EXB.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER... GREAT FALLS 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...LAURENS...UNION...AND CHESTER COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SLEET IS BRIEFLY POSSIBLE AT ONSET THIS MORNING... OTHERWISE LIGHT AND SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN MAY INTERMITTENTLY FALL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AROUND A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S EARLY...RISING INTO THE MIDDLE 30S THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ SCZ011-019-151800- /O.EXA.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T1800Z/ ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SLEET IS BRIEFLY POSSIBLE AT ONSET THIS MORNING... OTHERWISE LIGHT AND SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN MAY INTERMITTENTLY FALL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AROUND A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S EARLY...RISING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S THIS AFTERNOON. 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. 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-NCZ082-SCZ004>010-151800- /O.EXT.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-UNION-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...MONROE... TRINITY...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AND UNION COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...BRIEF SNOW OR SLEET MAY DEVELOP AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING...BUT TRANSITION QUICKLY TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH LATE DAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD RANGE FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN SECTIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85 TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH IN LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S THIS MORNING AND THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON. 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. 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. && $$ NCZ036-037-053-056-065-068>070-507>510-SCZ003-151800- /O.EXT.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...HENDERSONVILLE... FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... SALUDA...COLUMBUS...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE GREENVILLE COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW EARLY...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP AND EXPAND THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE HALF INCH IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS TO NEARLY 2 INCHES NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY REACH NEAR ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH...EXCEPT SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAIN WINDS MAY GUST TO 20 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S LATE. 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. && $$ NCZ051-058-151800- /O.EXT.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160215T1800Z/ SWAIN-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...SWAIN AND GRAHAM COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...SNOW AND SLEET EARLY...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE STEADILY TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...RISING THROUGH THE 30S THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ GAZ029-151800- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T1800Z/ ELBERT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ELBERTON 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ELBERT COUNTY IN THE GEORGIA PIEDMONT. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...BRIEF SLEET IS POSSIBLE AT ONSET BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S EARLY...RISING THROUGH THE 30S THIS AFTERNOON. 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. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ048-052-057-059-062>064-071-072-SCZ001-002-151800- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-MADISON-HAYWOOD-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...MARS HILL... MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... SALISBURY...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS... BREVARD...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...WALHALLA...PUMPKINTOWN 424 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...THE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THE CHARLOTTE AREA. * HAZARDS...BRIEF SNOW...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW OR SLEET WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION COMPLETELY OVER TO RAIN BY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...EXCEPT UP TO AN INCH ALONG THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN RIDGES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...APPROACHING A TENTH INCH IN A FEW NORTHERN AREAS OF THE ADVISORY. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...EXCEPT SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS COULD SEE GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...RISING ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH LATE DAY. 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
345 WWUS42 KGSP 151544 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1044 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE OVER THE TOP OF THE COLD AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...BECOMING ALL RAIN BY EVENING IN MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER THE LONGEST ALONG THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-152345- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 1044 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN TODAY COULD LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S...RISING INTO THE 30S 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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-NCZ082-SCZ004>010-012>014-152345- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-UNION-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-LAURENS- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...MONROE... TRINITY...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION... CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 1044 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AND UNION COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH LATE DAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ICE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE LOWER 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. 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-SCZ011-019-151800- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T1800Z/ ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS 1044 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD AND ELBERT COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT AND SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY FALL INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MID- AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AROUND A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ048-052-057-059-062>064-071-072-SCZ001-002-152345- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-MADISON-HAYWOOD-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...MARS HILL... MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... SALISBURY...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS... BREVARD...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...WALHALLA...PUMPKINTOWN 1044 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...THE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THE CHARLOTTE AREA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING STEADIER FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY.... WILL TRANSITION COMPLETELY OVER TO RAIN BY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD RANGE UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ NCZ036-037-053-056-065-068>070-507>510-SCZ003-152345- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...HENDERSONVILLE... FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... SALUDA...COLUMBUS...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA 1044 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE GREENVILLE COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING STEADIER FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BECOME STEADIER FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RANGE UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ NCZ051-058-151800- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160215T1800Z/ SWAIN-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE 1044 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...SWAIN AND GRAHAM COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE UPPER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$
851 WWUS42 KGSP 151805 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 105 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE OVER THE TOP OF THE COLD AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...BECOMING ALL RAIN BY EVENING IN MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER THE LONGEST ALONG THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. GAZ029-SCZ011-019-151915- /O.EXP.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T1800Z/ ELBERT-ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS 105 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WARM THROUGH THE DAY. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION IS NOT EXPECTED AS THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL LIQUID RAIN. $$ NCZ051-058-151915- /O.EXP.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160215T1800Z/ SWAIN-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...ROBBINSVILLE 105 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WARM THROUGH THE DAY. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION IS NOT EXPECTED AS THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL LIQUID RAIN. $$ NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-160215- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 105 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN TODAY COULD LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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-NCZ082-SCZ004>010-012>014-160000- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-UNION-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-LAURENS- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...MONROE... TRINITY...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION... CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 105 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AND UNION COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH LATE DAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ICE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE LOWER 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. 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. && $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ048-052-057-059-062>064-071-072-SCZ001-002-160000- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-MADISON-HAYWOOD-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...MARS HILL... MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... SALISBURY...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS... BREVARD...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...WALHALLA...PUMPKINTOWN 105 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...THE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THE CHARLOTTE AREA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING STEADIER FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY...WILL TRANSITION COMPLETELY OVER TO RAIN BY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD RANGE UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 30S. 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. && $$ NCZ036-037-053-056-065-068>070-507>510-SCZ003-160215- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...HENDERSONVILLE... FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... SALUDA...COLUMBUS...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA 105 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE GREENVILLE COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING STEADIER FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BECOME STEADIER FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...CE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RANGE UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$
058 WWUS42 KGSP 152003 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 303 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING... .A COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE OVER THE TOP OF THE COLD AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...BECOMING ALL RAIN BY EVENING IN MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER THE LONGEST ALONG THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. GAZ010-NCZ048-052-059-062-063-152115- /O.CAN.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ RABUN-MADISON-HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 303 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WEST OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AND MADISON COUNTY... ALONG WITH RABUN COUNTY IN GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT...SO ONLY LIQUID RAIN IS EXPECTED. $$ NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-160415- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 303 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY EVENING. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-NCZ082-SCZ004>010-012>014-160000- /O.CON.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-UNION-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-LAURENS- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...MONROE... TRINITY...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION... CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 303 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AND UNION COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN FROM THE SOUTH BY EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. 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. && $$ NCZ036-037-053-056-065-068>070-507>510-SCZ003-160415- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...HENDERSONVILLE... FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... SALUDA...COLUMBUS...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA 303 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE GREENVILLE COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN INTO EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ GAZ017-NCZ057-064-071-072-SCZ001-002-160000- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ HABERSHAM-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... SALISBURY...BREVARD...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...WALHALLA... PUMPKINTOWN 303 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...HABERSHAM COUNTY...THE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THE CHARLOTTE AREA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION COMPLETELY OVER TO RAIN BY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...EAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$
624 WWUS42 KGSP 152333 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 633 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING... .A COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE OVER THE TOP OF THE COLD AIR THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN IN MOST AREAS...AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN THE PRIMARY PRECIP TYPE THROUGH THE EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER THE LONGEST ALONG THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-160500- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 633 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN...PERHAPS MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT IS STILL EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ GAZ017-NCZ057-064-071-072-SCZ001-002-160500- /O.EXB.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.160216T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/ HABERSHAM-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... SALISBURY...BREVARD...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...WALHALLA... WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN 633 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...HABERSHAM COUNTY IN GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS TRAVEL PROBLEMS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. 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-NCZ082-SCZ004>010-012>014-160500- /O.EXT.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-UNION-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-LAURENS- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...MONROE... TRINITY...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON... TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION... CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 633 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AND UNION COUNTY IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN FROM THE SOUTH BY MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH... WITH SOME AMOUNTS NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-77 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-77 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES ALONG THE I-77 CORRIDOR. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. 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. && $$ NCZ036-037-053-056-065-068>070-507>510-SCZ003-160500- /O.CON.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...HENDERSONVILLE... FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... SALUDA...COLUMBUS...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA 633 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE GREENVILLE COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. AMOUNTS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS DAVIE COUNTY. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS DAVIE COUNTY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES ACROSS DAVIE COUNTY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ LANE
658 WWUS42 KGSP 160513 WSWGSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1213 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .A COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SPREAD MOISTURE OVER THE TOP OF THE COLD AIR THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN IN MOST AREAS...AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER THE LONGEST ALONG THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506-161100- /O.EXP.KGSP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0005.160216T0513Z-160216T1100Z/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM... TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...LENOIR... JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...MARION 1213 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN...PERHAPS MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BUT A TRANSITION TO RAIN WILL OCCUR BEFORE ENDING DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...CLIMBING ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 4 AM. 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...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ NCZ065-068-507>510-SCZ003-161100- /O.EXP.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.IS.W.0001.160216T0513Z-160216T1100Z/ HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LAKE LURE... FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...SALUDA...COLUMBUS...TIGERVILLE... GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA 1213 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE GREENVILLE COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND CHANGE TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE 32 DEGREES BY AROUND 2 OR 3 AM. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S BY 4 AM. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE-QUARTER INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. PLEASE REPORT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AND ANY ASSOCIATED TREE OR STRUCTURE DAMAGE...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...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. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-NCZ057-064-071-072-082-SCZ001-002-004>010- 012>014-160900- /O.EXP.KGSP.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.160216T0513Z-160216T0900Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ROWAN-TRANSYLVANIA-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-LAURENS-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON... HARTWELL...REED CREEK...SALISBURY...BREVARD...CONCORD... KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY...INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON... WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...SENECA...EASLEY... CLEMSON...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...LAURENS... CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 1213 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND MUCH OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS TRAVEL PROBLEMS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 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. && $$ NCZ036-037-053-056-069-070-160900- /O.EXP.KGSP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160216T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.ZR.Y.0003.160216T0513Z-160216T0900Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-LINCOLN-GASTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA 1213 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS BUNCOMBE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE 32 DEGREES...THROUGH ABOUT 2 AM. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 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. && $$ PM
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 14, 3:35 AM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 3:35 AM EST, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE GREAT LAKES WILL
RIDGE DOWN INTO THE CAROLINAS INTO MONDAY AS IT EVENTUALLY MOVES OFF
THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. EXPECT A MOIST STORM SYSTEM TO CROSS FROM
THE WEST LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY. A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
WILL REACH THE MOUNTAINS LATE TUESDAY...BEFORE DRY AND MILDER HIGH
PRESSURE RETURNS AND REMAINS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM...WIND CHILLS CONTINUE TO BE MARGINAL...AS WINDS ARE
DIMINISHING EARLY THIS MORNING. SO WILL CANCEL THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY WITH THE MORNING PACKAGE BY 4 AM.
A CHILLY DAY ON TAP FOR THE CWFA...AS THE AXIS OF ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE LINES UP JUST EAST OF THE MTNS. TEMPS WILL BE STARTING OUT
QUITE COLD...AND MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT PLENTY OF MID AND
HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE STREAMING ACROSS THE AREA THRU THE
DAY...LIMITING INSOLATION. I WENT ON THE COOL SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR
MAX TEMPS...MAINLY 20-25 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF THE NC ZONES
WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING...WHILE THE SC/GA ZONES TOP OUT IN THE MID
30S TO LOWER 40S.
AS A POTENT MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE OH VALLEY...ISENTROPIC
LIFT AND LOW LEVEL RH WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE OH/TN VALLEYS WITHIN
WESTERLY FLOW. THE OPERATIONAL MODELS AND THE CAMS AGREE THAT A BAND
OF SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND ENTER THE NC MTNS BY EARLY EVENING.
THIS BAND MAY BE ENHANCED BY SOME 700 MB FRONTOGENESIS...AS IT
STREAKS ACROSS THE NC COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40.
HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN EXACT INTENSITY AND POSITION WITH THESE
TYPES OF BANDS IS ALWAYS ON THE LOW SIDE. I BLENDED IN THE NAM QPF
AND THINK A QUICK 1-3" OF SNOW ACCUM FROM ABOUT 4 PM TO 4 AM IS
LIKELY. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE MORE SHOWERY PRECIP (CHANCE
POP) BREAKING OUT AS STRONG 850 MB WAA SETS UP WITHIN SWLY FLOW. THE
MODEL CONSENSUS FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND PARTIAL THICKNESS NOMOGRAMS
SUGGEST THAT ONSET OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE PRIMARILY SNOW...BUT QUICKLY
MIXING IN WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-85
BEFORE DAYBREAK MONDAY. QPF LOOKS VERY LIGHT WITH THIS ACTIVITY
OUTSIDE THE NORTHERN NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. SO GENERALLY A HALF INCH
OF SNOW OR LESS...A LITTLE SLEET AND A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF
ICE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND SOUTHERN MTNS. WITH ROAD TEMPS
LIKELY IN THE 20S WITH THIS OVERNIGHT PRECIP...EXPECT EVEN LIGHT
SNOW/ICE WILL STICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS EARLY MONDAY. I HAVE
MIN TEMPS RANGING FROM THE TEENS IN THE NORTHERN NC MTNS...TO UPPER
20S IN THE LOWER PIEDMONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 315 AM EST SUNDAY...UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES IN THE FORECAST FOR
MONDAY...PRIMARILY OVER PRECIPITATION TYPE ISSUES AS THE COLD
WEDGE LAYER RETREATS...A WARM NOSE INVADES FROM THE SOUTH...AND WARM
AND MOIST AIR ARRIVES FROM THE WEST WITH THE ADVANCING LOW. THERE IS
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE ON IMPACT FROM EXPECTED SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN TO UPGRADE THE NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TO
A WINTER STORM WARNING AT THIS POINT. WINTRY ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS MORE UNCERTAIN...WITH SNOW/ICE
FORECASTS GENERALLY BELOW WINTER STORM CRITERIA AT PRESENT...BUT
WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS GIVEN THE COLD AIR
ALREADY IN PLACE. THE WATCH WILL THUS BE RETAINED IN CURRENTLY
ADVERTISED AREAS SOUTH OF THE WARNING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY COULD BE NEEDED FOR SECTIONS JUST SOUTH OF THE
CURRENT WATCH AREA LATER TODAY.
THE SALIENT FEATURES REMAIN A CENTRAL CONUS TROUGH DEEPENING FROM
THE PLAINS TO THE MS RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY...WHILE COLD SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY RETREATS OFFSHORE. HYBRID COLD AIR DAMMING WILL
BE SOLIDLY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AT THE START OF THE PERIOD
MONDAY MORNING AS LOW LEVEL MOIST UPGLIDE STEADILY IMPROVES AHEAD OF
THE ADVANCING TROUGH. THE INCREASING WARM ADVECTION ABOVE THE WEDGE
LAYER THROUGH THE DAY WILL PERMIT A WARM NOSE TO BLOSSOM AND SURGE
NORTHWARD...BUT PROBABLY SLOWER THAN PROGGED GIVEN THE COLD AND DRY
AIRMASS BEING DISPLACED. WILL THUS ALLOW MORE OF THE INITIAL
PRECIPITATION MONDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON TO BE REALIZED AS
FREEZING/FROZEN TYPES ACROSS A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR AREA. IN
FACT...SURFACE WET BULB TEMPERATURES COULD WELL GET LOCKED IN AT OR
BELOW FREEZING ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INTO MONDAY EVENING.
THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FOR THE NORTHERN TIER SINCE
DEEPER MOISTURE AND BETTER UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE ARRIVING WITH THE
APPROACHING TROUGH AXIS MONDAY EVENING.
THE LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE TRENDED TOWARD KEEPING THE PRIMARY
SURFACE LOW TRACK WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOCUSING HEAVIER QPF ON
WESTERN MOUNTAIN SECTIONS. FORTUNATELY...THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND
STRONGEST FORCING OF THE EVENT WILL THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT
ONCE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SUFFICIENTLY TO PRODUCE MAINLY RAIN IN
MOST AREAS. ANY BAND OF STRONGER FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WILL BE
MUCH SHORTER DURATION AS WELL WITHOUT ANY CLOSING OFF OF THE PASSING
LOW. A POCKET OF STEEPER LAPSE RATES WILL LIFT THROUGH OVERNIGHT
MONDAY NIGHT...BUT ANY SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY APPEARS SHUNTED FAR
ENOUGH TO THE SE TO PRECLUDE ANY THUNDER MENTION. WITH THE WESTWARD
SHIFT IN THE BETTER QPF...HYDRO PROBLEMS APPEAR A BIT LESS
LIKELY...BUT STILL CANNOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT OVER MOUNTAIN AND
NORTHERN FOOTHILL SECTIONS WHERE STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION COULD
REACH 1.5 INCHES OR MORE.
THE DRY SLOT WRAPPING IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING WAVE WILL ALLOW THE
BULK OF TUESDAY TO BE DRY BETWEEN SYSTEMS. LINGERING NW FLOW
MOISTURE TUESDAY MORNING MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION BACK OVER TO
FREEZING/FROZEN TYPES IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS BEFORE ENDING. A POTENT
TRAILING SHORTWAVE WILL THEN DIVE QUICKLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
MIDWEST ON TUESDAY AND CROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA
TUESDAY EVENING. NW FLOW MOISTURE IN THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE SYSTEM
SHOULD WRING OUT SCATTERED UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS INTO WED MORNING.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 330 AM EST SUNDAY...DEEP LAYER NW FLOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN THE
WESTERN RIDGE AND EASTERN TROUGH ON WED. HEIGHTS WILL RISE FROM THE
WEST THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH COOL AND DRY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLING OVER THE EAST. MODEL TIMING DIFFERENCES EXIST ON A
DEAMPLIFYING WAVE MOVING EAST IN THE RELATIVELY ZONAL FLOW OVER THE
EASTERN CONUS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THICKNESSES WILL WARM
SUFFICENTLY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT TO PERMIT ABOVE CLIMO
TEMPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A QUITE WHILE BY FRIDAY. THE BEST
CONSENSUS FOR NOW IS THAT A DECAYING BAND OF FRONTAL MOISTURE COULD
REACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /09Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THE DAY...WITH
GRADUAL INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS...WITH BASES LOWERING TO LOW
VFR BY LATE AFTN/EARLY EVE. TONIGHT...GUIDANCE GENERALLY AGREES THAT
A WARM FRONTAL ZONE WILL ACTIVATE ATOP THE CWFA...DRAWING MOISTURE
FROM THE SOUTH. LIGHT PRECIP MAY START DEVELOPING BEFORE 06Z ACRS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. FCST PROFILES SHOW THAT THE ONSET OF PRECIP
SHOULD BE ALL SNOW. SO WILL GO WITH PROB30 AT ALL SITES...EXCEPT
KAND...WHERE THE POP IS LESS THAN 30 PCT. WINDS WILL FAVOR A NNW
DIRECTION AT KAVL...AND NE ACRS THE PIEDMONT THRU ABOUT
19-20Z...THEN SHIFT ESE TO SE.
OUTLOOK...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP AND CROSS THE
AREA LATE TONIGHT THRU TUESDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD CLOUDS/PRECIP.
PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO START OUT AS SNOW OR WINTRY MIX...THEN
GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN AT THE TAF SITES BY MONDAY EVENING.
DRY AIR WILL RETURN DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
08-14Z 14-20Z 20-02Z 02-06Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 91%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 79%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULE TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLET HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR GAZ010-017-018-026.
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST
MONDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ033-035-049-050-501>506.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR NCZ036-037-056-057-063>065-068>072-507>510.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062.
SC...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR SCZ001>009.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...ARKHazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 4:20 PM EST, 12 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 420 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062-501>506-142130- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- 420 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS...BUT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. NO ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-049-050-142130- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 420 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...WIND CHILL LIKELY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WIND CHILL ADVISORY. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX LIKELY. WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS...BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY EARLY. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ035>037-056-057-063>065-068>072-507>510- SCZ001>009-142130- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- 420 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS...BUT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ..TUESDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE EARLY. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ028-029-NCZ082-SCZ010>014-019-142130- HART-ELBERT-UNION-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 420 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...COLD WAVE LIKELY. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ..MONDAY...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE. WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS...BUT FOR NOW SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE UNLIKELY. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 14 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:52 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Transylvania, Union | 33 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Every winter storm warning in 2016
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.