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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 7, 20169 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this winter storm watch at Feb 7, 2016, 3:50 PM EST for 9 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 9, 2016, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2016, 3:50 PM EST (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 8, 2016, 3:37 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Avery County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Feb 7, 3:05 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 3:05 PM EST, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 9:37 AM EST, 6 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 3:50 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGSPAvery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more3 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2016Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.