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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

November 26, 20229 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this wind advisory at Nov 26, 2022, 4:04 AM EST for 9 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 26, 2022, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2022, 4:04 AM EST (09:04 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2022, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 27, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2022-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2022-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

807 
WWUS72 KGSP 260904
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
404 AM EST Sat Nov 26 2022

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-261700-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0023.221127T0300Z-221128T0000Z/
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-
Including the cities of Banner Elk, Newland, Luck, Waynesville, 
and Tuckasegee
404 AM EST Sat Nov 26 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
SUNDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, 
  Buncombe, Graham and Northern Jackson Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

Krentz
5 follow-up statements
852 
WWUS72 KGSP 261450
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
950 AM EST Sat Nov 26 2022

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-262300-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0023.221127T0300Z-221128T0000Z/
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-
Including the cities of Banner Elk, Newland, Luck, Waynesville, 
and Tuckasegee
950 AM EST Sat Nov 26 2022

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 PM EST SUNDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, 
  Buncombe, Graham and Northern Jackson Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
498 
WWUS72 KGSP 270308
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1008 PM EST Sat Nov 26 2022

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-271200-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-221128T0000Z/
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-
Including the cities of Banner Elk, Newland, Luck, Waynesville, 
and Tuckasegee
1008 PM EST Sat Nov 26 2022

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY ABOVE
3500 FEET...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, 
  Buncombe, Graham and Northern Jackson Counties.

* WHEN...From now to 7 PM EST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
910 
WWUS72 KGSP 271118
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
618 AM EST Sun Nov 27 2022

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-271800-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-221128T0000Z/
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-
Including the cities of Banner Elk, Newland, Luck, Waynesville, 
and Tuckasegee
618 AM EST Sun Nov 27 2022

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
ABOVE 3500 FEET...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...The high elevations of Avery, Madison, Yancey, 
  Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, Buncombe, Graham and Northern Jackson 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
Lane
653 
WWUS72 KGSP 271627
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1127 AM EST Sun Nov 27 2022

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-280000-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-221128T0000Z/
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-
Including the cities of Banner Elk, Newland, Luck, Waynesville, 
and Tuckasegee
1127 AM EST Sun Nov 27 2022

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
ABOVE 3500 FEET...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...The high elevations of Avery, Madison, Yancey, 
  Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, Buncombe, Graham and Northern Jackson 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
207 
WWUS72 KGSP 272355
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
655 PM EST Sun Nov 27 2022

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-280100-
/O.EXP.KGSP.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-221128T0000Z/
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-
Including the cities of Banner Elk, Newland, Luck, Waynesville, 
and Tuckasegee
655 PM EST Sun Nov 27 2022

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING ABOVE
3500 FEET...

Gusty northwest winds up to 30 mph are still possible this
evening, but wind gusts will gradually subside through the 
overnight period.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Nov 26, 1:39 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 1:39 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
139 AM EST Sat Nov 26 2022

.SYNOPSIS...
Dry high pressure will build in from the west tonight and settle
over the area on Saturday. A cold front will bring widespread
showers to the region late Saturday night through Sunday
morning. High pressure returns Monday, then another cold front
approaches the region around the middle of next week.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
As of 115 AM EST Saturday: Winds have settled down across our
area over the past few hours with most sites reporting values
of 5 kts or less, and a number of sites reporting calm winds.
Expect the cirrus to continue to stream over the region from
the west thru the overnight and into the morning hours. Temps
will take their time cooling and any widespread fog doesn't
look likely, except in the more sheltered mountain valleys,
especially if winds remain light enough there.

Otherwise, dry high pressure will continue to build over the
area overnight and into the morning. The high will be transient
and will be moving off the Atlantic Coast by the end of the
period early Sunday. Cloud cover will increase later tonight
and into early Sunday with widespread showers spreading over
the CWA from west to east as the period ends early Sunday.
High temperatures should be a few degrees warmer across the
higher terrain and a few degrees cooler over the lower terrain
compared to Friday.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 100 AM Saturday...A cold front continues to track east across
the FA early Sun. Good forcing will be had, yet thermo profiles
still look meager as far as available instability. Soundings show
some small measure of shallow elCAPE possible, so the chance for a
couple general thunderstorms remains non/zero by the time the front
exits east arnd 18z. Strong dynamics will be crossing the area
during the afternoon and mixing up to 2.5 Kft will likely tap into a
stg llvl jet east of the mtns and develop rather gusty winds.
Average momentum transfers noted on GFS profiles near 30 kts so an
advisory will not be needed. A weak sfc bndry and upper jet approach
the wrn NC mtns overnight into Mon morning. Moisture levels are
suspect with this feature, thus precip amts and chances will be kept
low-end. Warm temps are on hand Sun after cloudiness decreases in
the afternoon with highs reaching abt 5-7 degrees abv normal. A
couple degrees cooler on Mon as secondary mlvl wave brings in cooler
airmass mixing from the northwest during the afternoon. Mins will
remain abt 10 degrees abv normal each morning.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
As of 230 PM Friday...An upper-level trough will dig across the
Rockies Tuesday, while ridging builds along the East Coast. The
trough will slowly move east Wednesday, bringing an associated cold
front into our region. The 12z deterministic models are in decent
agreement on the timing of the front, generally Wednesday aftn
or evening. The front will have a good tap of Gulf moisture, and
should spread a solid frontal band of precip much like the expected
Sunday morning front. The upstream sfc high will push east of the
area Tuesday, and well off the Mid-Atlantic Coast by Wednesday. So
the models are not showing any CAD with this system, and there may
be a little more potential for some sbCAPE into the Piedmont ahead
of the front. Having said that, the models still keep the sbCAPE
south and west of the area. The front will be fairly fast-moving,
which should limit any excessive rain/flood threat. Temps will be
a few deg above normal Tuesday, with increasing clouds and strong
WAA keeping temps elevated Tuesday night thru Wednesday. So it
looks like it will be too warm for any wintry precip type concerns
with this system.

The front should be thru the area by early Thursday, with a little
colder air mass building in and bring temps back down to slightly
below normal Thursday and Friday. Once again, not expecting much
of any overlap of moisture and temps cold enough for snow on the
back side of the system. Neither the GFS nor the ECMWF have any
NW flow snow.

&&

.AVIATION /07Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
At KCLT and elsewhere: Dry high pressure will continue to build
over the area overnight and into the morning. The high will be
transient and will be moving offshore by the end of the period
early Sunday. Sct cirrus will continue to stream over the region
from the west with cloud cover increasing later tonight and into
early Sunday. MVFR cigs are fcst to spread over the fcst area
from the SW during the last few hours of the 06z taf period,
but are not expected to go IFR until just after 06z Sunday.
Thus, I have IFR cigs at KCLT beginning around 09z Sunday.
Light winds should help prevent radiation fog from developing
as clouds thin and cooling continues early this morning. In
addition, cold/dry advection should help keep dewpt depressions
too large for any substantial fog development. Winds will remain
light and favor a NLY to NELY direction thru the morning. They
are expected to veer around to SELY by the early afternoon and
remain light at around 5 kts for the rest of the day/evening.

Outlook: Another low pressure system will bring widespread rain
showers and restrictions to our area again beginning late Saturday
night and continuing into Sunday afternoon. Dry high pressure will
filter in behind the departing system early next week.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...None.
NC...None.
SC...None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...JPT/Wimberley
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...JPT
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 4:45 AM EST, 23 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
445 AM EST Fri Nov 25 2022

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008>014-019-101>109-260945-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Catawba-
Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-
Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-
Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-
McDowell Mountains-Eastern McDowell-Rutherford Mountains-
Greater Rutherford-Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Cherokee-York-
Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-Chester-Greenwood-
Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-
Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-
445 AM EST Fri Nov 25 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.