5 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 22, 9:42 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 622 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-231121- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 622 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT...RESULTING IN A TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT. THESE WINDS COULD REACH DAMAGING LEVELS AT TIMES ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. PLEASE SEE CAENPWGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ALSO BE QUITE STRONG TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE FOOTHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...BUT SHOULD COME TO AN END BY SUNDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. LANE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds developed across the mountains behind a strong cold front that swept through the region during the evening. Numerous trees were blown down. There were scattered power outages throughout the mountains.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5435539, 5435540, 5435541, 5435542, 5435543.