Winter Weather in Georgia, March 6, 2013

Name: Winter Weather in Georgia, March 6, 2013
Start: 2013-03-06T00:00
End: 2013-03-06T09:00
Location: Georgia

March 6, 2013 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Snow showers developed around midnight over the Blue Ridge counties of northeast Georgia. Snow showers continued through the early morning hours of the 6th before tapering off by mid-morning or so.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Snow showers developed around midnight over the Blue Ridge counties of northeast Georgia. Snow showers continued through the early morning hours of the 6th before tapering off by mid-morning or so. Total accumulations ranged from less than an inch to around 2 inches.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 5, 9:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 9:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
936 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY BRINGING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN IN
ITS WAKE AND LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 935 PM...COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OF THE AREA AND TAKING THE
LINE OF SH/TSRA WITH IT. IN FACT...SKIES ARE CLEARING OUTSIDE OF THE
MTNS EXCEPT FOR THE I-40 CORRIDOR WHERE SOME SHRA ALONG THE OCCLUDED
FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST THIS EVENING. EXPECT CLOUDS TO SPILL
OUT OF THE MTNS AND BACK ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. COULD EVEN
SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS...BUT DO NOT EXPECT ANY
ACCUMS OUTSIDE OF THE NC MTNS. SPEAKING OF SNOW...TEMPS ARE FALLING
ACROSS THE RIDGES AND SHOULD START FALLING IN THE VALLEYS AS COLD
AIR WORKS IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AND
CONTINUE THRU THE NITE. WINDS WERE QUITE GUSTY WITH THE FRONT... BUT
DO NOT EXPECT GUSTS TO BE AS STRONG OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS OVERNIGHT.
THAT SAID...GUSTS ARE LIKELY FROM TIME TO TIME OVERNIGHT. STRONGER
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MTNS. OTHERWISE...MAIN CHANGES WERE FOR
CURRENT CONDITIONS AS MOST OF THIS HAD ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE
EARLIER UPDATE.

AS OF 705 PM...LONG UPDATE PROCESS BUT WAS ABLE TO PUT A LINE OF
CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS THE CWFA SIMILAR TO WHAT IS OCCURRING ATTM.
ISOLATED TSRA AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE LINE...
MAINLY OVER SC...BUT COULD DEVELOP OVER THE SRN NC PIEDMONT AS WELL.
EXPECT PRECIP TO DISSIPATE BEHIND THE LINE WITH LIFTING LOW CLOUDS
AND GUSTY W TO NW WINDS DEVELOPING. THE GUSTY WINDS MAY DIMINISH A
LITTLE OVERNIGHT...BUT EXPECT THEM TO GENERALLY CONTINUE. SHOWERS
MOVING ACROSS THE MTNS ATTM ARE GENERALLY RAIN...BUT COULD FALL AS
SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL WILL GENERALLY HOLD OFF UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR LATER WHEN COLD
NWLY FLOW KICKS IN. STILL EXPECT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS TO DEVELOP OVER
THE WARNING AND ADV AREAS BY MORNING. HAVE UPDATED TEMPS WITH LATEST
FORECAST WHICH KEEPS US WARMER THIS EVENING THEN COLDER ACROSS THE
BOARD AFTER MIDNIGHT.

AS OF 225 PM EST...A COMPLICATED WX PATTERN IS ON STORE OVER THE
PERIOD. THE FIRST ITEM OF CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
TO SVR STORMS ACROSS THE SRN ZONES THIS EVENING. MODEL SOUNDING
CONTINUE TO SHOW A DESTABILIZED ATMOS BY 00Z ACROSS NE GA AND INTO
THE UPSTATE...SHIFTING EAST PAST THE I77 CORRIDOR BY MIDNIGHT. THIS
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A 50+ KT LLVL JET AND A GOOD AMOUNT OF SHEAR.
WITH THE CLOUDS CLEARING OVER THE WARM SECTOR THIS AFTERNOON...A
DECENT AMOUNT SBCAPE WILL LIKELY BE REALIZED AS THE SFC FRONT NEARS
THE AREA. SO...WILL ANTICIPATE SOME STRONGER CONVECTION MOVING INTO
NE GA AROUND 22Z OR SO....A FEW OF THESE COULD FORM ORGANIZED LINES
OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE CELLS PRODUCING STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST.

THE NEXT CONCERN WILL BE THE WINTER STORM SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NC
MTNS. THE UPPER LOW AND SFC FEATURE WILL MAXIMIZE DEEP LAYERED LIFT
BTW 00Z-06Z TONIGHT. WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE UPSTREAM THIS
TIMEFRAME SHOULD SEE THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES AFT 03Z WHEN H85
TEMPS DROP TO -6C AND QUICKLY CHANGE RAIN TO SNOWFALL. H85
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP TO AROUND -10C THROUGH 12Z AND THIS
WILL INCREASE SF RATIOS. LLVL WINDS ARE NOT VERY FAVORABLE BEING
W/LY...BUT ENOUGH MECH LIFT WILL REMAIN AFTER THE UPPER DYNAMICS
SHIFT EAST TO MAINTAIN A CONTINUED UPSLOPE SN EVENT DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. TERRAIN FLOW SHIFTS DISTINCTLY NW/LY AROUND 15Z AND THIS
WILL AIDE IN CONTINUED SNOWFALL. SO...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL
CONTINUE TO MENTION 24 HR WARNING LEVEL SNOW OVER THE WRN MOST
MTNS.

THE NEXT THREAT WILL BE THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. CROSS SECTIONS AND
SOUNDINGS INDICATE A VERY STRONG LLJ TRAVERSING THE AREA TONIGHT AND
AND GOOD CAA DOWNWARD MOMENTUM MIXING DURING THE DAY WED. HIGH WIND
MENTION IS ALREADY INCLUDED WSW/S...AND A NPW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF THE NRN FOOTHILLS IS IN PLACE THROUGH TOMORROW...AND HAVE ADDED A
NEW NPW FOR ADVISORY LEVEL WIND ACROSS ALL OTHER ZONES BEGINNING
TOMORROW MORNING AROUND DAY BREAK AND CONTINUING TILL MIDNIGHT.

MIN TEMPS WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING MTNS...AND NEAR FREEZING
ELSEWHERE. THE BETTER NON/MTN MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL BE ACROSS THE
NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT TONIGHT AND THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO
ENABLE A MIX OF SN/RA AFT MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK. MAX TEMPS WED
WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN A CAA NW/LY REGIME.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM TUESDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DOMINATE THE SHORT
RANGE PERIOD AS A CUTOFF UPPER LOW OFF THE EAST COAST IS BLOCKED
FROM ESCAPE TO THE EAST. ANOTHER UPPER LOW/SHORT WAVE WILL BE
ASSIMILATED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...BUT THIS WILL MOVE PAST WELL
TO OUR NORTHEAST. THUS...FOR THE MOST PART...WE WILL REMAIN UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PRODUCTION OF SNOW ALONG THE TN BORDER WILL
CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS MOISTURE MOVES DOWN FROM THE NW...BUT
THIS SHOULD WANE ON THURSDAY MORNING AS THE MOISTURE PULLS OUT.
PRECIP CHANCES START OUT LIKELY ON THE TN BORDER WEDNESDAY EVE AND
THEN TAPER OFF FROM THERE...ENDING BY MIDDAY ON THURSDAY. IT STILL
LOOKS LIKE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER INCH OR TWO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...SO THE WARNING CONTINUATION THROUGH SUNRISE THURSDAY LOOKS
TO BE RIGHT ON TRACK. THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE IT EAST
OF THE BLUE RIDGE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE THROUGH THE
PERIOD...WITH HIGHS THURSDAY ABOUT FIVE DEGREES WARMER THAN
WEDNESDAY...THEN ANOTHER CATEGORY OR SO WARMER AGAIN ON FRIDAY. LOW
TEMPS WILL ALSO SHOW A MODERATING TREND...ALTHO NOT AS PRONOUNCED.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM EST TUESDAY...THE LATEST MODELS AGREE THAT NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT FRI NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO
UPPER RIDGING SAT WITH CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH BUILDING IN FROM THE
NORTH. THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS IS PROGGED TO CROSS THE FORECAST AREA
SUN WITH THE CENTER OF CANADIAN HIGH SHIFTING OFFSHORE. THE RESULT
WILL BE MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH SEASONABLY WARM DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES FRI THROUGH SUN.

H5 HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE OVER THE AREA SUN NIGHT AS THE
RIDGE AXIS MOVES OFFSHORE AND A BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE CENTRAL CONUS. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
REVEAL DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE TRACK/TIMING OF THIS
TROUGH MON THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SLOWER ECMWF SUGGEST THAT A CLOSED
H5 LOW OVER TX/OK PANHANDLE REGION MON WILL TRACK EASTWARD TOWARD
THE REGION REACHING OUR WESTERN ZONES BY 12Z WED WHILE THE GFS LIFTS
THE LOW INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY 00Z TUE WITH POSITIVELY
TILTED TROUGH AXIS AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSSING THE REGION
AROUND 12Z TUE. I USED GFS/ECMWF BLEND WHICH IS FAVORED BY THE HPC
MON/TUE WITH THE FROPA OCCURRING OVER THE REGION LATE MON INTO EARLY
TUE. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY...POPS HAVE BEEN CAPPED AT 30/40 PERCENT
DURING THIS PERIOD. ALTHOUGH MODELS SHOW STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
OVER THE AREA...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THE FROPA
AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE LACK OF INSTABILITY. TEMPS WILL STAY NEAR
NORMAL RANGE THROUGH DAY 7.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...LINE OF SH/TSRA MOVING TOWARD THE AIRPORT WILL MOVE EAST
OF THE AREA BY 9 PM. ALTHOUGH BEST CHC OF ANY CG LIGHTNING WILL BE
SOUTH OF THE AIRFIELD...THERE IS SOME IN CLOUD LIGHTNING HEADING
TOWARD THE AIRPORT. THEREFORE...HAVE TEMPO FOR TS. BOUNDARY MOVED
SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT...SO WINDS WILL REMAIN NLY AHEAD OF THE LINE...
THEN GO NWLY BEHIND IT. EXPECT WIND TO TURN S OF WEST NEAR MIDNIGHT
THEN BACK TO NW BEFORE DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL REMAINS STRONG AND GUSTY
THRU THE NITE. STRONGER NW WIND DEVELOPS AROUND NOON AND CONTINUES
THRU THE DAY UNTIL DIMINISHING A LITTLE NEAR SUNSET. RESTRICTIONS
WILL REDEVELOP WITH THE LINE AND LINGER UNTIL SLOW LIFTING DEVELOPS
AFTER. HOWEVER...LOW VFR WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGH
BASED STRATOCU CIGS WILL LINGER THRU MID AFTERNOON WHEN CLEARING
DEVELOPS.

AT KAVL...MVFR WILL LINGER THRU THE NIGHT EVEN AS SHOWERS MOVE EAST.
THIS FROM CLOUDS RETURNING IN THE MOIST NW FLOW UP THE FRENCH BROAD
VALLEY. DO NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOW SHOWERS AT THE AIRPORT
BUT SOME FLURRIES COULD DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMES NW AND
GUSTY OVERNIGHT WITH STRONGER NLY GUSTS DEVELOPING AFTER DAYBREAK
AND CONTINUING THRU THE DAY WED.

ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR CONDITIONS BUT QUICKER IMPROVEMENT AS THE LINE
MOVES EAST. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING HERE AS WELL. HKY THE
EXCEPTION WHERE IFR LINGERS A LITTLE LONGER UNTIL FROPA HELPS LIFT
CIGS.

OUTLOOK...WINDY NW FLOW CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO WED NIGHT AS
STRONG LOW PRES PULLS AWAY OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. LINGERING
RESTRICTIONS AND NEARBY SHSN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT KAVL THROUGH
WED. STRONG DRY RIDGING WILL THEN DEVELOP THU THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            02-08Z        08-14Z        14-20Z        20-02Z
KCLT       HIGH  85%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH  99%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       LOW   56%     MED   70%     MED   65%     HIGH  83%
KHKY       LOW   52%     MED   64%     HIGH  94%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       MED   77%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ501-
     503-505.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-063>065-068>072-082-502-504-
     506>510.
     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-
     048>052-058-059.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR
     NCZ053-062.
SC...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JOH
NEAR TERM...RWH/SBK
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...RWH

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 11:17 PM EST, 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1117 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-063>065-068>072-082-
502-504-506>510-SCZ001>014-019-070430-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
1117 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>052-058-059-070430-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
1117 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

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.

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ053-062-070430-
BUNCOMBE-MACON-
1117 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

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.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ501-503-505-070430-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
1117 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

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 ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 6:43 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
643 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

SCZ006-007-010-012-013-060030-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
643 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ANDERSON...NORTHERN
LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG AND UNION
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EST...

AT 638 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELTON...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  HICKORY TAVERN...
  GRAY COURT...
  ENOREE...
  CROSS KEYS...
  BUFFALO...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3463 8251 3495 8176 3491 8170 3490 8165
      3487 8163 3489 8160 3488 8156 3459 8144
      3446 8244

07

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:00 PM EST, 5 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
700 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

SCZ011-012-019-060045-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS-
700 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD
AND SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EST...

AT 658 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF VERDERY...OR 5 MILES EAST OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GREENWOOD...
  LAKE GREENWOOD...
  CROSS HILL...
  CLINTON...
  JOANNA...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3406 8234 3406 8242 3435 8236 3455 8167
      3453 8164 3436 8178 3430 8189 3426 8190
      3420 8194 3418 8190 3412 8187 3402 8232

07

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:19 PM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

SCZ008-009-012>014-060100-
CHEROKEE-CHESTER-LAURENS-UNION-YORK-
719 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LAURENS...CHESTER...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...UNION AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EST...

AT 717 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PACOLET MILLS TO
JONESVILLE TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSS ANCHOR...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CROSS KEYS...
  UNION...
  HICKORY GROVE...
  CARLISLE...
  MCCONNELLS...
  YORK...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3482 8089 3480 8088 3462 8104 3453 8206
      3465 8195 3458 8187 3460 8185 3483 8179
      3491 8171 3493 8175 3503 8179 3510 8105
      3506 8106 3505 8103 3511 8093 3507 8090
      3495 8086 3484 8086

07

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:56 PM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
756 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

NCZ071-082-SCZ009-060145-
MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK-
756 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN YORK...SOUTHERN
MECKLENBURG AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EST...

AT 751 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCCONNELLS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF YORK...
MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ROCK HILL...
  CATAWBA...
  FORT MILL...
  WAXHAW...
  MINERAL SPRINGS...
  STALLINGS...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3481 8031 3481 8079 3494 8079 3505 8089
      3501 8090 3495 8086 3483 8087 3482 8130
      3495 8129 3520 8067 3523 8059 3517 8046
      3518 8037 3517 8035 3520 8027

07

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 8:24 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
824 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

NCZ071-072-082-060215-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-UNION-
824 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...EASTERN MECKLENBURG
AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EST...

AT 821 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MATTHEWS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTER
CITY CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FAIRVIEW...
  MIDLAND...
  MOUNT PLEASANT...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3508 8073 3510 8073 3537 8065 3550 8035
      3550 8031 3549 8030 3540 8035 3520 8050
      3519 8050 3517 8044 3519 8028

07

Local storm report, Mar 5, 11:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1140 PM EST TUE MAR 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     IVA                     34.31N 82.66W
03/05/2013                   ANDERSON           SC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND WIND
            DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS.

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Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Rabun

When: March 6, 12:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
Where: Rabun forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, March 2013

Sources

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 442162.