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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for North Carolina
Issued by the National Weather Service
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List of Active Alerts by County
Alamance
high wind warning
Alexander
high wind warning
special weather statement
Alleghany
high wind warning
winter weather advisory
Anson
high wind warning
Ashe
high wind warning
winter storm warning
Avery
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Beaufort
wind advisory
Bertie
special weather statement
wind advisory
Bladen
flood warning
flood warning
wind advisory
Brunswick
wind advisory
Buncombe
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Burke Mountains
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Cabarrus
high wind warning
special weather statement
Caldwell Mountains
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Camden
special weather statement
wind advisory
Carteret
wind advisory
Caswell
high wind warning
winter weather advisory
Catawba
high wind warning
special weather statement
Chatham
high wind warning
Cherokee
short term forecast
wind advisory
Chowan
special weather statement
wind advisory
Clay
short term forecast
wind advisory
Cleveland
high wind warning
special weather statement
Columbus
wind advisory
Craven
wind advisory
Cumberland
flood warning
high wind warning
Davidson
high wind warning
Davie
high wind warning
special weather statement
Duplin
flood warning
wind advisory
Durham
high wind warning
Eastern Currituck
special weather statement
wind advisory
Eastern Dare
coastal flood warning
high wind warning
Eastern Hyde
coastal flood warning
high wind warning
Eastern McDowell
high wind warning
special weather statement
Eastern Polk
high wind warning
special weather statement
Edgecombe
flood warning
flood warning
high wind warning
Forsyth
high wind warning
Franklin
high wind warning
Gaston
high wind warning
special weather statement
Gates
special weather statement
wind advisory
Graham
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Granville
high wind warning
Greater Burke
high wind warning
special weather statement
Greater Caldwell
high wind warning
special weather statement
Greater Rutherford
high wind warning
special weather statement
Greene
flood warning
wind advisory
Guilford
high wind warning
Halifax
high wind warning
Harnett
high wind warning
Haywood
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Henderson
high wind warning
short term forecast
special weather statement
Hertford
special weather statement
wind advisory
Hoke
high wind warning
Iredell
high wind warning
special weather statement
Johnston
high wind warning
Jones
wind advisory
Lee
high wind warning
Lenoir
flood warning
wind advisory
Lincoln
high wind warning
special weather statement
Macon
high wind warning
short term forecast
special weather statement
Madison
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Martin
flood warning
flood warning
flood warning
wind advisory
McDowell Mountains
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Mecklenburg
high wind warning
special weather statement
Mitchell
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Montgomery
high wind warning
Moore
high wind warning
Nash
flood warning
high wind warning
New Hanover
wind advisory
Northampton
special weather statement
wind advisory
Northern Jackson
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Onslow
wind advisory
Orange
high wind warning
Pamlico
wind advisory
Pasquotank
special weather statement
wind advisory
Pender
flood warning
wind advisory
Perquimans
special weather statement
wind advisory
Person
high wind warning
Pitt
flood warning
wind advisory
Polk Mountains
high wind warning
short term forecast
special weather statement
Randolph
high wind warning
Richmond
high wind warning
Robeson
flood warning
wind advisory
Rockingham
high wind warning
winter weather advisory
Rowan
high wind warning
special weather statement
Rutherford Mountains
high wind warning
short term forecast
special weather statement
Sampson
high wind warning
Scotland
high wind warning
Southern Jackson
high wind warning
short term forecast
special weather statement
Stanly
high wind warning
Stokes
high wind warning
winter weather advisory
Surry
high wind warning
winter weather advisory
Swain
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Transylvania
high wind warning
short term forecast
special weather statement
Tyrrell
wind advisory
Union
high wind warning
special weather statement
Vance
high wind warning
Wake
high wind warning
Warren
high wind warning
Washington
wind advisory
Watauga
high wind warning
winter storm warning
Wayne
flood warning
high wind warning
Western Currituck
special weather statement
wind advisory
Western Dare
wind advisory
Western Hyde
wind advisory
Wilkes
high wind warning
winter weather advisory
Wilson
high wind warning
Yadkin
high wind warning
winter weather advisory
Yancey
short term forecast
special weather statement
winter storm warning
Flood Warning
Bladen (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT ELIZABETHTOWN AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR NEAR BURGAW AFFECTING PENDER COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA.. CAPE FEAR AT WILLIAM O HUSKE L and D 3 AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY LUMBER NEAR LUMBERTON AFFECTING ROBESON COUNTY LITTLE PEE DEE AT GALIVANTS FERRY AFFECTING DILLON...HORRY AND MARION COUNTIES WACCAMAW AT CONWAY AFFECTING HORRY COUNTY GREAT PEE DEE AT PEE DEE AFFECTING FLORENCE AND MARION COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE FLOOD WATERS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM UNDER THE RIVERS/LAKES AHPS LINK. NCC017-101858- /O.CON.KILM.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /STPN7.2.ER.100204T2340Z.100209T2045Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CAPE FEAR AT WILLIAM O HUSKE L and D 3. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 53.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 42.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO A STAGE OF 48.4 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 52.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER. WATER LEVELS WILL REACH THE DOOR SILL OF THE USGS WELL HOUSE. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Bladen (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT ELIZABETHTOWN AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR NEAR BURGAW AFFECTING PENDER COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA.. CAPE FEAR AT WILLIAM O HUSKE L and D 3 AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY LUMBER NEAR LUMBERTON AFFECTING ROBESON COUNTY LITTLE PEE DEE AT GALIVANTS FERRY AFFECTING DILLON...HORRY AND MARION COUNTIES WACCAMAW AT CONWAY AFFECTING HORRY COUNTY GREAT PEE DEE AT PEE DEE AFFECTING FLORENCE AND MARION COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE FLOOD WATERS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM UNDER THE RIVERS/LAKES AHPS LINK. NCC017-101857- /O.EXT.KILM.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100213T0215Z/ /ELZN7.1.ER.000000T0000Z.100210T1200Z.100212T1415Z.NO/ 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CAPE FEAR AT ELIZABETHTOWN. * UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 29.5 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL AFFECT LOW GROUNDS ALONG THE RIGHT BANK OF THE RIVER. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Cumberland (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT FAYETTEVILLE AFFECTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY TAR RIVER AT ROCKY MOUNT AFFECTING EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.. NEUSE RIVER NEAR GOLDSBORO AFFECTING WAYNE COUNTY TAR RIVER AT TARBORO AFFECTING EDGECOMBE COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NCC051-101411- /O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100211T0617Z/ /FAYN7.1.ER.100206T2302Z.100209T0945Z.100210T1817Z.NO/ 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CAPE FEAR AT FAYETTEVILLE. * AT 7:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 36.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 35.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 35.0 FEET...WATER OVERFLOWS BANKS BUT LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN CAPE FEAR FAYETTEVILLE 35 36.9 TUE 07 PM 32.5 29.6 26.6 25.4 $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Duplin (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 1010 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER NEAR CHINQUAPIN AFFECTING DUPLIN COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON AFFECTING GREENE COUNTY NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR COUNTY TAR RIVER AT GREENVILLE AFFECTING PITT COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV. NCC061-110310- /O.EXT.KMHX.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100211T2100Z/ /CHIN7.1.ER.100207T1035Z.100208T2115Z.100211T1500Z.NO/ 1010 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER NEAR CHINQUAPIN. * UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 14.0 FEET...LOW LAND FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES CAN BE EXPECTED. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Edgecombe (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT FAYETTEVILLE AFFECTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY TAR RIVER AT ROCKY MOUNT AFFECTING EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.. NEUSE RIVER NEAR GOLDSBORO AFFECTING WAYNE COUNTY TAR RIVER AT TARBORO AFFECTING EDGECOMBE COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NCC065-101411- /O.CON.KRAH.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-100214T1200Z/ /TARN7.1.ER.100207T1556Z.100210T0115Z.100214T0000Z.NO/ 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TAR RIVER AT TARBORO. * AT 8:15 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...THERE IS MINOR STREET FLOODING IN TARBORO THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN TAR RIVER TARBORO 19 22.5 TUE 08 PM 22.5 22.0 20.3 17.5 TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE: FAYETTEVILLE: 20.52 ROCKY MOUNT: 85.90 TARBORO: 10.37 GOLDSBORO: 42.95 $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Edgecombe (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT FAYETTEVILLE AFFECTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY TAR RIVER AT ROCKY MOUNT AFFECTING EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.. NEUSE RIVER NEAR GOLDSBORO AFFECTING WAYNE COUNTY TAR RIVER AT TARBORO AFFECTING EDGECOMBE COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NCC065-127-101411- /O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100211T1103Z/ /RKYN7.1.ER.100209T1350Z.100210T1200Z.100210T2303Z.NO/ 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TAR RIVER AT ROCKY MOUNT. * AT 6:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO AFFECT A FEW RIVERSIDE BUSINESSES. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN TAR RIVER ROCKY MOUNT 15 15.6 TUE 06 PM 13.6 11.5 9.9 8.7 $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Greene (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 1010 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER NEAR CHINQUAPIN AFFECTING DUPLIN COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON AFFECTING GREENE COUNTY NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR COUNTY TAR RIVER AT GREENVILLE AFFECTING PITT COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV. NCC079-110310- /O.CON.KMHX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /HOKN7.1.ER.100206T1207Z.100210T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1010 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.6 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT THEN BEGIN FALLING. * IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...WATER WILL BEGIN TO THREATEN HOMES DOWNSTREAM IN GRIFTON AND TICK BITE. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAINLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK IN LENOIR COUNTY WILL FLOOD. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Lenoir (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 1010 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER NEAR CHINQUAPIN AFFECTING DUPLIN COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON AFFECTING GREENE COUNTY NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR COUNTY TAR RIVER AT GREENVILLE AFFECTING PITT COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV. NCC107-110310- /O.CON.KMHX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /KINN7.2.ER.100206T0419Z.100215T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1010 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING AND APPROACH 18.0 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RISES MAY BE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. * IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...WIDESPREAD LOW LAND FLOODING IS LIKELY ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. WATER WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH SOME SECONDARY ROADS OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF KINSTON. RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Martin (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 1011 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... ROANOKE RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY ROANOKE RIVER AT HAMILTON AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY ROANOKE RIVER NEAR OAK CITY AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV. NCC117-110310- /O.CON.KMHX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /OAKN7.1.DR.100122T1534Z.100208T0715Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1011 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER NEAR OAK CITY. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 19.5 FEET. * FORECASTS ARE NOT ISSUED FOR THIS LOCATION. THIS WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW FLOOD STAGE. $$ FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM EST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI ROANOKE RIVER WILLIAMSTON 10 11.5 TUE 07 PM 11.5 11.5 11.5 NON-FORECAST POINTS HAMILTON 16 17.5 TUE 09 PM N/A N/A N/A OAK CITY 20 20.7 TUE 10 PM N/A N/A N/AIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Martin (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 1011 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... ROANOKE RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY ROANOKE RIVER AT HAMILTON AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY ROANOKE RIVER NEAR OAK CITY AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV. NCC117-110311- /O.CON.KMHX.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /HMLN7.U.DR.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1011 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER AT HAMILTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FORECASTS ARE NOT ISSUED FOR THIS LOCATION. THIS WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW FLOOD STAGE. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Martin (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 1011 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... ROANOKE RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY ROANOKE RIVER AT HAMILTON AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY ROANOKE RIVER NEAR OAK CITY AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV. NCC117-110311- /O.CON.KMHX.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /WLLN7.1.DR.000000T0000Z.100208T1300Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1011 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 7 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR 11.5 FEET. * IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...WIDESPREAD LOW LAND FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Nash (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT FAYETTEVILLE AFFECTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY TAR RIVER AT ROCKY MOUNT AFFECTING EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.. NEUSE RIVER NEAR GOLDSBORO AFFECTING WAYNE COUNTY TAR RIVER AT TARBORO AFFECTING EDGECOMBE COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NCC065-127-101411- /O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100211T1103Z/ /RKYN7.1.ER.100209T1350Z.100210T1200Z.100210T2303Z.NO/ 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TAR RIVER AT ROCKY MOUNT. * AT 6:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO AFFECT A FEW RIVERSIDE BUSINESSES. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN TAR RIVER ROCKY MOUNT 15 15.6 TUE 06 PM 13.6 11.5 9.9 8.7 $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Pender (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT ELIZABETHTOWN AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR NEAR BURGAW AFFECTING PENDER COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA.. CAPE FEAR AT WILLIAM O HUSKE L and D 3 AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY LUMBER NEAR LUMBERTON AFFECTING ROBESON COUNTY LITTLE PEE DEE AT GALIVANTS FERRY AFFECTING DILLON...HORRY AND MARION COUNTIES WACCAMAW AT CONWAY AFFECTING HORRY COUNTY GREAT PEE DEE AT PEE DEE AFFECTING FLORENCE AND MARION COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE FLOOD WATERS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM UNDER THE RIVERS/LAKES AHPS LINK. NCC141-101857- /O.EXT.KILM.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100214T1200Z/ /BGWN7.1.ER.100209T1115Z.100211T0600Z.100214T0000Z.NO/ 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR NEAR BURGAW. * UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 6:45 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.8 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODWATERS CONTINUE TO RISE AND AFFECT ROADS IN THE RIVER BEND AND RIVER BIRCH SUBDIVISIONS OFF HIGHWAY 53 ALONG THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER. PORTIONS OF CROOMSBRIDGE ROAD AND OLD MAPLE HILL ROAD BECOME IMPASSABLE. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Pitt (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 1010 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER NEAR CHINQUAPIN AFFECTING DUPLIN COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON AFFECTING GREENE COUNTY NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR COUNTY TAR RIVER AT GREENVILLE AFFECTING PITT COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV. NCC147-110310- /O.CON.KMHX.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /PGVN7.1.ER.100207T0900Z.100212T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1010 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TAR RIVER AT GREENVILLE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.6 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING. * IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET...WATER WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD SOME SECONDARY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR LOW LANDS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM EST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI NORTH EAST CAPE FEAR RIVER CHINQUAPIN 13 13.9 TUE 09 PM 13.1 12.4 11.6 CONTENTNEA CREEK HOOKERTON 13 14.5 TUE 09 PM 14.6 14.4 14.2 NEUSE RIVER KINSTON 14 16.2 TUE 09 PM 16.5 16.9 17.4 TAR RIVER GREENVILLE 13 15.6 TUE 09 PM 16.4 16.6 16.5Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Robeson (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT ELIZABETHTOWN AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR NEAR BURGAW AFFECTING PENDER COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA.. CAPE FEAR AT WILLIAM O HUSKE L and D 3 AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY LUMBER NEAR LUMBERTON AFFECTING ROBESON COUNTY LITTLE PEE DEE AT GALIVANTS FERRY AFFECTING DILLON...HORRY AND MARION COUNTIES WACCAMAW AT CONWAY AFFECTING HORRY COUNTY GREAT PEE DEE AT PEE DEE AFFECTING FLORENCE AND MARION COUNTIES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE FLOOD WATERS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM UNDER THE RIVERS/LAKES AHPS LINK. NCC155-101857- /O.CON.KILM.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /LBRN7.2.ER.000000T0000Z.100211T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 958 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LUMBER NEAR LUMBERTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9:10 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.2 FEET BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN FALLING. * IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL AFFECT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ESPECIALLY IN THE PINES AREA. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Flood Warning
Wayne (North Carolina)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... CAPE FEAR AT FAYETTEVILLE AFFECTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY TAR RIVER AT ROCKY MOUNT AFFECTING EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.. NEUSE RIVER NEAR GOLDSBORO AFFECTING WAYNE COUNTY TAR RIVER AT TARBORO AFFECTING EDGECOMBE COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NCC191-101411- /O.CON.KRAH.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /GLDN7.2.ER.100208T0945Z.100212T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 911 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NEUSE RIVER NEAR GOLDSBORO. * AT 8:15 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 21.0 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING. * IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...RIVERVIEW TRAILER PARK HOMES AND STEVENS MILL ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN NEUSE RIVER GOLDSBORO 18 19.2 TUE 08 PM 20.7 20.7 19.9 18.9 $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Ashe (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES. STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. ALSO...THESE WINDS CAN DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Ashe (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-WVZ042-043-045-101200- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100211T1100Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. * SNOW WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT OVERNIGHT BUT PICK UP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...6 TO 10 INCHES WILL FALL ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET IN GREENBRIER COUNTY CAN EXPECT 1 TO 4 INCHES. * STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO OR COLDER MAY OCCUR LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Alleghany (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES. STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. ALSO...THESE WINDS CAN DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Alleghany (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ002-VAZ009-015-101200- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100211T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SMYTH-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...MARION...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. * MAINLY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS THAT WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATER TONIGHT WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AROUND ZERO...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Surry (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- WVZ042>045-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Surry (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>034-043>047-058-059-101000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * VERY LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Stokes (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- WVZ042>045-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Stokes (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>034-043>047-058-059-101000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * VERY LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Rockingham (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ005-006-VAZ058-059-101030- /O.UPG.KRNK.HW.A.0001.100210T0500Z-100211T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 60 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH A WET GROUND WILL CAUSE TREES TO FALL. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Rockingham (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>034-043>047-058-059-101000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * VERY LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Caswell (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>034-043>047-058-059-101000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * VERY LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Caswell (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ005-006-VAZ058-059-101030- /O.UPG.KRNK.HW.A.0001.100210T0500Z-100211T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 60 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH A WET GROUND WILL CAUSE TREES TO FALL. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Person (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Granville (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Vance (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Warren (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Halifax (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Northampton (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Northampton (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Hertford (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Hertford (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Gates (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Gates (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Pasquotank (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Pasquotank (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Camden (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Camden (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Western Currituck (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Western Currituck (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Watauga (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-WVZ042-043-045-101200- /O.CON.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100211T1100Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. * SNOW WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT OVERNIGHT BUT PICK UP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...6 TO 10 INCHES WILL FALL ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET IN GREENBRIER COUNTY CAN EXPECT 1 TO 4 INCHES. * STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO OR COLDER MAY OCCUR LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Watauga (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES. STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. ALSO...THESE WINDS CAN DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Wilkes (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- WVZ042>045-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Wilkes (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>034-043>047-058-059-101000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * VERY LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Yadkin (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- WVZ042>045-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Yadkin (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING IN ON ITS HEELS. THIS WILL KEEP SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>034-043>047-058-059-101000- /O.CON.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1047 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * VERY LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Forsyth (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Guilford (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Alamance (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Orange (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Durham (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Franklin (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Nash (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Edgecombe (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Martin (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Bertie (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Bertie (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Chowan (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Chowan (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Perquimans (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Perquimans (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Avery (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Avery (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH EXTREMELY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL 6 TO 8 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS AND NEAR THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Avery (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Alexander (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Alexander (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Iredell (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Iredell (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Davie (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Davie (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Davidson (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Randolph (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Chatham (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Wake (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Johnston (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Wilson (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Pitt (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Washington (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Tyrrell (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Western Dare (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ047-081-095-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0300Z/ MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-CARTERET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT... EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Madison (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Madison (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT IN TENNESSEE BORDER AREA LOCATIONS. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ABOUT 4 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY TO AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE HENDERSON COUNTY BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 5 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$ GERAPETRITISIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Madison (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Yancey (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Yancey (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Yancey (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH EXTREMELY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL 6 TO 8 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS AND NEAR THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Mitchell (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Mitchell (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Mitchell (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH EXTREMELY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL 6 TO 8 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS AND NEAR THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Swain (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Swain (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Swain (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT IN TENNESSEE BORDER AREA LOCATIONS. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ABOUT 4 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY TO AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE HENDERSON COUNTY BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 5 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$ GERAPETRITISIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Haywood (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT IN TENNESSEE BORDER AREA LOCATIONS. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ABOUT 4 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY TO AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE HENDERSON COUNTY BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 5 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$ GERAPETRITISIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Haywood (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Haywood (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Buncombe (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Buncombe (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Buncombe (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT IN TENNESSEE BORDER AREA LOCATIONS. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ABOUT 4 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY TO AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE HENDERSON COUNTY BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 5 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$ GERAPETRITISIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Catawba (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Catawba (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Rowan (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Rowan (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Graham (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Graham (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Graham (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT IN TENNESSEE BORDER AREA LOCATIONS. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ABOUT 4 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY TO AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE HENDERSON COUNTY BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 5 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$ GERAPETRITISIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Northern Jackson (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Northern Jackson (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT IN TENNESSEE BORDER AREA LOCATIONS. IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ABOUT 4 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY TO AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE HENDERSON COUNTY BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 5 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$ GERAPETRITISIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Northern Jackson (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Cherokee (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 305 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY... .VERY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BEHIND PASSAGE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS REGION INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...KEEPING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. NCZ060-061-TNZ012>017-035>040-042-044-046-067>071-073-081>087- 098>102-101615- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100210T2100Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS- MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY- WEST POLK-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT... WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE... MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY... ELIZABETHTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND... BENTON...DUCKTOWN 305 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 /205 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Cherokee (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 222 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ081>087-098>102-100930- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN- NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY- WEST POLK-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON... DUCKTOWN 222 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 /122 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010/ .NOW... THROUGH 600 AM EST (500 AM CST)...SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TN AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NC. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY. AN INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Clay (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 305 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY... .VERY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BEHIND PASSAGE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS REGION INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...KEEPING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. NCZ060-061-TNZ012>017-035>040-042-044-046-067>071-073-081>087- 098>102-101615- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100210T2100Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS- MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY- WEST POLK-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT... WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE... MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY... ELIZABETHTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND... BENTON...DUCKTOWN 305 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 /205 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Clay (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 222 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ081>087-098>102-100930- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN- NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY- WEST POLK-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON... DUCKTOWN 222 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 /122 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010/ .NOW... THROUGH 600 AM EST (500 AM CST)...SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TN AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NC. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY. AN INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Macon (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Macon (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Macon (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Southern Jackson (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Southern Jackson (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Southern Jackson (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Transylvania (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Transylvania (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Transylvania (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Henderson (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Henderson (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Henderson (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Cleveland (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Cleveland (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Lincoln (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Lincoln (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Gaston (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Gaston (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Mecklenburg (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Mecklenburg (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Cabarrus (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Cabarrus (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Stanly (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Montgomery (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Moore (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Lee (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Harnett (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Wayne (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Greene (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Beaufort (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Western Hyde (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ047-081-095-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0300Z/ MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-CARTERET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT... EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Union (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Union (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ001>003-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0653Z-100211T1100Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...AND THE WINDS MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Anson (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Richmond (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Scotland (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Hoke (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Robeson (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-101600- /O.CON.KILM.WI.Y.0001.100210T1300Z-100211T0100Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW... SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... FLORENCE...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE... GEORGETOWN 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE EASTERN CAOLINAS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE OUTDOOR...LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. AS THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED IT IS POSSIBLE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD FALL. $$ REKIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Cumberland (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Sampson (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-101100- /O.CON.KRAH.HW.W.0001.100210T1100Z-100211T0200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ VINCENTIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Duplin (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Lenoir (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Jones (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Craven (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Pamlico (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Carteret (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ047-081-095-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0300Z/ MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-CARTERET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT... EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Bladen (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-101600- /O.CON.KILM.WI.Y.0001.100210T1300Z-100211T0100Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW... SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... FLORENCE...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE... GEORGETOWN 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE EASTERN CAOLINAS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE OUTDOOR...LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. AS THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED IT IS POSSIBLE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD FALL. $$ REKIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Pender (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-101600- /O.CON.KILM.WI.Y.0001.100210T1300Z-100211T0100Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW... SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... FLORENCE...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE... GEORGETOWN 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE EASTERN CAOLINAS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE OUTDOOR...LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. AS THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED IT IS POSSIBLE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD FALL. $$ REKIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Onslow (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0008.100210T1200Z-100211T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR- JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON... WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL... KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE... POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE... BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... JACKSONVILLE 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DUE TO EXTREMELY WET SOIL SOIL CONDITIONS TREES MAY BE DOWNED WITH POWER OUTAGES RESULTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RSBIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Columbus (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-101600- /O.CON.KILM.WI.Y.0001.100210T1300Z-100211T0100Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW... SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... FLORENCE...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE... GEORGETOWN 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE EASTERN CAOLINAS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE OUTDOOR...LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. AS THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED IT IS POSSIBLE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD FALL. $$ REKIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Brunswick (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-101600- /O.CON.KILM.WI.Y.0001.100210T1300Z-100211T0100Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW... SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... FLORENCE...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE... GEORGETOWN 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE EASTERN CAOLINAS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE OUTDOOR...LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. AS THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED IT IS POSSIBLE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD FALL. $$ REKIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
New Hanover (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-101600- /O.CON.KILM.WI.Y.0001.100210T1300Z-100211T0100Z/ ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW... SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...DARLINGTON...DILLON... FLORENCE...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE... GEORGETOWN 254 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE EASTERN CAOLINAS TODAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE OUTDOOR...LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. AS THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED IT IS POSSIBLE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD FALL. $$ REKIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Eastern Currituck (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>073-079>084-087>098-101100- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0003.100210T1200Z-100211T0200Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 922 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Eastern Currituck (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ079>081-087>089-091>098-100930- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG... HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN... NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON 219 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...AREAS OF FOG MAY HAMPER TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD RECOVER TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ WAMSLEYIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Eastern Dare (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ103-104-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.HW.W.0002.100210T1200Z-100211T0300Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK... NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Coastal Flood Warning
Eastern Dare (North Carolina)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 727 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY NORTH OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY...WITH STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PILE WATER ALONG THE EASTERN SHORES OF THE SOUNDS. NCZ103-104-101100- /O.CON.KMHX.CF.W.0001.100210T1200Z-100211T1800Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 727 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE WATER LEVELS OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS AND ADJACENT OUTER BANKS. WATER LEVELS WILL RISE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ON THE SOUND SIDE OF THE OUTER BANKS WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THURSDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY WITH THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING ALONG THE SOUND SIDE OF THE OUTER BANKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Coastal Flood Warning
Eastern Hyde (North Carolina)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 727 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY NORTH OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY...WITH STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PILE WATER ALONG THE EASTERN SHORES OF THE SOUNDS. NCZ103-104-101100- /O.CON.KMHX.CF.W.0001.100210T1200Z-100211T1800Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 727 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE WATER LEVELS OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS AND ADJACENT OUTER BANKS. WATER LEVELS WILL RISE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ON THE SOUND SIDE OF THE OUTER BANKS WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THURSDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY WITH THE HIGHER WATER LEVELS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING ALONG THE SOUND SIDE OF THE OUTER BANKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Eastern Hyde (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NCZ103-104-101130- /O.CON.KMHX.HW.W.0002.100210T1200Z-100211T0300Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK... NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES 1016 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Caldwell Mountains (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Caldwell Mountains (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH EXTREMELY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL 6 TO 8 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS AND NEAR THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Caldwell Mountains (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Greater Caldwell (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Greater Caldwell (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Burke Mountains (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH EXTREMELY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL 6 TO 8 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS AND NEAR THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Burke Mountains (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Burke Mountains (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Greater Burke (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Greater Burke (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
McDowell Mountains (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
McDowell Mountains (North Carolina)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RIDE INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505-101700- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100211T1200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 311 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH EXTREMELY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY DUE TO THE WIND...BUT WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL 6 TO 8 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS AND NEAR THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES...AND HIGHER RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FINALIZE ANY LAST MINUTE PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES IN THE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 877-633-6772. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
McDowell Mountains (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Eastern McDowell (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Eastern McDowell (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Rutherford Mountains (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Rutherford Mountains (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Rutherford Mountains (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Greater Rutherford (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Greater Rutherford (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Polk Mountains (North Carolina)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-100830- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 1214 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR OTHER FORMS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS AND INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES THAT BORDER TENNESSEE. EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS FROM THIS PRECIPITATION AND REFREEZING MELT WATER FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Polk Mountains (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Polk Mountains (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Eastern Polk (North Carolina)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101200- 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-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1148 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...RISK OF BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING... ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON ROADWAYS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL FREEZE AND BECOME BLACK ICE...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S IN THE PIEDMONT. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOUR TIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH PATCHES OF ICE. $$ DEOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Wind Warning
Eastern Polk (North Carolina)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-101700- /O.EXT.KGSP.HW.W.0002.100210T0628Z-100211T1100Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 153 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR MOTORCYCLES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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