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NWS Wind Chill Advisory (Mitchell County)
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Wind Chill Advisory issued February 11 at 4:20AM EST until February 12 at 6:00AM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg
...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT... .ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION TODAY WHICH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AND SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. COLD AND BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. * TIMING...IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S FOR THE VALLEYS AND LOWER 20S FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY AND THEN FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN. * WINDS...WILL STEADILY INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TODAY WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 55 MPH OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Counties Affected:
Avery; Mitchell; Yancey
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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Wind Chill Advisory issued February 11 at 4:20AM EST until February 12 at 6:00AM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg
...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT... .ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION TODAY WHICH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AND SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. COLD AND BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. * TIMING...IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S FOR THE VALLEYS AND LOWER 20S FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY AND THEN FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN. * WINDS...WILL STEADILY INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TODAY WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 55 MPH OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Counties Affected:
Avery; Mitchell; Yancey
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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NWS Winter Storm Warning (Mitchell County)
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Winter Storm Warning issued February 11 at 4:20AM EST until February 12 at 6:00AM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg
...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT... .ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION TODAY WHICH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AND SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. COLD AND BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. * TIMING...IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S FOR THE VALLEYS AND LOWER 20S FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY AND THEN FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN. * WINDS...WILL STEADILY INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TODAY WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 55 MPH OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Counties Affected:
Avery; Mitchell; Yancey
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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Winter Storm Warning issued February 11 at 4:20AM EST until February 12 at 6:00AM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg
...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT... .ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION TODAY WHICH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AND SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. COLD AND BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. * TIMING...IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. * TEMPERATURES...WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE UPPER 20S FOR THE VALLEYS AND LOWER 20S FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY AND THEN FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN. * WINDS...WILL STEADILY INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TODAY WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 55 MPH OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Counties Affected:
Avery; Mitchell; Yancey
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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Photo for February 10, 2012
Grandfather Mountain from top of Elk Knob.
February 9, 2012
Photo by Greg Waller.
