HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1015 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1015 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
WILL FORM NORTH OF A WARM FRONT AND WILL HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF
PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...LATE TONIGHT THAT FRONT MAY
MOVE INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE. IF THAT WERE TO
OCCUR...AREAS FROM ELBERTON TO LAURENS AND CHESTER COULD SEE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   HIGH WIND WATCH.
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT
OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. AS THE
GROUND WILL BE WET FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS RAIN...QUITE A FEW
TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN BY THE GUSTY WINDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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HIGH WIND WATCH
Issue Date: 231 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
.A BELT OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A POTENT STORM SYSTEM
WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE TODAY AND OVERSPREAD MOUNTAINS
THROUGH TONIGHT. MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND RIDGETOPS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA WILL EXPERIENCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A
COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
BEHIND THE FRONT...WIND GUSTS WILL BE EVEN STRONGER ACROSS THE
HIGH ELEVATIONS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THE STRONG WIND
GUSTS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
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STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-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...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...
STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...
LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
231 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME
NORTHEST GEORGIA.
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...WE SHOULD WARM UP
ENOUGH IN THE AFTERNOON TO BE ABLE TO MIX SOME OF THE STRONGER
WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WHILE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO REACH 40 MPH...A FEW GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH ARE NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION. THE MAIN CONCERN IS THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL
KNOCK DOWN NUMEROUS TREES THAT THE WET SOIL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HOLD IN THE GROUND. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD ALSO KNOCK
DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
LATER GUIDANCE WILL DETERMINE IF THE WATCH IS UPGRADED TO A
WARNING OR REPLACED WITH AN ADVISORY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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