HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 542 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 530 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WIND ADVISORY.
RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM. RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS
WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
AS STREAM AND LAKE LEVELS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WHILE A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR GRADIENT WINDS...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
FORM COULD ENHANCE THE DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL...AND POSSIBLY BRING
STRONG WINDS DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. AS THE GROUND WILL BE
NEARLY SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS RAIN...QUITE A FEW TREES
COULD FALL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 418 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...STRONG MOUNTAIN WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE...
.A BELT OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A POTENT STORM SYSTEM
WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATER TODAY AND OVERSPREAD MOUNTAINS
THROUGH TONIGHT.
GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-
082100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0017.091208T2100Z-091209T1100Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-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...CLARKESVILLE...NEWLAND...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...
FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE
418 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. WIND GUSTS COULD INCREASE TO AS MUCH 40 TO 50 MPH ACROSS
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET BY EVENING. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. TREES MAY BE TOPPLED WITHIN
THE WIND DRIVEN RAIN...AND POWERLINES COULD BE DOWNED BY THE HIGH WIND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND FOR ROADS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.
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CSH