Another Rain-, Windmaker Headed Our Way

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1123 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO
SOUTHWEST AND WEST THIS EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE
TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF
20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...
MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET...FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS.

TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE WINDY CONDITIONS...AND
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.

TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-290030-
/O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0021.071228T2000Z-071229T0400Z/
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...
ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK
1123 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM EST THIS EVENING.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST THIS
EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY
ABOVE 2500 FEET...FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1055 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES
TODAY WILL SEND A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. A
STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE
MOUNTAINS TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS.

GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-290000-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071229T0500Z/
RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...
CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
1055 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE
MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO BETWEEN
40 AND 50 MPH AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ALONG RIDGETOPS AND MOUNTAIN
PEAKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY
HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PUSH WIND
GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...AND PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND
DAMAGE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.