NWS Wind Advisory (Buncombe County)

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Wind Advisory issued March 12 at 11:47AM EDT until March 13 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...A PASSING STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SUPPORT STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE COLD AND MOIST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUPPORT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES TONIGHT. ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLE UPROOTING OF TREES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

Counties Affected:
Buncombe; Burke Mountains; Caldwell Mountains; Graham; Haywood; Henderson; Macon; Madison; McDowell Mountains; Northern Jackson; Polk Mountains; Rutherford Mountains; Southern Jackson; Swain; Transylvania

Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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