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Wed Mar 21 13:41:18 2001
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
140 PM EST WED MAR 21 2001
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE COURTESY OF COUNTY AND STATE
OFFICIALS...FOREST SERVICE RANGERS...AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS.
THE SNOW TOTALS GIVEN ARE THOSE MEASURED OR ESTIMATED BEFORE THE
MELTING BEGAN.  SNOW WAS MELTING AT NEARLY ALL LOCATIONS AND THE
WIND IS MUCH LIGHTER TODAY.  MANY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO HAVE POWER
OUTAGES...MAINLY IN NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.  SCATTERED
WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PIEDMONT AND
FOOTHILLS.  THE DAMAGE WAS MORE SIGNIFICANT IN AND NEAR THE
MOUNTAINS.
IN NORTH CAROLINA...
AVERY............18 TO 26 INCHES OF SNOW WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE
COUNTY...WITH 3 TO 4 FEET DRIFTS.  24 INCHES AT BEECH MOUNTAIN.  THE
WIND DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND RIPPED A SIGNAL
LIGHT FROM THE HOST LINE IN BANNER ELK.
BUNCOMBE........UP TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN WEST END OF THE COUNTY.
AT LEAST FIFTY TREES OR POWER LINES DOWNED LATE TUESDAY ACROSS
COUNTY.
BURKE............THE JONAS RIDGE AREA HAD FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES OF
SNOW.  4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AT STEEL CREEK.  THE REST OF THE COUNTY
ONLY HAD A SLUSHY SNOW...MELTED AS IT FELL.
CALDWELL.........NORTHERN TIP OF THE COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 321 TOWARD
BLOWING ROCK HAD 8 INCHES OF SNOW.
HAYWOOD.........8 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW AT WAYNESVILLE. 12 INCHES OF
SNOW IN OUTLYING AREAS. MANY TREES/POWER LINES WERE DOWNED LATE
TUESDAY.  17 INCHES OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 4000 FEET...NORTH OF
MAGGIE VALLEY.
HENDERSON.......6.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE ASHEVILLE REGIONAL
AIRPORT...LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE COUNTY.  MANY TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWNED TUESDAY.
JACKSON.........12 INCHES OF SNOW AT BALSAM. SNOW MELTED AS IT FELL
IN SYLVA.
MACON...........13 INCHES OF SNOW AT HIGHLANDS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SERVICE. POWER WAS OUT AT HIGHLANDS LATE TUESDAY.
MADISON..........SNOW WAS AROUND 2 FEET DEEP WHERE HIGHWAYS 63 AND
209 COME TOGETHER...NEAR THE HAYWOOD COUNTY BORDER.  ALSO NUMEROUS
TREES WERE DOWN IN THAT SECTION OF COUNTY.  IN THE FRENCH BROAD
RIVER VALLEY SECTION (MARSHALL AND HOT SPRINGS)...THE SNOW THAT FELL
ON TUESDAY MELTED NOT LONG AFTER FALLING...AS IT WAS A RAIN TO SNOW
MIXTURE.
MCDOWELL........3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND AT OLD FORT LATE
TUESDAY BEFORE MELTING. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALL OVER COUNTY.
MITCHELL.........12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW AT NORTHERN END OF
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR ROAN MOUNTAIN.  GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTY.  SCATTERED DOWNED TREES.
SWAIN...........SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT ALARKA.  4 INCHES WAS
THE GENERAL AMOUNT IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  THE SNOW MELTED AS IT
FELL IN LOWER ELEVATIONS...SUCH AS AT BRYSON CITY.  SWAIN
EXPERIENCED LESS PROBLEMS WITH THE WIND THAN SOME OF THE SURROUNDING
COUNTIES.
TRANSYLVANIA....8 INCHES OF SNOW IN BREVARD. 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN
BALSAM GROVE...ROSMAN...AND PENROSE. 24 INCHES OF SNOW AT CEDAR
MOUNTAIN.
YANCEY............10 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE
COUNTY...BUT HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  ESTIMATED 8
INCHES OF SNOW IN BURNSVILLE.  MANY TREES WERE DOWNED FROM THE HIGH
WINDS.
MOUNT MITCHELL....WINDS YESTERDAY WERE SUSTAINED AT 60 TO 70
MPH...DOWNING TREES AND RIPPED AWAY SOME SHINGLES.  THE TEMPERATURE
AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING WAS 20 DEGREES...WITH 29 INCHES OF SNOW
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.  SNOW DEPTH WAS 30 INCHES...WITH DRIFTS TO 6
FEET.  RANGERS LOST GENERATOR POWER FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS...AND HAD NO
LIGHTS OR HEAT. THE TEMPERATURE AT 1050 AM EST WAS 31 DEGREES.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREENVILLE........8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE WATERSHED AREA OF
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...NEAR TABLE ROCK.  SOMEWHAT LESS
AMOUNTS AT CAESARS HEAD.  5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE CLIFFS OF GLASSY
MOUNTAIN.  AROUND 100 TREES WERE DOWNED BY THE WIND...MAINLY IN THE
NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY.
IN GEORGIA...THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNT REPORTED WAS AT SKY
VALLEY WITH 10 INCHES.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTALS FROM 7 AM TUESDAY
TO 7 AM WEDNESDAY.  THIS IS THE RAINFALL OR MELT WATER AMOUNTS...
IN NORTH CAROLINA...
BLANTYRE...........2.39 INCHES
HENDERSONVILLE.....2.36 INCHES
OLD FORT...........2.19 INCHES
SPRUCE PINE........1.94 INCHES
PISGAH FOREST......1.94 INCHES
TRYON..............1.92 INCHES
BEECH MOUNTAIN.....1.90 INCHES
CANDLER............1.87 INCHES
MORGANTON..........1.81 INCHES
LINCOLNTON.........1.75 INCHES
FOREST CITY........1.60 INCHES
MONROE.............1.58 INCHES
ASHEVILLE-REGIONAL.1.52 INCHES
VALE...............1.52 INCHES
LAKE WYLIE.........1.52 INCHES
GASTONIA...........1.50 INCHES
CONCORD............1.41 INCHES
CHARLOTTE-DOUGLAS..1.39 INCHES
HICKORY............1.38 INCHES
SHELBY.............1.35 INCHES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
GAFFNEY..........................2.10 INCHES
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AIRPORT...1.85 INCHES
WARE SHOALS......................1.80 INCHES
LOCKHART.........................1.76 INCHES
ANDERSON.........................1.67 INCHES
CLINTON..........................1.66 INCHES
UNION............................1.61 INCHES
WOODRUFF.........................1.60 INCHES
LAKE BOWEN.......................1.59 INCHES
TRAVELERS REST...................1.40 INCHES
CLEVELAND........................1.23 INCHES
THE HIGHEST TOTAL FROM OUR GEORGIA SITES WAS AT CORNELIA WITH
1.01 INCHES.
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