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Issuing Office: Greenville-Spartanburg
Source: National.Weather.Service

2:47pm EDT, Thu May 4

... WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS... THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * HAZARDS... VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. * TIMING... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON, TAPERING OFF GRADUALLY BY LATE EVENING. * WINDS... SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN POPULATED AREAS. GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP. &&
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... VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO AFFECT THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.