ZCZC CAEPNSGS Wed Mar 21 13:41:18 2001 ABUS34 KGSP 211840 PNSGSP 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. $$ OUTLAW  NNNN