Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2005
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Oct 25, 2005, 3:17 AM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 26, 2005, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2005, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2005, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2005, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 269 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KGSP 250717 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 317 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 NCZ033-049-050-251000- /X.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ /X.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.051025T1000Z-051025T2200Z/ /X.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051025T1000Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 317 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING. A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-251000- /X.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ /X.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0004.051025T1000Z-051025T2200Z/ /X.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051025T1000Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 317 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING. A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GAZ029-NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-251530- /X.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0004.051025T1000Z-051025T2200Z/ /X.NEW.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SALISBURY...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...ROCK HILL... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 317 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FROST ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BECOMING LIGHT BY DAWN...AND AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID 30...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ GAZ026-028-NCZ034-035-054>056-068>070-SCZ008-010-251530- /X.NEW.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GASTON-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...MARION...MORGANTON... HICKORY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON 317 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. LIGHT WINDS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD FROST LATE TONIGHT. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ 07
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 251511 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1111 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 NCZ033-049-050-252100- /X.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ /X.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1111 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-252100- /X.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ /X.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 1111 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ034-054-055-252100- /X.EXA.KGSP.LW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/ /X.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ CALDWELL-MCDOWELL-BURKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...MORGANTON 1111 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BECOMING LIGHT BY DAWN...AND AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID 30...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ GAZ010-017-NCZ066-067-SCZ001>003-252100- /X.EXA.KGSP.LW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-POLK-RUTHERFORD-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...COLUMBUS... RUTHERFORDTON 1111 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GAZ029-NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-252100- /X.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/ /X.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SALISBURY...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...ROCK HILL... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1111 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BECOMING LIGHT BY DAWN...AND AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID 30...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ GAZ026-028-NCZ035-056-068>070-SCZ008-010-252100- /X.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ FRANKLIN-HART-ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-CHEROKEE- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...HICKORY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON 1111 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. LIGHT WINDS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD FROST LATE TONIGHT. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ RWH
000 WWUS72 KGSP 252126 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 526 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-260530- /X.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ /X.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051026T1000Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 526 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EARLY. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-260530- /X.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 526 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THEREFORE THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT LATER TONIGHT ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S. THIS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AREAS OF FROST LATE TONIGHT. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 260232 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1032 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-261000- /X.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ /X.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051026T1000Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE 1032 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FREEZE WARNING AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THOUGH WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER IN SOME SHELTERED VALLEYS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED VALLEYS AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-261000- /X.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0004.051026T0400Z-051026T1000Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1032 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT LATER TONIGHT...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S. THIS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AREAS OF FROST. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MCAVOY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Oct 25, 2:36 AM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 2:36 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...
UPPER LOW MOVES E ACROSS WV AND VA TODAY...THEN LIFTS NE TON AND
WED. VIGOROUS VORT LOBE CROSSING S APPALACHAIANS TODAY...EXPECTED TO
ENHANCE NW FLOW PRECIP ALONG TN LINE. MODEL SOUNDINGS VARY ON
MOISTURE CONTENT AND FREEZING LEVEL. WILL CARRY SNOW HIGHEST
ELEVATION NC MTS...MIX MID ELEVATIONS...AND RAIN BELOW. SNOW TOTALS
TODAY LESS THAN ONE INCH...WITH HIGH VALLEY FLOORS LESS THAN ONE
HALF INCH. WILL NOT ISSUE SNOW ADVISORY. WIND EXPECTED TO BE QUITE
GUSTY WITH 45 KNOTS AT 850 MB ANND PERSISTENT DOWNWARD VERTICAL
MOTION. WILL ISSUE WIND ADVISORY N NC MTS...AND LAKE WIND ADVISORY
REST OF NC MTS...AS WELL AS EASTERN PIEDMONT COUNTIES.
SNOW DIMINSHES AND WIND DECREASES TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW WEAKENS.
EXPECT ANOTHER NIGHT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES NC MTS TONIGHT...
DESPITE WIND OF MORE THAN 10 KNOTS. WIND DROPS OFF REST OF AREA
...SUPPORTING FROST ADVISORY ALL BUT S NC FOOTHILLS...AND SC/GA
FOOTHILLS...WHERE THERMAL BELT AND WEAK DOWNSLOPE EFFECTS WILL KEEP
TERMPERATURES IN UPPER 30S.
WED DRY AS NEXT VORT LOBE CHANNELLED OVER VA. WED NIGHT FEATURES YET
ANOTHER NIGHT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES NC MTS...WITH FROST SUPPORTED
REST OF AREA IN EVEN LIGHTER WINDS THAN TONIGHT. WILL NOT ISSUE
FREEZE WATCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS FREEZE TONIGHT SHOULD END GROWING
SEASON.
ANOTHER VORT LOBE DIVES INTO TN THU. MODELS VARY ON SOUTHWARD
EXTENSION OF MOISTURE. AT THIS TIME WILL INCREASE CLOUD COVER TO
PARTLY CLOUDY N TN LINE...LEAVING POPS JUST BELOW SLIGHT CHANCE.
ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT TODAY PER GUIDANCE...AND UP A BIT
WED IN BRIEFLY RISING HEIGHTS IN WAKE OF UPPER LOW. TEMPERATURES
COOL A BIT N TIER NC THU AS HEIGHTS FALL AGAIN WITH VORT LOBE DIVING
INTO MEAN TROUGH.
&&
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
COOL HIGH WILL BE OUR DOMINATE WEATHER FEATURE INTO THE WEEKEND
KEEPING THE FCST DRY AND TEMPERATURES BELOW LATE OCTOBER NORMALS.
&&
.AVIATION...
STRONG CYCLONIC NW FLOW AROUND UPPER LOW WILL KEEP CLOUDS AND
MOISTURE RUNNING UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE DAY.
KAVL SHOULD RETAIN A VFR CEILING THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD...
OCCASIONALLY DIPPING BELOW 3000 FEET THROUGH DAYBREAK. BY MID
MORNING...850MB MOISTURE ADVECTED EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD ALLOW
SOME CLOUDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT WHICH COULD
RESULT IN AN OCCASIONAL VFR STRATOCU CEILING IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT
THAT WILL NOT BE INDICATED IN THE TAFS IN THIS ISSUANCE. STRONG AND
GUSTY NW WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL TAF SITES UNTIL AT LEAST
SUNSET...WHEN THE BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD START TO DECOUPLE.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ029 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM
TUESDAY.
...FROST ADVISORY FOR GAZ026-028-029 FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TO 6
AM WEDNESDAY.
NC...FREEZE WARNING FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065 UNTIL 6 AM
TUESDAY.
...FREEZE WARNING FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065 FROM
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-049-050 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM
TUESDAY.
...FROST ADVISORY FOR NCZ034>037-054>057-068>072-082 FROM
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY.
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ036-037-048-051>053-057>059-062>065-
071-072-082 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM TUESDAY.
SC...FROST ADVISORY FOR SCZ008>014-019 FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TO 6
AM WEDNESDAY.
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ009-011>014-019 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
6 PM TUESDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...PMHazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 5:16 AM EDT, 22 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 516 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-250930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 516 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN TONIGHT...AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE OUTLOOK FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION... WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 3:17 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 27 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:17 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 14 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every freeze warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.