Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2007
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Apr 6, 2007, 4:03 AM EDT for 16 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 7, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 6, 2007, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
All 28 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 2536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 060803 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 403 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT... .VERY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL INTO THE REGION BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHEAST. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-061615- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0002.070407T0400Z-070407T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.070407T0400Z-070407T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.A.0003.070408T0000Z-070408T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070406T1200Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 403 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING. TONIGHT WILL BE EVEN COLDER...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S THROUGHOUT THE REGION. TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT ANY EXPOSED TENDER PLANTS FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ MOORE
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KGSP 061526 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1126 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT... .VERY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL INTO THE REGION BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ON THE PLAINS AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-062330- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.070407T0400Z-070407T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0003.070408T0000Z-070408T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1126 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S THROUGHOUT THE REGION TONIGHT. TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$
000 WWUS72 KGSP 061908 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 308 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT... .VERY COLD AIR HAS SETTLED INTO THE REGION AS A CANADIAN AIRMASS PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL WELL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT...ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-070400- /O.EXT.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.070407T0400Z-070407T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0003.070408T0000Z-070408T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 308 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S THROUGHOUT THE REGION TONIGHT. THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THIS COLD SNAP IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. KEEP MEASURES IN PLACE TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VULNERABLE ANIMALS FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ GERAPETRITIS
000 WWUS72 KGSP 070310 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1110 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT... .VERY COLD AIR HAS SETTLED INTO THE REGION AS A CANADIAN AIRMASS PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT...ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-071000- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.070407T0400Z-070407T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0003.070408T0000Z-070408T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1110 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THIS COLD SNAP IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. KEEP MEASURES IN PLACE TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VULNERABLE ANIMALS FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ LANE
000 WWUS72 KGSP 070837 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 437 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT... .VERY COLD AIR HAS SETTLED INTO THE REGION AS A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE AIR MASS PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY AGAIN TODAY AS THE HIGH BUILDS IN. TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE BELOW THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT. MORE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT...ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-071645- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0003.070408T0000Z-070408T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.070408T0000Z-070408T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0029.070407T1000Z-070407T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070407T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR... MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 437 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. 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 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THIS COLD SNAP IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. KEEP MEASURES IN PLACE TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VULNERABLE ANIMALS FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 35 MPH TODAY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...WHICH WILL MAKE AREA LAKES CHOPPY. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH IN THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-071645- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0029.070407T1000Z-070408T0400Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE 437 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 40 MPH TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH IN THE LATE EVENING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ GAZ010-017-SCZ001>003-071645- /O.NEW.KGSP.LW.Y.0029.070407T1000Z-070407T2200Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE 437 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...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. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 40 MPH TODAY ALONG AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH IN THE LATE EVENING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ MOORE
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 Apr 6, 3:33 AM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:33 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
A PERIOD OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL BE SEEN THIS MORNING
OUT AHEAD OF WELL DEFINED IMPULSE RIPPLING QUICKLY ESE THROUGH L/WV
TROUGH ACRS THE EASTERN U.S. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL RETURN FOR A
WHILE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IT WILL REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE...WITH
MAX TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO BE 10-15 DEG F BELOW EARLY APRIL
NORMALS. A VIGOROUS VORT MAX WILL DIVE QUICKLY SOUTHEAST ACRS THE
UPPER MIDWEST THIS MORNING WITH UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION INCREASING
ALONG THE FRONT SIDE OF THIS FEATURE ACRS WESTERN NC LATER TODAY.
05/21 UTC SREF POPS INCREASE TO LOW CHANCE BY 00 UTC TONIGHT ACRS NW
NC...SO SOME LIGHT RAIN...PERHAPS MIXED WITH A LITTLE SNOW MAY
OCCUR UP HIGH ACRS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES WHICH LOOK TO
BE AIDED BY SOME UPSLOPE. WILL RAMP POPS UPWARD TO SOLID MID-CHANCE
FOR THE EVENING PERIOD ACRS THE NC MTNS AND WITH A SHARP INCREASES
IN CAA FLOW...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME THE PREDOMINATE PCPN TYPE
AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. WILL FCST SCATTERED SNOW AMOUNTS NEAR ONE
INCH ACRS THE HIGHER TERRAIN BEFORE NW FLOW MOISTURE DIMINISHES
SUBSTANTIALLY DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. NEAR RECORD COLD WITH
ADVECTIVE FREEZE CONDITIONS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE PRE-DAWN HOURS
SATURDAY...SO WENT AHEAD AND UPGRADED FREEZE WATCH TO A WARNING.
THE UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR
THE REST OF THE SHORT RANGE. AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE CHANNELED VORT
SATURDAY MORNING ANOTHER FRONT WILL REINFORCE THE COOL AIR ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. NEARLY CLEAR SKY AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE
ALONG WITH VERY LOW THICKNESS SUGGEST AN EVEN COLDER NIGHT SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE GUIDANCE REMAINS ON TRACK FOR LOW TEMPERATURES THAT WOULD
ABSOLUTELY CRUSH THE RECORDS FOR 8 APRIL...WHICH ARE 32 AT GSP...30
AT CLT... AND 26 AT AVL. IN FACT...AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW...THE ALL
TIME MIN TEMP RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL ARE IN SERIOUS
JEOPARDY. SOME MINOR UPWARD TWEAKS WERE MADE TO THE MIN TEMPS...BUT
NOT ENOUGH TO BRING THEM OUT OF THE HARD FREEZE RANGE. WILL GO
AHEAD AND ISSUE A FREEZE WATCH FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AT THIS TIME.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AS SHORT WAVE RIDGING
MOVES THROUGH THE OVERALL DEEP EASTERN LONGWAVE TROUGH. THIS SHOULD
KEEP TEMPS WELL BELOW NORMAL AGAIN AND SHOULD SPELL ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT FREEZE SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY MORNING. YET ANOTHER
SHORT WAVE SHOULD DROP THROUGH THE EASTERN TROF AND OVERHEAD MONDAY
MORNING...BUT WITH ALL THE MOISTURE TRAPPED OVER THE NRN GULF WE
SHOULD REMAIN DRY.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS IS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH PREVIOUS
GUIDANCE SO NO MAJOR MID COURSE CORRECTIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE AXIS
OF THE EASTERN UPPER TROF WILL SWING THROUGH MONDAY FOLLOWED BY A
BRIEF INTERLUDE OF UPPER RIDGING FOR TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THE GUIDANCE
SHOWS THAT WE SHOULD SLIP RIGHT BACK INTO THE SAME PATTERN WITH A
LARGE UPPER VORTEX OVER THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
SOMEWHERE IN THERE...MOST LIKELY WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER FAIRLY STRONG
SHORT WAVE WILL PASS. GULF INFLOW AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE
COLD FRONT SHOULD BRING A DECENT SHOT OF CONVECTIVE PRECIP PROBABLY
IN THE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. THE CANADIAN IS
IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS IDEA. THE TIMING OF THE END OF THE
PRECIP MIGHT BE A BIT LATE IN THE CURRENT FORECAST AS DRIER AIR
COMES IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SO A SMALL ADJUSTMENT
COULD BE MADE THEN. TEMPS WERE NUDGED UP A FEW DEGREES FOR THURSDAY
AS HEIGHTS RISE AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z-06Z/...
PERIODIC VFR LEVEL CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE
TIMING OF WIND SHIFTS SHOULD BE THE MAIN CHALLENGE. BRISK NNW WIND
SHOULD CONTINUE AT KAVL THROUGH SUNRISE WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY WIND
ELSEWHERE UNTIL THE LLVL FLOW BACKS TO WEST AND WEAKENS LATER
THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST SFC WINDS...PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 10-15 MPH
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAKING ON A WNW COMPONENT
THIS EVENING.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
MIN RH IS EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN TO AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL
HOURS ACROSS NE GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING
LOOKS GOOD THERE. OTHER LOCATIONS WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BOTTOM OUT
AS DRY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EVEN
APPROACH WARNING CRITERIA. AS FOR SATURDAY...SEE NO REASON TO
ALTER THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH AS RH SHOULD BE EVEN LOWER THAN TODAY
AND WIND IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSER TO THE CRITICAL THRESHOLD FOR A
WARNING.
&&
.CLIMATE...
LOWEST MIN TEMP RECORDS FOR APRIL...
AT GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG ARPT...25...SET IN 1973, 1975, 1983
AT CHARLOTTE- DOUGLAS AIRPORT.....24...SET IN 1923
AT ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT....22...SET IN 1987
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
FREEZE WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
GAZ018-026-028-029.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR GAZ018-026-028-
029.
FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR
GAZ018-026-028-029.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510.
FREEZE WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR NCZ035>037-056-
057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR
NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-019.
FREEZE WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SCZ004>014-019.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR SCZ004>014-019.
FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR
SCZ004>014-019.
&&
SHORT TERM...CSH/PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...CSH
FIRE WEATHER...CSH/PM
CLIMATE...PMHazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 3:42 PM EDT, 12 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 342 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-SCZ001>003-061945- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 342 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-061945- RABUN-HABERSHAM- 342 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING FIRE WEATHER WATCH .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ018-026-028-029-061945- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 342 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING RED FLAG WARNING FREEZE WATCH FIRE WEATHER WATCH FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT...AND ALSO MONDAY NIGHT IN A FEW LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ004>014-019- 061945- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 342 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING FREEZE WATCH FIRE WEATHER WATCH FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT...AND ALSO ON MONDAY NIGHT IN A FEW LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GERAPETRITIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:03 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:49 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 45 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:49 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 31 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Freeze Warnings in South Carolina, 2007Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every freeze warning in 2007
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.