Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2007
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Apr 8, 2007, 3:09 AM EDT for 16 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 8, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 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 8, 2007, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 07:10 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, 7.2 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
- 2203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 8, 2:31 AM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:31 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
SHORT WAVE RIDGING IN BETWEEN THE TWO LARGE UPPER LOWS AND
SUPERIMPOSED ON THE EASTERN LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH TODAY
AND TONIGHT...SUPPORTING WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE. THIS WILL KEEP
THE WEATHER QUIET...BUT WITH WINTERLIKE TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN.
HAVE GENERALLY NUDGED TEMPS TOWARD A GUIDANCE BLEND...WHICH IS A
DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT FOR TODAY...BUT A DEG OR TWO UPWARD IN SOME
PLACES TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME THICKER CIRRUS TOWARD
DAYBREAK THAT MIGHT HELP TO KEEP TEMPS FROM GETTING AS LOW AS THE
MAV SUGGESTS. NEVERTHELESS...THE MIN TEMP GRID FOR TONITE IS EASILY
BELOW FREEZING...SO THE FREEZE WATCH WILL BE CONVERTED TO A FREEZE
WARNING.
MEAN EASTERN U.S. L/WV TROUGHING CONTINUES ON MONDAY WITH A PERIOD OF
UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION PROBABLE THANKS TO THE NEXT S/WV ROTATING
ACRS IN CONJUNCTION WITH FAVORABLE UPPER JET RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION
POSITIONING. BETTER MOISTURE AND LOWER LVL UPGLIDE FLOW REMAINS
CLOSER TO THE GULF COAST HOWEVER...SO SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL BE
LIMITED TO JUST A VARYING DEGREE OF CLOUDINESS. MAX TEMPS WILL
CONTINUE THEIR SLOW MODERATING TREND MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT
FOR ONE MORE NIGHT OF FREEZING CONDITIONS REMAINS FOR MONDAY
NIGHT...ALBEIT OF A LIGHTER MAGNITUDE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THAN
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING OF LATE.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
PLAN ON MAKING LITTLE TO NO CHANGE TO THE GOING FCST STARTING ON
TUESDAY AS EVOLUTION OF THE DETAILS OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM
REMAIN UNCERTAIN. FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH...THE 08/00 UTC OP GFS
SOLUTION DOES TRANSLATE THE BETTER LIFT AND RH ACRS THE CWFA
AROUND 12 UTC WEDNESDAY...SO LITTLE REASON TO MONKEY WITH GOING
LIKELY CVRG OF PCPN THIS PERIOD. MODEL SOLUTION HAS ALSO SPED UP
INFLUX OF DEEP DRYING INTO THE CWFA ON THURSDAY...SO WILL EITHER
TWEAK POPS LOWER PENDING ADDITIONAL EARLY MORNING COLLAB WITH
NEIGHBORS...PRELIM HPC GUIDANCE OR PERHAPS WAITING UNTIL REGULAR
EXTENDED COLLABORATION PERIOD LATER THIS MORNING. STILL LOOKING
AT THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONGLY FORCED COLD FRONT TO AFFECT THE
REGION NEXT WEEKEND...AND WILL LEAVE GOING DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES
AS IS FOR SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z-06Z/...
ALL TAFS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH ONLY THIN
CIRRUS EXPECTED TODAY. A LIGHT SW WIND SHOULD COME UP DURING THE
LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AGAIN WITH SUNSET.
LOOKING AHEAD...THE CIRRUS VEIL SHOULD THICKEN SOMEWHAT TOWARD
DAYBREAK MONDAY AS A SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ONCE AGAIN TODAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT BELOW 25
PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR MEETING WIND
GUST CRITERIA IS EVEN LESS THAN YESTERDAY. THIS IS FINE FOR NE
GEORGIA WHERE THE WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING BASED
ON THE ONE WEATHER CRITERIA BEING MET...BUT NOT FINE FOR THE NC
ZONES WHERE TWO THRESHOLDS MUST BE MET. SO...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH
WILL BE KEPT IN PLACE ACROSS WRN NC UNTIL ADDITIONAL COORDINATION
WITH LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES CAN BE HAD. MONDAY WILL BE SIMILAR IN
THAT RH WILL FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT AGAIN BUT WIND WILL BE GENERALLY
LIGHT FROM THE W OR SW.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR GAZ018-026-028-
029.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY
FOR GAZ018-026-028-029.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR
NCZ035>037-056- 057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY
FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510.
SC...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR SCZ004>014-019.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY
FOR SCZ004>014-019.
&&
SHORT TERM/FIRE WEATHER...PM/CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...MOOREHazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:16 PM EDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 NCZ051-052-058-082030- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING LAKE WIND ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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. NCZ053-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-082030- BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING LAKE WIND ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-082030- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...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... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING LAKE WIND ADVISORY FREEZE WARNING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING FIRE WEATHER WATCH FREEZE WATCH .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ010-017-082030- RABUN-HABERSHAM- 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING LAKE WIND ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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. GAZ018-026-028-029-082030- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT- 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...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... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING LAKE WIND ADVISORY FREEZE WARNING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING FIRE WEATHER WATCH FREEZE WATCH .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ004>014-019-082030- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...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... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING LAKE WIND ADVISORY FREEZE WARNING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ001>003-082030- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING LAKE WIND ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ033-048>050-082030- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 416 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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. KRENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 5:58 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 14 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:37 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 15 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.