Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2008
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Apr 14, 2008, 3:56 AM EDT for 17 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 14, 2008, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Rabun County, GA, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 14, 3:34 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:34 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:56 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every freeze warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.