Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Mar 31, 2011, 4:11 AM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia; 12 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 1, 2011, 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
- Mar 31, 2011, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Rabun County, GA, 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, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
771 WWUS72 KGSP 310811 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 411 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...MUCH COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER AIR OVER THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-312000- /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.110401T0400Z-110401T1300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 411 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...YOUNG AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ LANE
4 follow-up statements
003 WWUS72 KGSP 311852 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 252 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...MUCH COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... .MUCH COOLER AIR WILL BUILD OVER THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. GAZ010-010500- /O.EXA.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.110401T0400Z-110401T1300Z/ RABUN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLAYTON 252 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...OUNG AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-010500- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.110401T0400Z-110401T1300Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 252 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...YOUNG AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
774 WWUS72 KGSP 010229 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1029 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...MUCH COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... .MUCH COOLER AIR WILL BUILD OVER THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. GAZ010-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-011300- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.110401T0400Z-110401T1300Z/ RABUN-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 1029 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...YOUNG AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 07
553 WWUS72 KGSP 010937 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 537 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING... GAZ010-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-011300- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110401T1300Z/ RABUN-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 537 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...YOUNG AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
932 WWUS72 KGSP 011323 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 923 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 GAZ010-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-011430- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110401T1300Z/ RABUN-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE 923 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. HOWEVER...AREAS OVER 3500 FEET IN ELEVATION MAY NOT SEE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES UNTIL MID DAY. $$
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 Mar 31, 4:00 AM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 4:00 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS TO OUR SOUTH TODAY RESULTING IN
CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE AREA. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE MID
ATLANTIC SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS IN ON SUNDAY BEFORE A
COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY OF UNSETTLED/COOL/WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED
BEFORE A DRYING/WARMING WEEKEND.
LATEST WV IMAGERY INDICATES SW TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS/
TEXAS TOWARD THE LOWER MISS VALLEY. THIS FEATURE WILL HAVE THE MAIN
IMPACT ON SENSIBLE WEATHER ACROSS THE CWFA FOR THE NEXT 18 HOURS. AS
THE LOW-MID LEVEL WIND FIELD RESPONDS TO THE UPPER AIR FEATURE...
INCREASING CONVERGENCE ALONG THE LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL
RESULT IN FRONTOGENESIS ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. AS A
RESULT...THE SHORT TERM MODELS DEVELOP A NICE BAND OF PRECIP OVER
THE AREA AS A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. IT/S
DIFFICULT TO SAY ATTM EXACTLY WHERE THIS PRECIP BAND WILL SET
UP...ESP SINCE IT HAS YET TO DEVELOP. NEVERTHELESS...IT APPEARS
ANOTHER .25-.5 INCH OF RAIN WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE
PIEDMONT AND PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS LATER THIS MORNING. 70-80
POPS WILL BE FEATURED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...WITH
50-60 ACROSS THE WEST.
COLD ADVECTION BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON AS FLOW TURNS TO THE WEST AND
NW. THIS WILL FINALLY SCOUR OUT THE LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA.
HOWEVER...IT DOESN/T APPEAR THIS WILL OCCUR EARLY ENOUGH TO ALLOW
FOR A SIGNIFICANT WARM-UP...AND MAXES SHOULD ONCE AGAIN STRUGGLE TO
REACH THE 50S IN MOST AREAS.
BY THIS EVENING...FREEZING LEVELS WILL DROP QUICKLY ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN...WHILE A MOIST NW FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED. THIS
WILL RESULT IN SOME SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN NC MTNS. THE
SITUATION IS FAR FROM IDEAL FOR SEEING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS (MOIST
LAYER IS SHALLOW/WARM...FLOW IS WEAK). NEVERTHELESS...MINOR ACCUMS
OF UP TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. THE BIGGER STORY WILL BE THE TEMPS...AS AN ADVECTIVE
FREEZE APPEARS LIKELY ACROSS THE SRN/CTRL MTNS. A FREEZE WARNING
WILL BE ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. EAST OF THE MTNS...WHERE DECOUPLING
FLOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT...FORECAST MIN TEMPS ARE DEFINITELY CONDUCIVE
TO FROST. HOWEVER...THE MODELS ARE QUITE ADAMANT THAT CIRRUS WILL BE
STREAMING OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE DEWPOINTS WILL BE
FALLING OFF RAPIDLY IN THE COLD ADVECTION. THIS MAKES FROST
FORMATION FAR FROM CERTAIN...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON AN ADVISORY FOR
NOW.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 345 AM THU...A WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA IN THE
DEPARTING UPPER TROF FRI NITE AND SAT. UPPER RIDGING THEN BUILDS IN
FOR SUNDAY. AT THE SFC...NW FLOW REMAINS OVER THE AREA FRI AS A
CLIPPER TYPE LOW MOVES EWD TO OUR NORTH FRI NITE AND SAT. MOISTURE
BRIEFLY DECREASES OVER THE MTNS IN THE NW FLOW FRI MORN...BUT
RETURNS FOR THE AFTERNOON AS THE LOW BRINGS MOISTURE BACK IN. HAVE A
DECREASE IN POP AROUND MIDDAY...THEN RETURN TO CHC POP FOR THE
AFTERNOON. MORNING TEMPS OVER THE MTNS INDICATE SNOW CHANGING TO
RAIN. QPF IS QUITE LITE SO NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS EXPECTED. EXPECT A
BREEZY DAY ACROSS THE AREA. MOISTURE DEEPENS FRI NITE AND EVEN
BRIEFLY MOVES OUT OF THE MTNS AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. EXPECT RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE MTNS WITH SOME RAIN POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS. LIGHT ACCUMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. CLOUDS AND WIND WILL LIKELY KEEP LOWS JUST ABOVE ANY
FROST/FREEZE PROBLEMS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS.
MOISTURE DECREASES RAPIDLY OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS SAT AND DISSIPATES BY
AFTERNOON OVER THE MTNS. MORE LIGHT ACCUMS POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW
CHANGES TO RAIN AND/OR ENDS. HIGHS END UP AROUND NORMAL SAT. WINDS
INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY BY AFTERNOON. A WIND
ADV MTNS AND LAKE WIND ADV ELSEWHERE MAY BE NEEDED.
HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS IN SUNDAY AS A WARM FRONT BRUSHES THE
AREA ALONG THE WRN AND NRN SECTIONS. EXPECT ONLY CLOUDS WITH THE
FRONT. LOWS SAT NITE WILL BE BELOW NORMAL AND FROST/FREEZE PROBLEMS
COULD DEVELOP AGAIN. HIGHS ABOVE NORMAL MTNS AND NEAR NORMAL
ELSEWHERE.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 355 AM THU...UPPER RIDGING SLOWLY MOVES EAST MONDAY AS DIGGING
UPPER TROF MOVES INTO THE AREA TUE THEN CROSSES THE AREA WED. AT THE
SFC...A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA MONDAY. THE ECMWF QUICKLY
MOVES THE FRONT EAST OF THE AREA BY TUE AFTERNOON...WHILE THE GFS
AND CANADIAN ONLY TAKE IT TO THE WRN CWFA. HAVE GONE WITH THE
SLOWER TIMING AS THE ECMWF HAS BEEN QUITE VARIABLE WITH ITS SPEED.
HAVE CHC POP SPREADING INTO THE MTNS MON AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS THE
AREA MON NITE AND TUE. POP DIMINISHES TUE NITE OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS
WITH NW FLOW AND LINGERING MOISTURE WILL KEEPING SMALL PRECIP CHC
OVER THE MTNS. WITH AREA REMAINING IN THE WARM SECTOR AND
INSTABILITY INCREASING...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP TUE. DRY HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN WED. LOWS NEAR NORMAL SUN NITE SURGE ABOVE NORMAL
MON NITE...THEN FALL BACK NEAR NORMAL TUE NITE. HIGHS START WELL
ABOVE NORMAL MON...FALL TO A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL TUE...THEN NEAR
NORMAL WED.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...LIFR/IFR CONDITIONS GENERALLY EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 12-15 HOURS...AS WEAK COLD AIR DAMMING REMAINS IN PLACE.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT OUT OF THE NE OR E/NE THROUGH THE
MORNING. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE SC COAST WILL RESULT IN
YET ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN THAT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND
THE PRECIP DURING THE AFTERNOON...TURNING WINDS AROUND TO THE WEST.
THIS SHOULD FINALLY SCOUR THE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG (GRADUALLY) FROM
WEST TO EAST. BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...VFR CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT KAVL...WHERE MOIST UP-VALLEY FLOW
WILL RESULT IN SOME MVFR STRATOCU.
OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AT KAVL THROUGH FRIDAY.
DRIER WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY MONDAY.
CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR
NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RWH
NEAR TERM...JDL
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...JDLHazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:14 PM EDT, 12 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 314 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011 NCZ033-050-501-503-311915- AVERY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- 314 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG COULD BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD THROUGH TONIGHT. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT AREAS OF DRIZZLE COULD FREEZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES AS THE TEMPERATURES NEAR 32 DEGREES BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-049-056-057-068-069-502-504>510-311915- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 314 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG COULD BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ070>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-311915- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-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- 314 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ053-065-311915- BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON- 314 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG COULD BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES COULD FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE BEST CHANCE OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...BUT THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS COULD SEE AREAS WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS WELL. A FREEZE WATCH OR FREEZE WARNING COULD BE NEEDED IF FREEZING TEMPERATURES BECOME MORE CERTAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-311915- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA- 314 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES COULD FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE BEST CHANCE OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...BUT THE LOWER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS COULD SEE AREAS WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS WELL. A FREEZE WATCH OR FREEZE WARNING COULD BE NEEDED IF FREEZING TEMPERATURES BECOME MORE CERTAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011
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.