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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 4, 201117 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze watch at Apr 4, 2011, 3:01 PM EDT for 17 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 6, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2011, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 6, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2011, 4:08 AM EDT
In force
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 19:03 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 watch 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 watch went out at Apr 4, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 6:00 AM EDT, 9 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 10:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 10:41 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	17 hr
Apr 4, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Swain	41 min
Apr 4, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Macon, Madison, Swain	37 min
Apr 4, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain	38 min
Apr 4, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain	40 min
Apr 4, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Haywood, Macon, Swain	42 min
Apr 4, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Madison, Swain	42 min

Nearby

Freeze Watches in North Carolina, 2011 Freeze Watches in Georgia, 2011 Every freeze watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.