Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Mar 10, 2012, 2:04 AM EST for 16 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 11, 2012, 12:00 AM EST. 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 10, 2012, 2:04 AM EST (07:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2012, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties 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, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 3012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745 WWUS72 KGSP 100704 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 204 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FROST AND FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING... .RECENT COLLABORATION WITH AGRICULTURAL USERS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INDICATED THAT THE SPRING GROWING SEASON IS OFF TO AN EARLY START GIVEN THE RELATIVELY MILD WINTER. FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCTS ARE NOW ACTIVE FOR FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS. WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE REGION TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ008-009-013- 014-101700- /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.120311T0500Z-120311T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...UNION...CHESTER 204 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS WELL AS THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>007-010>012-019-101700- /O.NEW.KGSP.FR.Y.0001.120311T0500Z-120311T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... GREENWOOD 204 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S...WITH SPOTTY FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN A FEW LOCATIONS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...FROST WILL KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
3 follow-up statements
244 WWUS72 KGSP 101938 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 238 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FROST AND FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING... .RECENT COLLABORATION WITH AGRICULTURAL USERS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INDICATED THAT THE SPRING GROWING SEASON IS OFF TO AN EARLY START GIVEN THE RELATIVELY MILD WINTER. FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCTS ARE NOW ACTIVE FOR FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND PROVIDING CLEAR SKY AND CALM WIND...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ008-009-013- 014-110345- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.120311T0500Z-120311T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...UNION...CHESTER 238 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS WELL AS THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>007-010>012-019-110345- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0001.120311T0500Z-120311T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... GREENWOOD 238 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...FROST WILL KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MOORE
243 WWUS72 KGSP 110232 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 932 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FROST AND FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING... .RECENT COLLABORATION WITH AGRICULTURAL USERS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INDICATED THAT THE SPRING GROWING SEASON IS OFF TO AN EARLY START GIVEN THE RELATIVELY MILD WINTER. FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCTS ARE NOW ACTIVE FOR FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND PROVIDING A CLEAR SKY AND CALM WIND...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ008-009-013- 014-111045- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.120311T0500Z-120311T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...UNION...CHESTER 932 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS WELL AS THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>007-010>012-019-111045- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0001.120311T0500Z-120311T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... GREENWOOD 932 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...FROST WILL KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
254 WWUS72 KGSP 110711 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 AM EDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...FROST AND FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING... .RECENT COLLABORATION WITH AGRICULTURAL USERS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INDICATED THAT THE SPRING GROWING SEASON IS OFF TO AN EARLY START GIVEN THE RELATIVELY MILD WINTER. FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCTS ARE NOW ACTIVE FOR FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND PROVIDING CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ008-009-013- 014-111400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120311T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...UNION...CHESTER 311 AM EDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS WELL AS THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>007-010>012-019-111400- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120311T1400Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS... GREENWOOD 311 AM EDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...FROST WILL KILL TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
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 10, 12:49 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 12:49 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1249 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE EAST COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH INTO THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND BECOME STATIONARY THROUGH TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1245 AM...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. COLD ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE HIGH...WITH VERY DRY PROFILES IN PLACE. THERE MAY BE BRIEF NE WIND GUSTS RIGHT WHEN MIXING STARTS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT LATE THIS MORNING...BUT THE GRADIENT WILL QUICKLY RELAX INTO THE AFTN HOURS. MAX TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE NEAR NORMAL...EXCEPT A CATEGORY BELOW NORMAL ALONG THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR IN THE THICKNESS TROUGH. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT TONIGHT AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES FURTHER UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE. COORDINATION WITH AGRICULTURAL USERS IN WRN NC FRIDAY INDICATED THAT FROST/FREEZE PRODUCTS SHOULD NOW BE ACTIVATED DUE TO THE MILD WINTER AND EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON. A FREEZE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE NC FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT...AND THE ERN UPSTATE...WITH A FROST ADVISORY FOR THE WRN UPSTATE AND NE GA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 1 PM FRIDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON SUNDAY WITH UPPER RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE REGION AS THE CLOSED H5 LOW SPINS OVER THE SW CONUS. THE CLOSED LOW IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY LIFT NE AND BEGIN TO OPEN AS IT CLIMBS UP AND OVER THE UPPER RIDGE. BY THE END OF THE PERIOD AT 00Z TUES...THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH UPPER RIDGING PERSISTING OVER THE SOUTHEAST. ON SUNDAY...THE STRONG SFC HIGH WILL SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST WITH THE CENTER MOVING JUST NORTH OF THE CAROLINAS. LOW LVL FLOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY THRU THE DAY/EVENING AS THE HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE OFFSHORE. TEMPS SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE FREEZING RANGE OVER MOST OF THE CWFA WITH MID TO UPPER 20S OVER THE MTS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT WITH DECENT RH...SO AREAS OF FROST WERE INCLUDED IN THE GRIDS OVER LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE A GOOD FREEZE. TEMPS SHOULD BEGIN TO REBOUND LATER IN THE DAY AS WHATS LEFT OF THE CAA DISSIPATES AND LOW LVL WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. PROFILES REMAIN MOSTLY DRY THRU 00Z MON SO I DO NOT HAVE ANY SIG POPS THRU 00Z. HIGH TEMPS WILL LIKELY CLIMB BACK INTO THE LOW 60S FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UPPER 50S OVER THE MTS. ON MONDAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY AS THE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE AND LOW TO MID LVL MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE REGION. MOISTURE PROFILES WILL IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST THRU THE DAY/EVENING WITH FAIRLY SATURATED LOW TO MID LVLS BY 00Z TUES. THE NAM HAS BEEN LESS BULLISH WRT DEEPER MOISTURE OVER THE CWFA DURING THE PAST FEW RUNS...AS IT TRIES TO CAP THE HIGHER RH AIR AT ABOUT 700MB. I THINK A WETTER SOLUTION WILL ACTUALLY PAN OUT...HOWEVER I DID KEEP THE POPS CAPPED AT SOLID CHANCE FOR ROUGHLY THE NW 2/3RDS OF THE CWFA FOR NOW. REGARDLESS...QPF WILL LIKELY BE MINIMAL WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH THRU 00Z TUES. MODELS PROJECT VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY ON MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SO THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE FCST. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB DURING THE DAY WITH HIGHS APPROACHING 70 OVER THE UPSTATE AND FOOTHILLS AND LOWER TO MID 60S OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AT 200 PM FRIDAY...BROAD H5 RIDGING WILL FLATTEN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. ON TUESDAY AS A H5 CLOSED LOW PUSHES ACROSS EASTERN CANADA. AT THE SFC...A WEAK FRONT MAY DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE CWA...RESULTING IN PW VALUES TO REMAIN BETWEEN 1.0 TO 1.15 INCHES THROUGH THE DAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT SFC BASED INSTABILITY WILL POOL AT OR ABOVE 500 J/KG DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF WEAK INSTABILITY...DEEP MOISTURE...AND POSSIBLE WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG AN OLD SFC BOUNDARY MAY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHRA AND TSRA. HOWEVER...COVERAGE WILL REMAIN LIMITED BY THE LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF LLVL LIFT...I WILL KEEP POPS CAPPED AROUND 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY MILD...RANGING BETWEEN 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE THAT MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A WEAK H9-H85 INVERSION MAY EXIST EACH DAY...PROVIDING A SHALLOW REGION OF INHIBITION. I WILL KEEP POPS LIMITED TO A SCHC ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER WEAK SFC FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY WILL WILL BE SIMILAR TO TUESDAY...THEREFORE...I WILL FORECAST CHC POPS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL START OFF IN THE LOW TO MID 50S AND REACH THE MID TO UPPER 70S DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE OH VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EWD TO THE ERN SEABOARD BY LATE DAY. UNDER CLEAR SKIES...NRLY WINDS WILL BECOME NE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH AN ADJUSTMENT TO LIGHT SE FROM KAVL TO KHKY LATE DAY. LIGHT N TO NE MIXING OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE JUST ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE ANY WIDESPREAD FROST PROBLEMS AND ASSOCIATED DEICING ISSUES AROUND DAYBREAK. WINDS COULD BRIEFLY GUST 14Z TO 16Z JUST AS MIXING STARTS...BUT ANY GUSTS WILL QUICKLY SETTLE DOWN BY EARLY AFTN. OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WITH SRLY RETURN FLOW MOISTURE DEVELOPING INTO MONDAY. PRECIPITATION AND RESTRICTION CHANCES INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH UNSETTLED CONDITIONS THROUGH MID WEEK. AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION/TABLES.HTM && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SBK NEAR TERM...HG SHORT TERM...JPT LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:16 PM EST, 8 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 516 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-102230- 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- 516 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AREAS OF FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. IF THIS FORECAST CONTINUES...A FROST ADVISORY OR FREEZE WARNING WILL BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509- SCZ001>003-102230- RABUN-HABERSHAM-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- 516 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:04 AM EST | Frost Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens | 31 hr |
Nearby
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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.