Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Apr 6, 2012, 1:37 PM EDT for Avery County, Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 7, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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 6, 2012, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Avery County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
852 WWUS72 KGSP 061737 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 137 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...AREAS OF FROST OVER PART OF THE CAROLINAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... NCZ033-049-050-070145- /O.UPG.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 137 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS . * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008- 009-014-070145- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 137 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * WINDS...NORTH UP TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
4 follow-up statements
750 WWUS72 KGSP 062114 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 514 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...AREAS OF FROST OVER PART OF THE CAROLINAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... NCZ033-049-050-070500- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 514 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH AREAS OF FROST WILL DAMAGE SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008- 009-014-070500- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 514 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * WINDS...NORTH UP TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ HG
504 WWUS72 KGSP 070229 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1029 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FROST AND FREEZE POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .A COOL AIRMASS WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NCZ033-049-050-071400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 1029 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH AREAS OF FROST WILL DAMAGE SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008- 009-014-071400- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.120407T0600Z-120407T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 1029 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 30S. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS AT 5 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
469 WWUS72 KGSP 071124 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 724 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FROST AND FREEZE FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS EARLY THIS MORNING... .A COOL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. NCZ033-049-050-071400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120407T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 724 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH AREAS OF FROST WILL DAMAGE SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008- 009-014-071400- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120407T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 724 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * WINDS...NORTH UP TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
575 WWUS72 KGSP 071332 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 932 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 NCZ033-049-050-071445- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120407T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 932 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING ENDING THE FROST AND FREEZE THREAT. $$ NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008- 009-014-071445- /O.EXP.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120407T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 932 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING ENDING THE FROST THREAT. $$
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 6, 10:37 AM EDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 10:37 AM EDT, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1037 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY EXIT EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH
COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH SATURDAY. THEN A DRY
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY. FOR THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SET UP ALONG THE EAST COAST...WHICH
COULD LEAD TO COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1035 AM...PRECIP HAS ENDED AND CLEARING SKIES HAVE ENTERED THE
I-40 CORRIDOR. THE CLEARING TREND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NC
PIEDMONT AND ERN UPSTATE THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH THE TN BORDER
AREA. EXPECT CLOUDS TO LINGER ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND PORTIONS OF
THE UPPER SAV RIVER VALLEY WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE SLOWER
TO MOVE OUT. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE THRU EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH DIMINISHING WINDS BY LATE AFTERNOON. HAVE BUMPED UP TEMPS A FEW
DEGREES ALONG THE I-77 CORRIDOR WHERE SUNSHINE WILL INCREASE SOON.
KEPT TEMPS STEADY OR A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER ACROSS THE WEST WHERE
CLOUDS WILL LINGER. THIS STILL KEEPS HIGHS AS MUCH AS 5 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL.
AS OF 730 AM...UPPER LOW/TROF WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SE OF THE AREA
THIS MRNG. STILL EXPECT DIMINISHING POPS FROM THE NW AND DECREASING
CLOUDS BY LATE MRNG-EARLY AFTN. NO MAJOR CHANGES BUT HOURLY VALUES
WERE ADJUSTED FOR THIS UPDATE.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW/TROF WILL TRACK E ACROSS CNTRL SC
THIS MRNG WITH SHWRS SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AND ENDING AS IT CONTINUES
OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TODAY. EXPECT CLEARING SKIES THIS AFTN BUT
WITH LOWER THICKNESS VALUES TEMPS WILL BE A FEW DEG BELOW AVG. NE
WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE GUSTY THRU THE MRNG AND EARLY AFTN BEFORE
THEY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AS WELL. WITH CONTINUED LOWER THKNS
VALUES...MCLR SKIES AND LGT WINDS TONIGHT...SAT MRNG LOWS WILL BE
NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVG. LATEST MODEL BLEND FOR SAT MRNG LOWS
ONLY SHOWED TEMPS AT THE HIGHER PEAKS COOLING TO AROUND FREEZING
LATE TONIGHT...SO WE WILL HOLD OFF ON POTENTIAL FREEZE PRODUCTS
UNTIL THE DAY SHIFT CAN EVALUATE EXTENT OF PSBL FREEZING TEMPS USING
A NEWER MODEL RUN.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM FRIDAY...A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE
CWFA SATURDAY...THEN WEAKEN SATURDAY NIGHT AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY
FLATTENS THE UPPER RIDGE FROM THE WEST SUNDAY. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL
HELP PUSH A DRY COLD FRONT THRU THE CWFA SUNDAY AFTN...WITH WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST BY MONDAY MORNING. SO I/M
KEEPING A DRY FCST THRU MONDAY WITH TEMPS REBOUNDING TO NEAR NORMAL
SATURDAY...AND A COUPLE CATEGORIES WARMER SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE
COULD BE SOME PATCHY FROST IN THE NRN MTNS SATURDAY NIGHT...AND AFTN
RH VALUES WILL LIKELY REACH CRITICAL FIRE WX LEVELS BOTH SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE PIEDMONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 315 AM FRIDAY...THE EXTENDED GRIDS STILL LOOK ON TRACK...BASED
ON LATEST MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE. VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON AN UPPER
LOW ESTABLISHING ITSELF ACRS A LARGE PORTION OF ERN CANADA AND
CONUS. THIS IS MY FIRST SHIFT ON THIS STRING...SO I DON/T KNOW THE
TRENDS...BUT COMPARISON OF THE ENVELOPE OF GUIDANCE WITH HPC...THE
MODELS SEEM LESS AMPLIFIED WITH THE MEAN EAST COAST TROF LATE NEXT
WEEK. IN ANY CASE...TEMPS LOOK TO TREND COOLER TO BELOW NORMAL BY
WEDNESDAY WITH GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THURSDAY.
OVERNIGHT FROST/FREEZE CONCERNS LIKELY AGAIN IN PORTIONS OF THE MTNS
STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT THRU AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION /15Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...OCNL -SHRA EARLY BUT MAIN CONCERN WILL BE IFR CIGS. NE
WINDS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP VSBY UP TO AT LEAST MVFR THRU EARLY
MRNG...THEN EXPECT OVNL G20 IN THE AFTN. EXPECT CLEARING THRU THE
AFTN.
ELSEWHERE...SAME AS KCLT BUT EARLIER CLEARING FROM THE W.
OUTLOOK...DRY RIDGE THRU SAT...DRY FRONT SUN...THEN A WEAK FRONT MON
INTO TUE WITH PSBL RESTRICTIONS.
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...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR NCZ033-
035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR SCZ008-009-
014.
&&
SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...RB/RWH
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...RBHazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 6:07 AM EDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 607 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-071015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- 607 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ008- 009-014-071015- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 607 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FROST ADVISORY. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:33 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 28 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.