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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 23, 2012Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina; Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this freeze watch at Nov 23, 2012, 4:34 AM EST for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina; Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 25, 2012, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 23, 2012, 4:34 AM EST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 25, 2012, 2:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 24, 2012, 3:28 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze watch went out at Nov 23, 4:28 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 4:28 AM EST, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 23, 6:02 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		19 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in South Carolina, 2012 Freeze Watches in North Carolina, 2012 Every freeze watch in 2012

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.