Alert archive / South Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2014
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Mar 26, 2014, 2:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina; 8 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 27, 2014, 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 26, 2014, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Cabarrus County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 1573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
541 WWUS72 KGSP 261807 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 207 PM EDT WED MAR 26 2014 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-270215- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0002.140327T0400Z-140327T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.140327T0400Z-140327T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 207 PM EDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE COULD KILL CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ LG
3 follow-up statements
307 WWUS72 KGSP 270114 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 914 PM EDT WED MAR 26 2014 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-271000- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.140327T0400Z-140327T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 914 PM EDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE COULD KILL CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 07
704 WWUS72 KGSP 270825 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2014 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-271300- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140327T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 425 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE COULD KILL CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CDG
338 WWUS72 KGSP 271300 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 900 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... .TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO THE MID AND UPPER 30S THIS MORNING. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-271400- /O.CAN.KGSP.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140327T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 900 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ENDED THE FREEZE WARNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE BRINGING WARMER AIR INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. $$ LGL
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 26, 1:39 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 1:39 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
139 PM EDT WED MAR 26 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD
INTO THURSDAY...THEN MOVE OFFSHORE. A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL
AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. EXPECT MILD HIGH PRESSURE TO
BE IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM...CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK WITH ONLY MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO CURRENT TEMP/DEWPOINT TRENDS
AS OF 0940 AM...TWEAKED THE HOURLY TEMP/DEWPOINT TRENDS WITH
BCCONSSHORT WHICH IS CURRENTLY BANG ON. EVEN WITH FULL SUN...MAX
TEMPS TODAY WILL BE 15 DEGREES OR SO BELOW AVERAGE. WILL CONTINUE
WITH FREEZE WATCH TONIGHT FOR PIEDMONT AREAS THAT ARE TURNED ON. WE
WILL MOST LIKELY BE UPGRADING TO A FREEZE WARNING...BUT WOULD LIKE
TO UPDATE MIN TEMP GRID FIRST WITH THE 12Z GUIDANCE AS A COUPLE
COUNTIES ARE MARGINAL. WILL TRY TO GET THE WARNING OUT AS SOON AS
ALL THE CONS/BC DATA SETS ARE AVAILABLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
AS OF 640 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION HAVE ALL
BUT BOTTOMED OUT WITH MOST LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS REPORTING IN
THE MID TO UPPER 20S WITH HIGHER ELEVATION SITES FALLING INTO THE
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
LEADING TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING. STILL EXPECTING
THESE WINDS TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS AS FLOW ALOFT WEAKENS AND HIGH PRESSURE SUBSIDENCE SHRINKS THE
MIXED LAYER. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY FROM AROUND THE REGION INDICATES
SOME LIGHT/MODERATE NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING AROUND
PORTIONS OF EAST TN WITH A FEW BANDS PERHAPS MAKING INTO THE NC
MOUNTAINS. THIS REMAINING ACTIVITY IS STILL PROGGED TO CEASE
SHORTLY WITH SKIES CLEARING GRADUALLY THROUGH MORNING.
OTHERWISE...ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS TO REFLECT LATEST
OBSERVATIONS AND LEFT THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AS IS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AS OF 300 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE TO
TAPER OFF ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NC THIS MORNING.
LATEST NEAR TERM GUIDANCE INDICATES VERY LITTLE IF ANY ACTIVITY
THROUGH THE 8-9Z TIMEFRAME...THUS PER COLLABORATION WITH
NEIGHBORS...WILL CANCEL CURRENT WW ADVISORY WITH THE NEW FCST
PACKAGE THIS MORNING. STRONG 850MB FLOW AND TIGHTENING SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WARRANT CONTINUATION OF CURRENT WIND ADVISORY
PRODUCT ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN THEREFORE NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE.
TEMPERATURES/DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO PLUMMET AS COLD/DRY HIGH PRESSURE
ADVECTS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. MOST LOCATIONS ARE CURRENTLY SITTING
AT OR BELOW FREEZING WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE NC
MOUNTAINS BEING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. THESE BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL YIELD DANGEROUS WIND
CHILL VALUES ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGETOPS AND PEAKS THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...COVERAGE SEEMS ISOLATED THEREFORE NO PRODUCTS REGARDING
WIND CHILLS WILL BE ISSUED AND WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT IN THE HWO.
THE ABOVE MENTIONED SURFACE RIDGE WILL MIGRATE TO THE EAST
EVENTUALLY SETTING UP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING.
DESPITE SUNNY SKIES TODAY...COLD ADVECTION WILL PREVAIL YIELDING
HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 10-12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. GUSTY WINDS
THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS
STRENGTHENING SUBSIDENCE INVERSION LIMITS AVAILABLE MIXING.
DESPITE LOW RH VALUES TODAY...WILL FORGO ANY FIRE WX
HEADLINES/PRODUCTS DUE TO RECENT PRECIPITATION INCREASING SOIL
MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. AS DEEP LAYER RIDGING CONTINUES TO
BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR
ABUNDANT RADIATIONAL COOLING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL DIURNALLY TO
BELOW NORMAL LEVELS ONCE AGAIN...THUS PLAN TO UPGRADE CURRENT FREEZE
WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THURSDAY MORNING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 245 AM WEDNESDAY...TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE ON THURSDAY
(ALTHOUGH REMAINING A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL)...AS HEIGHTS RISE ACROSS
THE EAST IN RESPONSE TO FALLING WESTERN CONUS HEIGHTS/AN
INCREASINGLY ACTIVE SOUTHERN STREAM. THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF WAVES
AND ASSOCIATED CYCLONE WILL EJECT FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE
THURSDAY...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT INTO THE TENN/OHIO VALLEY THU
NIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY. THE GULF WILL ESSENTIALLY BE WIDE OPEN AHEAD OF
THIS FRONTAL ZONE...AND PWATS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO A COUPLE
OF STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE THE NORM ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST
BY EARLY FRIDAY. DEEP CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT SHOULD SUPPORT A
HEALTHY SHOWER BAND ACROSS THE TENN VALLEY LATE THU NIGHT...WHICH
WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS EARLY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...AS
THE SURFACE CYCLONE LIFTS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...AND ANOTHER WAVE
DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS THE ARKLATEX...THE FRONT WILL SLOW
DOWN AND FRONTAL FORCING WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AS THE SHOWER BAND
MOVES INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THEREFORE...CATEGORICAL POPS WILL
BE LIMITED TO THE MTNS FRI MORNING. NEVERTHELESS...THE VERY MOIST
ENVIRONS AND WEAK UPGLIDE/UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD SUPPORT SCT/NUM
SHOWERS...AND PERHAPS A TS OR TWO ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
AS THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW EJECTS FROM
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FRI NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY...ANOTHER FRONTAL BAND
IS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS THE TENN VALLEY AS THE FRONT MAKES
ANOTHER RUN FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...LIKELY CROSSING THE AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THERE
WILL BE MORE IN THE WAY OF BUOYANCY IN THE WARM SECTOR DURING THIS
TIME...SUPPORTING BETTER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...MODEL
SIGNALS ARE NOT VERY SUPPORTIVE OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT...AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS FEATURE VEERED/UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND
PROFILES. NEVERTHELESS...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
NON-ZERO SAT AFTERNOON. A CONTINUATION OF VERY MOIST PROFILES SHOULD
ALSO SUPPORT A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL.
SHOWERS/TS SHOULD COME TO AN END SAT EVENING...AS THE FRONTAL ZONE
IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP EAST OF THE AREA...INTRODUCING DRIER/COOLER AIR
AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF NW FLOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MTNS. SOME
SNOW MAY FALL AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE TENN BORDER EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 240 AM EDT TUESDAY...LATEST GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST
THAT WE WILL SEE QUIET WEATHER WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT
THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD.
H5 HEIGHTS WILL RISE OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES OFFSHORE AND AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST. THE RIDGE AXIS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION BY
MONDAY WITH A DE-AMPLIFYING UPPER WAVE PASSING TO OUR NORTH TUE.
AT THE SURFACE...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE
DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SUN AND REMAIN IN PLACE THRU MONDAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION ON TUE AS AN ASSOCIATED LOW
PRESSURE TRACK EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND. HOWEVER...MODELS AGREE
THAT THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AS IT CROSSES THE MTNS.
HENCE...HAVE INHERITED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MAINLY ALONG THE TN BORDER
AT THIS TIME. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT
BEYOND DAY 7. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR NORMAL ON SUNDAY...WITH A
FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL MON/TUE.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...SKC CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDNESS OVERNIGHT WITH CLOUDINESS BECOMING MORE OPAQUE
EARLY THU. NO VSBY RESTRICTIONS. W/NW WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT
SE/S OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK...SHOWER CHANCES WILL INCREASE FROM W TO E THU NIGHT AS GULF
MOISTURE OVERSPREADS THE REGION. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FRI AND SAT ALONG WITH RESTRICTIONS.
SHOWERS WILL END SAT NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TO THE EAST. DRY
HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
17-23Z 23-05Z 05-11Z 11-17Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR GAZ018-026-028-029.
NC...FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR NCZ068>072-082-508-510.
SC...FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR SCZ004>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...LGHazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 10:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1050 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ004>014-019-271500- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1050 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH 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. FREEZE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-501>507-509- SCZ001>003-271500- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 1050 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 26, 8:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
830 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 5 ESE COLUMBUS 35.22N 82.12W
03/26/2014 E0.0 INCH POLK NC NWS EMPLOYEE
SCATTERED LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED GROUND
THIS MORNING. THIS SNOW FELL TUESDAY EVENING. LOCATION
JUST OFF PENIEL ROAD.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Mar 26, 8:49 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
849 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW FAIRVIEW 35.52N 82.40W
03/26/2014 E1.0 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
AT ELEVATION AROUND 2600 FEET. ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW
WHICH FELL MOSTLY TUESDAY EVENING.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Mar 26, 10:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1012 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM SNOW LEICESTER 35.65N 82.69W
03/25/2014 E2.0 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Mar 26, 10:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1015 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0608 AM SNOW MAGGIE VALLEY 35.52N 83.09W
03/25/2014 E3.0 INCH HAYWOOD NC PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING HEAVILY.
0637 AM SNOW LINVILLE 36.07N 81.87W
03/25/2014 E1.0 INCH AVERY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
MODERATE SNOW FALLING
0700 AM SNOW E FLAT SPRINGS 36.25N 81.91W
03/25/2014 M2.1 INCH AVERY NC COCORAHS
2.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AND 2 INCHES ON THE GROUND THIS
FELL SINCE ABOUT 2 AM.
0710 AM SNOW 5 N BAKERSVILLE 36.09N 82.16W
03/25/2014 M4.1 INCH MITCHELL NC COCORAHS
4.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN LAST 4 HOURS AND 4 INCHES ON
THE GROUND.
0730 AM SNOW 2 NW ASHEVILLE 35.59N 82.57W
03/25/2014 M0.5 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED HALF INCH OF SNOW ON NW SIDE OF ASHEVILLE.
ALSO GETTING REPORTS OF LIGHT SNOW FALLING ON THE EAST
SIDE OF ASHEVILLE.
0747 AM SNOW CANTON 35.55N 82.84W
03/25/2014 E4.5 INCH HAYWOOD NC PUBLIC
A 4.5 INCH VERY WET SNOW IN CANTON CLINGING TO TREES..
STILL SNOWING.
0757 AM SNOW SPRUCE PINE 35.92N 82.07W
03/25/2014 E2.0 INCH MITCHELL NC PUBLIC
0800 AM SNOW WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.00W
03/25/2014 M4.0 INCH HAYWOOD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED 5 PLACES RANGING FROM OVER 3 INCHES TO NEARLY
5 INCHES. AVERAGE ABOUT 4 INCHES. ELEVATION AROUND 2500
FEET. AROUND 30 DEGREES. JUST FLURRIES AT 8 AM.
0800 AM SNOW 2 S SPRUCE PINE 35.89N 82.07W
03/25/2014 E3.0 INCH MITCHELL NC PUBLIC
A WET 3 INCHES OF SNOW SOUTH OF SPRUCE PINE FROM SOCIAL
MEDIA REPORT.
0800 AM SNOW BURNSVILLE 35.92N 82.30W
03/25/2014 M4.0 INCH YANCEY NC PUBLIC
SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF MEASURED 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN OR
NEAR BURNSVILLE.
0800 AM SNOW 2 NNE UPTON 36.09N 81.67W
03/25/2014 E2.0 INCH CALDWELL NC PUBLIC
NEAR BLOWING ROCK IN CALDWELL COUNTY SNOW THIS MORNING
RANGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW UNION GROVE 36.02N 80.86W
03/25/2014 E0.0 INCH IREDELL NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
ONLY A DUSTING ON GRASS.
0830 AM SNOW SYLVA 35.37N 83.22W
03/25/2014 E0.5 INCH JACKSON NC PUBLIC
ABOUT A HALF INCH OF SNOW NEAR SYLVA.
0845 AM SNOW COVE CREEK 35.61N 83.01W
03/25/2014 M3.8 INCH HAYWOOD NC PUBLIC
ELEVATION 3300 FEET. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT.
0850 AM SNOW CASAR 35.51N 81.62W
03/25/2014 E0.0 INCH CLEVELAND NC PUBLIC
A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW ON GRASS IN CASAR.
0852 AM SNOW SALUDA 35.24N 82.35W
03/25/2014 M1.9 INCH POLK NC TRAINED SPOTTER
0900 AM SNOW FAIRVIEW 35.52N 82.40W
03/25/2014 E0.2 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
ABOUT A QUARTER INCH OF SNOW ON GRASS AND TREES. ALL
MELTED WHEN IT LANDED ON ROADS AND OTHER PAVED SURFACES.
0900 AM SNOW LAKE JUNALUSKA 35.53N 82.98W
03/25/2014 E4.0 INCH HAYWOOD NC PUBLIC
SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS OF AROUND 4 INCHES SNOW.
0900 AM SNOW SALUDA 35.24N 82.35W
03/25/2014 E0.0 INCH POLK NC PUBLIC
A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW ON GRASS IN SALUDA AREA WITH 38
DEGREES IN THE VALLEY.
0900 AM SNOW SALUDA 35.24N 82.35W
03/25/2014 E1.0 INCH POLK NC PUBLIC
NEAR SALUDA A LITTLE HIGHER IN ELEVATION. AROUND 1 INCH
OF SNOW.
0903 AM SNOW HILDEBRAN 35.72N 81.42W
03/25/2014 E0.2 INCH BURKE NC BROADCAST MEDIA
ABOUT A QUARTER INCH OF SNOW ON GRASS AND STILL SNOWING
MODERATELY IN FAR EASTERN BURKE COUNTY.
0930 AM SNOW LEICESTER 35.65N 82.69W
03/25/2014 E1.0 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
0955 AM SNOW TAYLORSVILLE 35.92N 81.18W
03/25/2014 E0.1 INCH ALEXANDER NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SNOWING MODERATELY NOW AND STICKING TO CARS AND GRASS
1000 AM SNOW BURNSVILLE 35.92N 82.30W
03/25/2014 E5.0 INCH YANCEY NC PUBLIC
HAS STOPPED SNOWING AND SUN IS SHINING NOW. SOCIAL
MEDIA REPORT.
1032 AM SNOW N PATTERSON 35.99N 81.56W
03/25/2014 E0.2 INCH CALDWELL NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
ACCUMS JUST ON GRASS
1053 AM SNOW 4 N BELWOOD 35.54N 81.52W
03/25/2014 E0.1 INCH CLEVELAND NC AMATEUR RADIO
DUSTING ON STATIONARY OBJECTS AND GRASS.
1109 AM SNOW 1 S MORGANTON 35.73N 81.70W
03/25/2014 E0.5 INCH BURKE NC PUBLIC
SALEM COMMUNITY JUST SOUTH OF MORGANTON
1208 PM SLEET 5 E COLUMBUS 35.25N 82.12W
03/25/2014 E0.0 INCH POLK NC NWS EMPLOYEE
A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET FELL WITH A SOUTHEASTERLY
MOVING BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS CONTAINING SLEET.
0101 PM SNOW MARS HILL 35.83N 82.55W
03/25/2014 E4.0 INCH MADISON NC PUBLIC
4 INCHES ON GROUND MAINLY FROM EARLIER TODAY AND HEAVY
SNOW WAS JUST FALLING BUT HAS JUST TAPERED OFF AT THE
END OF THE CALL.
0217 PM SNOW E FLAT SPRINGS 36.25N 81.91W
03/25/2014 M4.5 INCH AVERY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
1.6 INCHES FELL IN ONE HOUR 1 TO 2 PM. 4.5 INCHES FOR
EVENT. 3 INCHES ON GROUND. 27 DEGREES NOW. ROADS ARE
CLEAR.
0405 PM SNOW NEWLAND 36.09N 81.93W
03/25/2014 E4.0 INCH AVERY NC 911 CALL CENTER
3 TO 4 INCHES FELL TODAY...MOST MELTED ON ROADWAYS
0408 PM SNOW WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.00W
03/25/2014 E0.0 INCH HAYWOOD NC 911 CALL CENTER
ALL SNOW FROM EARLIER HAS MELTED. A TRACE IN RECENT
SNOW SHOWERS.
0415 PM SNOW MARSHALL 35.80N 82.68W
03/25/2014 E2.0 INCH MADISON NC 911 CALL CENTER
1 TO 2 INCHES FELL TODAY...MOST HAS MELTED.
0430 PM SNOW 2 SW SPRING CREEK 35.78N 82.88W
03/25/2014 E0.0 INCH MADISON NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
5 INCHES ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING. ALMOST ALL MELTED
TODAY.
0445 PM SNOW 2 W ASHEVILLE 35.57N 82.58W
03/25/2014 E0.5 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY SNOW SHOWER. ALL THE MORNINGS SNOW HAD MELTED.
0500 PM SNOW 5 N BAKERSVILLE 36.09N 82.16W
03/25/2014 M8.0 INCH MITCHELL NC COCORAHS
4.5 INCHES PAST 9 HRS.
0549 PM SNOW FAIRVIEW 35.52N 82.40W
03/25/2014 E0.5 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY SNOW FALLING. ROADS NOW GETTING COVERED. HAD 3
INCHES BEFORE MELTING EARLIER TODAY.
0656 PM SNOW 3 SE SPRUCE PINE 35.88N 82.03W
03/25/2014 M0.5 INCH MITCHELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
4.5 INCHES FELL THROUGH THIS MORNING. ALMOST ALL MELTED
THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL 0.5 INCHES OVER THE PAST
HOUR.
0712 PM SNOW FAIRVIEW 35.52N 82.40W
03/25/2014 M1.5 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
0730 PM SNOW LEICESTER 35.65N 82.69W
03/25/2014 E2.0 INCH BUNCOMBE NC PUBLIC
0816 PM SNOW 2 W ASHEVILLE 35.57N 82.58W
03/25/2014 M2.0 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
2 INCHES FELL IN ONE HOUR 7 TO 8 PM.
0842 PM SNOW AVL AIRPORT 35.45N 82.54W
03/25/2014 M0.3 INCH BUNCOMBE NC OTHER FEDERAL
0846 PM SNOW 4 S OLD FORT 35.58N 82.18W
03/25/2014 M1.0 INCH MCDOWELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
0848 PM SNOW 3 SW CHEROKEE 35.44N 83.36W
03/25/2014 M1.5 INCH SWAIN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW E FLAT SPRINGS 36.25N 81.91W
03/26/2014 M7.9 INCH AVERY NC COCORAHS
3355 FEET ELEVATION. 7.9 INCHES SNOW FOR THE EVENT
WHICH WAS 0.53 WATER EQUIVALENT. 1.3 INCHES IN PAST 12
HOURS. 4 INCHES ON GROUND.
0700 AM SNOW 5 ESE COLUMBUS 35.22N 82.12W
03/26/2014 E0.0 INCH POLK NC NWS EMPLOYEE
SCATTERED LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED GROUND
THIS MORNING. THIS SNOW FELL TUESDAY EVENING. LOCATION
JUST OFF PENIEL ROAD.
0730 AM SNOW 3 E WOODFIN 35.64N 82.54W
03/26/2014 M1.5 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
IN THE BEAVERDAM CREEK AREA NEAR ELEVATION 3000 FEET.
HAD 1.5 INCHES SNOW WHICH FELL MOSTLY DURING TUESDAY
EVENING BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
0800 AM SNOW FAIRVIEW 35.52N 82.40W
03/26/2014 E1.0 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
AT ELEVATION AROUND 2600 FEET. ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW
WHICH FELL MOSTLY TUESDAY EVENING.
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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.