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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this frost advisory at Apr 16, 2014, 3:30 AM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 17, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2014, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685 WWUS72 KGSP 160730 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 330 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...VERY COLD AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW OVER MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. FROST IS LIKELY IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING TEMPERATURES DO NOT DEVELOP. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ008-009-014-161400- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0004.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0004.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140416T1400Z/ RABUN-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...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 330 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...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...MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE SEVERE DAMAGE TO 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. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-161400- /O.NEW.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140416T1400Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...GREENWOOD 330 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
4 follow-up statements
608 WWUS72 KGSP 161346 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 946 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...VERY COLD AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. FROST IS LIKELY IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING TEMPERATURES DO NOT DEVELOP. GAZ010-NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ008-009-014-161930- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140416T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0004.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ RABUN-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...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 946 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE SEVERE DAMAGE TO 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. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-161930- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140416T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...HARTWELL... ELBERTON...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...GREENWOOD 946 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ 08
314 WWUS72 KGSP 161842 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 242 PM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...VERY COLD AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. FROST IS LIKELY IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING TEMPERATURES DO NOT DEVELOP. GAZ017-SCZ003-006-007-011>013-019-170300- /O.UPG.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.FZ.W.0004.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ HABERSHAM-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...GREENWOOD 242 PM EDT WED APR 16 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 FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS 30 TO 32. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO 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. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510- SCZ008-009-014-170300- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0004.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ RABUN-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY... SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...CHESTER 242 PM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...EASTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE SEVERE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-170300- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON 242 PM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ WIMBERLEY
578 WWUS72 KGSP 170226 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1026 PM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...VERY COLD AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. FROST IS LIKELY IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING TEMPERATURES DO NOT DEVELOP. GAZ010-017-NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082- 501>510-SCZ003-006>009-011>014-019-171300- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0004.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...STATESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 1026 PM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...EASTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE SEVERE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-171300- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.140417T0400Z-140417T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON 1026 PM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ CDG
817 WWUS72 KGSP 170715 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 315 AM EDT THU APR 17 2014 ...VERY COLD AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING... .AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING...WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN MANY LOCATIONS. FROST IS LIKELY IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING TEMPERATURES DO NOT DEVELOP. GAZ010-017-NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082- 501>510-SCZ003-006>009-011>014-019-171300- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140417T1300Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...STATESVILLE... MOCKSVILLE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 315 AM EDT THU APR 17 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE SEVERE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-171300- /O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140417T1300Z/ STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...ANDERSON 315 AM EDT THU APR 17 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWESTERN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 16, 3:17 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:17 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO
FRIDAY. A DEEP UPPER TROUGH ARRIVES FROM THE WEST TO START THE
WEEKEND. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE CLOSE TO
NORMAL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 310 AM TUESDAY...CLOUDS CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE NC
MTNS AND SHOULD BE GONE BY DAYBREAK. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE FREEZE
WARNING HAVE ALREADY REACHED FREEZING...WITH OTHER LOCATIONS COOLING
BASICALLY ON SCHEDULE. CURRENT FREEZE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
THRU EXPIRATION. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED GREATLY OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS
BUT REMAIN GUSTY...WITH OCCASIONAL STRONG BURSTS ACROSS THE MTNS.
EXPECT THE MTN WINDS TO DIMINISH BY DAYBREAK AS WELL...BUT SHUD
REMAIN GUSTY THRU MORNING. EXPECT NELY WINDS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS TO
BECOME GUSTY WITH MIXING BY MID-MORNING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH THRU
THE DAY. MTN WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND TURN SELY FOR THE AFTERNOON.
SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED THRU THE DAY...BUT THE COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE
WILL KEEP HIGHS AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS WEDGED INTO THE AREA FROM THE NE TONIGHT. THIS
KEEPS THE COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...BUT WITH SOME
MODERATION. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS TOWARD MORNING AS A SHORT
WAVE MOVING THRU THE SWLY FLOW ALOFT HELPS SPIN UP A WEAK SFC LOW
ALONG THE STALLED COLD FRONT OFF SHORE. ELY FLOW AROUND THIS SYSTEM
COULD BRING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND CLOUDS...INTO THE ERN CWFA
TOWARD DAYBREAK. IF THIS DOES DEVELOP...IT COULD PUT A DAMPER ON
GOOD RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS ACROSS AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE AREA.
THAT SAID...EVEN THE NAM WHICH IS MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THE FLOW AND
MOISTURE...SHOWS LITTLE TO NO INCREASE IN CONDENSATION PRESSURE
DEFICITS ON THE LOW LEVEL ISENTROPIC SURFACES OVER THE AREA BY
MORNING. GIVEN THE GUIDANCE DISAGREEMENT...WILL KEEP MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES TONIGHT...BUT SOME WIND CONTINUING. ALL THIS TO SAY FCST LOWS
STILL FALL TO FREEZING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THEREFORE...WILL
UPGRADE TO A WARNING FOR TONIGHT. THERE COULD EVEN BE PATCHY
FREEZING TEMPS OUTSIDE OF THE WATCH AREA IN NORMALLY COLDER
LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...THEY SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED ENUF TO PRECLUDE A
WARNING. FROST IS A LITTLE MORE MARGINAL GIVEN THE RELATIVELY DRY
AIR MASS...WINDS AND POTENTIAL CLOUDS. STILL...HAVE WIDESPREAD AREA
WITH TEMPS REACHING WELL INTO THE FROST PRODUCING CATEGORY. SINCE
ISOLATED FREEZING TEMPS ARE POSSIBLE...WILL GO WITH A FROST ADV FOR
THE REST OF THE UPSTATE AND NE GA.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 250 AM WEDNESDAY...ON THURSDAY...BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF
INDICATE THAT A 1045 MB HIGH WILL REMAIN CENTERED NEAR NOVA
SCOTIA...RIDGING SW ACROSS THE EAST COAST. THIS PATTERN WILL PROVIDE
DRY AND COOL LLVL NE FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA.
SUNNY TO MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS SHOULD RESULT IN 25 TO 30 DEGREE
WARMING OVER MORNING LOWS. A BLEND OF PREFERRED MOS SUPPORTS HIGH
TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE LOW 60S. THURSDAY NIGHT...H5 TROF AXIS
IS EXPECTED TO RIPPLE OVER THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. AS
THE TROF APPROACHES...SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE
NRN GULF OF MEXICO ALONG AN OLD COLD FRONT. AS THE LOW
DEVELOPS...DEEP MOISTURE WILL ADVECT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH...REACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION AROUND SUNRISE.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT THE COMBINATION OF HIGH CLOUDS AND
THICKENING MID CLOUDS SHOULD RESULT IN MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS BY
MID MORNING FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE SFC LOW...H85 WINDS WILL VEER SOUTH
AND SHOULD PROVIDE WEAK WAA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY WARM OVER
THURSDAY/S VALUES BY 1-3 DEGREES. SPRINKLES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
EASTERN PIEDMONT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THE FORECAST WILL
FEATURE NO MENTIONABLE POPS.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 310 PM WEDNESDAY...ON SATURDAY...BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS INDICATE
THAT LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE UPPER FL PENINSULA DURING
THE MORNING...TRACKING EAST. AT THE MID LEVELS...A DEEP TROF TO
CLOSED LOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE SFC LOW...FOLLOWED BY
RIDGING CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. BOTH
SOLUTIONS INDICATE LITTLE TO NO QPF ACROSS THE CWFA. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE VERY CLOSE TO CLIMO. BROAD HIGH
PRESSURE AND LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGING SHOULD PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS
WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY. EARLY NEXT
WEEK...ANOTHER MID LEVEL S/W IS EXPECTED TO RIPPLE FROM THE MIDDLE
CONUS ON MON TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY TUESDAY. THE SFC LOW
WILL TRACK NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT SWEEPING INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY. DEEP MOISTURE AND WEAK
INSTABILITY SHOULD SUPPORT SCT SHRA...WITH A FEW TSRA OVER THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND UPSTATE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON
TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...MTN CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT WITH
CLEAR SKIES ALL AREAS THRU THE BULK OF THE PERIOD. WINDS HAVE
DIMINISHED OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS BUT GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR KAVL THRU
NOON. EXPECT NELY WINDS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS DURING THE MORNING WITH
A PERIOD OF LOW END GUSTS AS MIXING DEVELOPS. GUSTS END AND WINDS
TURN ENE FOR THE AFTERNOON. KAVL WILL SEE SELY WINDS FOR THE
AFTERNOON. LIGHTER ENE WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE EVENING...WITH A
RETURN TO LIGHTER NLY WIND AT KAVL.
OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VFR WEATHER THRU
THURSDAY. CEILING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL RETURN FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM DEVELOPS ALONG THE COAST.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
07-13Z 13-19Z 19-01Z 01-07Z
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
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD LOWS FOR WEDNESDAY APRIL 16...
AVL...26 IN 1943
CLT...29 IN 2008
GSP...24 IN 1907
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
GAZ010.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-
026-028-029.
NC...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-
501>510.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR NCZ035>037-048-
051>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
SCZ008-009-014.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...NED
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...NED
LONG TERM...NED
AVIATION...RWH
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 12:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1244 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 NCZ033-049-050-161200- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- 1244 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-161200- RABUN-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- 1244 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. FREEZE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...FREEZE LIKELY. A COLD AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA CREATING FREEZING CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ..THURSDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. A COLD AIR MASS...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ008-009-014- 161200- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-CHEROKEE-YORK- CHESTER- 1244 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. FREEZE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...FREEZE LIKELY. A COLD AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA CREATING FREEZING CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ..THURSDAY...FROST POSSIBLE. A COLD AIR MASS...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO FROST POTENTIAL 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-161200- HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- 1244 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...FREEZE LIKELY. A COLD AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA CREATING FREEZING CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ..THURSDAY...FROST POSSIBLE. A COLD AIR MASS...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO FROST POTENTIAL 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. .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 16, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens, Union and 1 more | 30 hr |
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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.