Alert archive / North Carolina / Freeze Warnings in 2016
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this freeze warning at Apr 8, 2016, 3:59 AM EDT for 17 counties in North Carolina; Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2016, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Counties Rabun County, GA, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 0.5 | Mount Mitchell State Pa, NC | VERY DIFFICULT TO MEASURE AS THE WIND WAS BLOWING THE SNOW OFF THE MOUNTAIN. TEMPERATURE WAS 18 DEGREES AT OB TIME. AT 1125 AM...TEMP 16 DEGREES WITH WIND FROM THE WEST AT 43 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 53 MPH.. WIND CHILL -7 DEGREES. |
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 1 | 1 S Jonas Ridge, NC | |
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 1 | E Flat Springs, NC | AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT 7 AM WITH WATER EQUIVALENT OF THE SNOW 0.10 OF AN INCH. |
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 1.2 | 5 N Bakersville, NC | NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH ONE INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT 7 AM. |
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | Beech Mountain, NC | 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND AT 7 AM. TEMP AT OB TIME WAS 20 DEGREES. STRONG WIND. |
| Apr 9, 9:00 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wnw Asheville, NC | TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON EVELAKE DRIVE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
868 WWUS72 KGSP 080759 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 359 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY THIS MORNING AS WELL AS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS...HIGH WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FRIDAY MORNING...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZE SATURDAY MORNING. A CONTINENTAL POLAR AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION AMIDST CLEAR SKIES AND CALMING WINDS ON SUNDAY MORNING YIELDING HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER YET STILL SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FAVORED ELSEWHERE. HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. NCZ033-049-050-081600- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0006.160409T0600Z-160409T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE 359 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED BY COLD. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-081600- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0006.160409T0600Z-160409T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA 359 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...PARTICULARLY AREAS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ABOVE 3500 FEET. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED BY COLD. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ062>064-081600- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0006.160409T0600Z-160409T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS... BREVARD 359 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR 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. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ065-501-503-505-507-081600- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0006.160409T0600Z-160409T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT...LAKE LURE 359 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ509-081600- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0006.160409T0600Z-160409T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ RABUN-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...SALUDA 359 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-081600- /O.NEW.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION 359 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ001>014-019- 081600- /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON... HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE... GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA... EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE... BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER... GREAT FALLS 359 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS AROUND 60. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CDG
6 follow-up statements
308 WWUS72 KGSP 080823 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 423 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY THIS MORNING AS WELL AS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS...HIGH WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FRIDAY MORNING...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZE SATURDAY MORNING. A CONTINENTAL POLAR AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION AMIDST CLEAR SKIES AND CALMING WINDS ON SUNDAY MORNING YIELDING HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER YET STILL SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FAVORED ELSEWHERE. HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. NCZ033-049-050-081600- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE 423 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED BY COLD. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-081600- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA 423 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...PARTICULARLY AREAS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ABOVE 3500 FEET. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED BY COLD. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ062>064-081600- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS... BREVARD 423 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ065-501-503-505-507-081600- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT...LAKE LURE 423 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR 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. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ509-081600- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ RABUN-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...SALUDA 423 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-081600- /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION 423 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ001>014-019- 081600- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON... HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE... GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA... EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE... BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER... GREAT FALLS 423 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS AROUND 60. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CDG
754 WWUS72 KGSP 081417 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1017 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY AGAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS...HIGH WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING. A CONTINENTAL POLAR AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION AMIDST CLEAR SKIES AND CALMING WINDS ON SUNDAY MORNING YIELDING HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER YET STILL SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FAVORED ELSEWHERE. HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. NCZ033-049-050-082230- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE 1017 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED BY COLD. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-082230- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA 1017 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...PARTICULARLY AREAS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ABOVE 3500 FEET. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED BY COLD. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ062>064-082230- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS... BREVARD 1017 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR 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. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ065-501-503-505-507-082230- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT...LAKE LURE 1017 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ509-082230- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ RABUN-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...SALUDA 1017 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-082230- /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION 1017 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ001>014-019- 082230- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON... HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE... GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA... EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE... BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER... GREAT FALLS 1017 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS AROUND 60. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
412 WWUS72 KGSP 081951 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 351 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS... ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .COLDER TEMPERATURES AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL INTO THE REGION TONIGHT ON THE STRENGTH OF ROBUST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. THE ASSOCIATED COLD AIRMASS WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE REGION UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND GRADUALLY CALMING WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FREEZE CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. NCZ033-049-050-090400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE 351 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S TONIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>064-090400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 351 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH WIND IMPACTS MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TONIGHT...AND LOW TO MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ065-501-503-505-507-090400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT...LAKE LURE 351 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND THE MID 20S ON SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ509-090400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ RABUN-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...SALUDA 351 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND THE UPPER 20S ON SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. 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 FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-090400- /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION 351 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ001>014-019- 090400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON... HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE... GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA... EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE... BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER... GREAT FALLS 351 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ HG
896 WWUS72 KGSP 090242 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1042 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS... ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH SATURDAY... .COLDER TEMPERATURES AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL INTO THE REGION ON THE STRENGTH OF ROBUST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. THE ASSOCIATED COLD AIRMASS WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE REGION UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND GRADUALLY CALMING WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FREEZE CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. NCZ033-049-050-091400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE 1042 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST RIDGES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S SATURDAY MORNING. LOWS NEAR 20 SUNDAY MORNING. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>064-091400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.160409T0400Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 1042 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... WITH WIND IMPACTS MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST RIDGES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S SATURDAY MORNING. LOWS IN THE MID 20S SUNDAY MORNING. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ065-501-503-505-507-091400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT...LAKE LURE 1042 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS NEAR 30 SATURDAY MORNING. LOWS IN THE MID 20S SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE OF VEGETATION. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE PLANTS. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ509-091400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ RABUN-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...SALUDA 1042 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY MORNING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. 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 FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-091400- /O.CON.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION 1042 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE OF VEGETATION. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE PLANTS. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ001>014-019- 091400- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON... HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE... GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA... EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE... BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER... GREAT FALLS 1042 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30 SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIMBERLEY
648 WWUS72 KGSP 090750 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 350 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH SATURDAY... .COLDER TEMPERATURES AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL INTO THE REGION ON THE STRENGTH OF ROBUST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. THE ASSOCIATED COLD AIRMASS WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE REGION UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND GRADUALLY CALMING WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FREEZE CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH SATURDAY. NCZ033-049-050-091600- /O.UPG.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BURNSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE 350 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>064-091600- /O.UPG.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA... ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS... CASHIERS...BREVARD 350 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH WIND IMPACTS MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ065-501-503-505-507-091600- /O.UPG.KGSP.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT...LAKE LURE 350 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ509-091600- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ RABUN-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN... MOUNTAIN CITY...SALUDA 350 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... 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STEPHENS...SALISBURY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION 350 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068>072-082-508-510-SCZ001>014-019- 091600- /O.UPG.KGSP.FZ.A.0007.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON... HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON... COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE... GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA... EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE... BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON... ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER... GREAT FALLS 350 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS AROUND 60. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CDG
585 WWUS72 KGSP 091350 NPWGSP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 950 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .COLDER TEMPERATURES AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL INTO THE REGION ON THE STRENGTH OF ROBUST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. THE ASSOCIATED COLD AIR MASS WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE REGION UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND GRADUALLY CALMING WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A MODERATE TO HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD FREEZING CONDITIONS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. NCZ033-048>050-053-092200- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...MARS HILL... MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE 950 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE WORST THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ065-501-503-505-507-509-092200- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.EXA.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER... EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...JONAS RIDGE...OLD FORT...LAKE LURE... SALUDA 950 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AND EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE WORST THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064-092200- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON... LAKE JUNALUSKA...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN... HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...BREVARD 950 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... WITH WIND IMPACTS MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TIMING...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE WORST THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...AND ISOLATED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. 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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ010-092200- /O.EXP.KGSP.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ RABUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTAIN CITY 950 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506- 508-510-SCZ001>014-019-092200- /O.CON.KGSP.FZ.W.0008.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNELIA...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE... TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON... HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN... LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY... INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION... FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER... PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...CAESARS HEAD... CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...TAYLORS... GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS...LAURENS... CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS 950 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS AROUND 60. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ARK
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 8, 3:38 AM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:38 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES
WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND.
TEMEPRATURES WILL REBOUND FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK BEFORE
ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVES ON TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
OF 330 AM EDT FRIDAY...A BROAD H5 LONGWAVE TROF CONTINUES TO
HIGHLIGHT THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
BEYOND. THIS LOOKS TO PRESENT A SERIES OF LOW HAZARD...YET
IMPACTFUL WEATHER HEADLINES ACROSS NORTHEAST GA AND THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS. TO START...LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST OUT OF
THE EAST TN INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ASSOCIATED WITH A SERIES
OF VORT IMPULSES ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE LONGWAVE TROF. THIS WILL
PERSIST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE A BRIEF LULL TAKES HOLD AS AS
THE NEXT IN THE LINE OF VORT MAXES RACES ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH INTO
THE TN VALLEY TIED TO YET ANOTHER H3/H5 JET MAX.
GUIDANCE FAVORS LOW END CHANCES FOR SHRA ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STRONGEST PREFRONTAL VORT MAX SURGES IN...WITH
SHRA POSSIBLY BREAKING CONTAINMENT OVER THE LOW TERRAIN. THERMAL
PROFILES WILL INITIALLY BE TOO WARM OVER THE NC MTNS FOR ANY WINTRY
PRECIP...HOWEVER THAT WILL CHANGE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS
TEMPERATURES FALL DIURNALLY ALLOWING FOR SNOW LEVELS TO COMPLY.
THEREFORE THE FCST DOES FEATURE SLIGHT/CHANCE SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE
HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGETOPS OF THE SOUTHERN MTNS...WHILE HIGHER
CHANCES ARE FAVORED OVER THE NORTHERN MTNS.
MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL DIVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST STATES INTO
THE OH VALLEY BY LATE EVENING...SURGING SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN NC BY
PERIODS END. PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCES WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE
ENCROACHING FRONT AND CP AIRMASS LEADING TO ELEVATED WINDS.
GUIDANCE SEEMS TO CONVERGE ON ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN
MTNS WHERE SOME OF THE HIGHER PEAKS COULD SEE GUSTS NEARING WARNING
LEVELS. FURTHER SOUTH...ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS SHOULD REMAIN TIED TO
THE HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGETOPS.
WILL UPGRADE CURRENT FREEZE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR SATURDAY MORNING
AS SUBFREEZING TEMPS LOOK LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN NC HIGH
TERRAIN. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT THE STRONGER WINDS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN MTNS. WILL FORGO ANY WINTER WX HEADLINES AT
THIS TIME AS WPCGUIDE ALONG WITH LOCAL TOOLS SUGGEST SUBADVISORY
SNOW LEVELS...GENERALLY 1-2 INCHES AT BEST GIVEN THE ELEVATED WINDS
WHICH WILL KEEP LEVELS SUBDUED...HOWEVER WILL LIKELY YIELD PERIODS
OF BLOWING SNOW. WILL HIGHLIGHT SAID SNOWFALL THREATS IN THE HWO.
LASTLY...RH LEVELS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ALONG WITH WIND
GUSTS IN THE 20-30MPH RANGE WILL FAVOR ENHANCED FIRE DANGER ACROSS
MUCH OF THE SC UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON...THUS WILL CONTINUE WITH
CURRENT FIRE DANGER STATEMENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 AM FRIDAY...UNSEASONABLY COLD. DEEP UPPER TROUGH IN PLACE
OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY AT THE START OF THE
PERIOD...WITH ONE FINAL SHORTWAVE DIVING DOWN THE NORTHWEST FLOW
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DEEP-LAYER CAA SETS IN...BRINGING THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES WE'VE SEEN IN A WHILE TO THE FORECAST AREA. HIGHS
SATURDAY WILL BE MORE LIKE JANUARY HIGHS...WITH FREEZING
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED JUST ABOUT AREA-WIDE SATURDAY NIGHT. MAV IS
COOLER THAN MET GUIDANCE BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES...BUT BOTH ARE
SHOWING SIMILAR DEWPOINTS...THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE MET WANTS
TO NOT ZERO OUT THE WINDS EARLY SUNDAY. MASS FIELDS ARE TRENDING
JUST SLIGHTLY NORTH WITH THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH AS IT DIPS
SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE NC COAST SUNDAY...SO HAVING SOME WINDS
REMAINING IN THE FORECAST IS CERTAINLY BELIEVABLE. HOWEVER...WITH
NEAR-IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS IN PLACE WITH SUCH A DRY
AIRMASS...HAVE LEANED ON THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE. LOWS ARE NOT
TOO FAR FROM RECORDS BUT STILL A FEW DEGREES ABOVE.
WE HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING THIS ANOMALOUSLY COLD AIRMASS FOR DAYS NOW
AND GIVEN IT IS A WEEKEND AND WE ARE WELL INTO BUDDING SEASON...HAVE
OPTED TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A FREEZE WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE ARE
SATURDAY NIGHT. TO COMPLICATE THE ISSUE...GIVEN THE EARLY BUDDING
THIS SPRING...HAVE OPTED TO ISSUE A HARD FREEZE WATCH FOR AREAS IN
NC WHERE LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 27 OR BELOW. SOME
AREAS OF THE NC PIEDMONT...LIKE AROUND CHARLOTTE...MAY REACH HARD
FREEZE CRITERIA BUT CONFIDENCE IS A LITTLE LOWER IN THOSE AREAS.
SHOULD SEE A WARMING TREND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES
OFFSHORE AND SHORTWAVE RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. A SHORTWAVE
TROUGH APPROACHES LATE SUNDAY...BUT SURFACE HIGH ALONG THE COAST WILL
BE PRETTY STRONG AND SHOULD KEEP ANY PRECIPITATION FROM REACHING THE
FORECAST AREA...THOUGH THE GFS DOES WANT TO HINT AT SOME QPF ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...A SOUTHERN STREAM LOW OVER
THE ROCKIES INDUCES SURFACE LOW FORMATION IN THE PLAINS...WITH AN
ELONGATED FRONT STRETCHED TO THE GREAT LAKES /WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE TROUGH/...TO AFFECT OUR AREA IN THE
EXTENDED.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 330 AM FRIDAY...AFOREMENTIONED SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM WILL
PUSH INTO THE PLAINS MONDAY...BUT WILL DAMP AND PHASE WITH A
STRONGER LOW THAT DIVES FROM CANADA TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES /WHICH BY
THIS POINT HAS ABSORBED THE SHORT TERM SHORTWAVE/. THE SOUTHERN
SYSTEM TAPS INTO GULF MOISTURE AS IT SPREADS EAST...WITH
PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING THE DEEP SOUTH. HIGH CHANCE POPS
CONTINUE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY
TUESDAY...WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE RETURN AND INSTABILITY SPREADING
ACROSS THE AREA FOR CONTINUED THUNDER WORDING ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES
TUESDAY EVENING.
GUIDANCE IS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONT EXITING THE AREA
EARLY WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...OPERATIONAL MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE
RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY BY THIS POINT. HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY...BUT THE ECMWF THEN DAMS THE HIGH DOWN THE
EASTERN SEABOARD IN A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CLASSICAL CAD
EVENT...WHEREAS ON THE GFS KEEPS THE HIGH RIDGING DOWN THE WESTERN
SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS /DUE TO CONFLUENT FLOW ALOFT BEING
FARTHER WEST/. BOTH DO HAVE A WEAK SOUTHERN STREAM WAVE TRAVERSING
THE GULF COAST WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE
EARLY-PERIOD FRONT...BUT THE ECMWF BRINGS UPGLIDE OVER THE DAMMING
WEDGE WHEREAS THE GFS JUST PUSHES THE SHORTWAVE TO THE EAST ON ITS
MERRY WAY...REMAINING WELL TO OUR SOUTH. DIFFERENCES IN SENSIBLE
WEATHER IMPACTS WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT...WITH THE ECWMF COOLER AND
WETTER ESPECIALLY THURSDAY THAN THE GFS. GIVEN FREEZING CONCERNS IN
THE SHORT-TERM THAT HAVE DOMINATED OUR FORECAST TIME THIS
MORNING...HAVE OPTED TO TAKE SOME SORT OF A BLEND BUT LIKELY RESULT
WILL PROBABLY FAR MORE BINARY THAN THIS...BUT WILL GIVE IT A FEW
DAYS TO WORK ITSELF OUT.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. BROAD/DEEP UPPER
TROF WILL REMAIN ATOP THE REGION ON FRIDAY WITH A SERIES OF VORT
IMPULSES PASSING THROUGH THE MEAN FLOW. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH
SAID IMPULSES WILL BANK AGAINST THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NC
MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY WITH A BRIEF LULL EXPECTED BY MID MORNING.
THUS...KAVL TAF FEATURES VCSH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE
PREVAILING DRY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN VCSH IS REINTRODUCED.
ALL OTHER SITES ARE DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD AS CONFIDENCE IN
PRECIPITATION BREAKING CONTAINMENT IS LOW. OTHERWISE...PATCHY MID
LEVEL CLOUDS OVERNIGHT WILL GIVE WAY TO HIGH CIRRUS BY
DAYBREAK...BEFORE LEADING INTO LOW VFR CU BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY ISSUE AT ALL SITES AS ENHANCED FLOW THROUGH A
DEEP LAYER WILL MIX DOWN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS YIELDING
MODERATE GUSTS AT EACH LOCALE...THUS TAFS FEATURES SUCH.
FURTHERMORE...STRONG LEE TROFFING COULD CAUSE FLOW TO BACK SOUTH OF
WEST IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NC PIEDMONT.
OUTLOOK...CHANCES FOR RESTRICTIONS ARE LOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS
COOL/DRY HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS. CHANCES INCREASE ON MONDAY/TUESDAY
AS WARM/MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
07-13Z 13-19Z 19-01Z 01-06Z
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 SCHEDULE TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLET HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RH LEVELS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN THE
20-30MPH RANGE WILL FAVOR ENHANCED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE SC
UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORDS FOR 04-08
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 89 1893 41 1982 62 1908 22 2007
KCLT 88 1929 44 1938 64 1882 21 2007
KGSP 85 2001 40 1907 63 2001 24 2007
RECORDS FOR 04-09
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 85 2001 35 1916 62 1922 24 1972
KCLT 89 1893 46 2003 64 1908 25 1972
1916
KGSP 89 1965 48 2003 63 1999 27 1972
1938 1922
RECORDS FOR 04-10
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAVL 87 2001 38 1907 60 1959 23 1985
1929
1908
KCLT 90 2001 44 1984 65 1922 28 2007
1893 1985
KGSP 91 1995 44 2003 63 1922 24 1916
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR
GAZ010.
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
501>507.
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NCZ068>072-082-508>510.
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR NCZ033-048>052-
058-059.
WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR
NCZ033-048>052-058-059-062>064.
SC...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SCZ001>014-019.
FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING
FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...CDG
SHORT TERM...TDP
LONG TERM...TDP
AVIATION...CDG
FIRE WEATHER...
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 10:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1045 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 NCZ033-048>052-059-090245- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON- 1045 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. ..SATURDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. A MORE WIDESPREAD AND HARDER FREEZE IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. ..SUNDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ053-058-090245- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- 1045 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. ..SATURDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. A MORE WIDESPREAD AND HARDER FREEZE IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. ..SUNDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ017-090245- HABERSHAM- 1045 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. A MORE WIDESPREAD AND HARDER FREEZE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. ..SUNDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-NCZ062>065-501-503-505-507-509-090245- RABUN-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 1045 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. ..SATURDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. A MORE WIDESPREAD AND HARDER FREEZE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. ..SUNDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. SCZ001>003-090245- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 1045 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...WILDFIRE DANGER POSSIBLE. SEE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. ..SATURDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. A MORE WIDESPREAD AND HARDER FREEZE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. ..SUNDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-090245- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 1045 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. SCZ004>014-019-090245- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1045 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..FRIDAY...WILDFIRE DANGER POSSIBLE. SEE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SUNDAY...FREEZE POSSIBLE. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 10:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1022 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 SCZ001>014-019-080930- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1022 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... AS A DRY CANADIAN AIRMASS BEGINS TO SPREAD INTO THE REGION...BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FORESTRY OFFICIALS INDICATE FUEL MOISTURES REMAIN LOW. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO CAUSE INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER YOU CAN BURN FRIDAY. IF YOU DO BURN...USE EXTREME CAUTION SINCE FIRES CAN QUICKLY GET OUT OF HAND UNDER THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIMBERLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:59 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Polk and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:59 AM EDT | Hard Freeze Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:59 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 38 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 4 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2016Every freeze warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.