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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 17, 201916 counties in North Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this frost advisory at Oct 17, 2019, 3:27 AM EDT for 16 counties in North Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It took effect at Oct 18, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2019, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2019, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Habersham County, GA, 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, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 Oct 16, 7:30 PM EDT, 7 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 7:30 PM EDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 2:50 PM EDTFreeze WarningGSPHaywood, Mitchell, Yancey18 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 2019Frost Advisories in Georgia, 2019Every frost advisory in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.