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Frost Advisory 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 16, 202014 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this frost advisory at Oct 16, 2020, 11:11 AM EDT for 14 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 17, 2020, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2020, 11:11 AM EDT (15:11 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 17, 2020, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Alexander County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Davie County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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, 11:03 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 11:03 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 3:44 AM EDTFreeze WatchGSPAvery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Mitchell and 2 more7 hr
Oct 16, 4:36 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Polk and 1 more4 hr
Oct 16, 11:11 AM EDTFreeze WarningGSPAvery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Mitchell and 2 more23 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 2020Every frost advisory in 2020

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.