Alert archive / North Carolina / Frost Advisories in 2021

Frost Advisory 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 15, 20216 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this frost advisory at Apr 15, 2021, 2:08 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 16, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2021, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Swain County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

037 
WWUS72 KGSP 151808
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
208 PM EDT Thu Apr 15 2021

NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-160400-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.210416T0600Z-210416T1300Z/
Madison-Swain-Haywood-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-
Including the cities of Faust, Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut, 
Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck, Alarka, Almond, Bryson City, 
Luada, Wesser, Waynesville, Waterville, Canton, Cruso, 
Cove Creek, Robbinsville, Stecoah, Cullowhee, Tuckasegee, Sylva, 
Franklin, Rainbow Springs, Kyle, and Highlands
208 PM EDT Thu Apr 15 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 to 35 degrees, along with light
  winds, will result in areas of frost formation.

* WHERE...Madison, Swain, Haywood, Graham, Northern Jackson and 
  Macon Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

HG
3 follow-up statements
117 
WWUS72 KGSP 160241
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1041 PM EDT Thu Apr 15 2021

NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-161045-
/O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.210416T0600Z-210416T1300Z/
Madison-Swain-Haywood-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-
Including the cities of Faust, Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut, 
Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck, Alarka, Almond, Bryson City, 
Luada, Wesser, Waynesville, Waterville, Canton, Cruso, 
Cove Creek, Robbinsville, Stecoah, Cullowhee, Tuckasegee, Sylva, 
Franklin, Rainbow Springs, Kyle, and Highlands
1041 PM EDT Thu Apr 15 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 to 35 degrees, along with 
  light winds, will result in areas of frost formation.

* WHERE...Madison, Swain, Haywood, Graham, Northern Jackson and 
  Macon Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

PM
881 
WWUS72 KGSP 160800
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
400 AM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-161300-
/O.CON.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210416T1300Z/
Madison-Swain-Haywood-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-
Including the cities of Faust, Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut, 
Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck, Alarka, Almond, Bryson City, 
Luada, Wesser, Waynesville, Waterville, Canton, Cruso, 
Cove Creek, Robbinsville, Stecoah, Cullowhee, Tuckasegee, Sylva, 
Franklin, Rainbow Springs, Kyle, and Highlands
400 AM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Haywood, Swain, Madison, Macon, Graham and Northern 
  Jackson Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
242 
WWUS72 KGSP 161302
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
902 AM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-161415-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210416T1300Z/
Madison-Swain-Haywood-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-
Including the cities of Faust, Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut, 
Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck, Alarka, Almond, Bryson City, 
Luada, Wesser, Waynesville, Waterville, Canton, Cruso, 
Cove Creek, Robbinsville, Stecoah, Cullowhee, Tuckasegee, Sylva, 
Franklin, Rainbow Springs, Kyle, and Highlands
902 AM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Temperatures have warmed enough that the threat of frost
formation has ended this morning. Temperatures will quickly warm
through the 40s over the next hour or two.

$$
Wimberley

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 2021Every frost advisory in 2021

Sources

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