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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 15, 2021Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this freeze warning at Nov 15, 2021, 2:10 PM EST for Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 16, 2021, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2021, 2:10 PM EST (19:10 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2021, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 16, 2021, 8:00 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-11-15Temperature 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -134 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

198 
WWUS72 KILM 151910
NPWILM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
210 PM EST Mon Nov 15 2021

NCZ105-161300-
/O.UPG.KILM.FZ.A.0003.211116T0600Z-211116T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KILM.FZ.W.0003.211116T0600Z-211116T1300Z/
Inland Pender-
Including the city of Burgaw
210 PM EST Mon Nov 15 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected.

* WHERE...Inland Pender County.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$

NCZ087-096-099-109-SCZ017-024-161300-
/O.UPG.KILM.FZ.A.0003.211116T0600Z-211116T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KILM.FR.Y.0003.211116T0600Z-211116T1300Z/
Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Brunswick-Marlboro-Dillon-
Including the cities of Lumberton, Elizabethtown, Bladenboro, 
Whiteville, Tabor City, Chadbourn, Lake Waccamaw, 
Boiling Spring Lakes, Leland, Shallotte, Bennettsville, McColl, 
and Dillon
210 PM EST Mon Nov 15 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 to 36 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...In South Carolina, Marlboro and Dillon Counties. In 
  North Carolina, Robeson, Bladen, Columbus and Inland Brunswick 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EST Tuesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

SCZ023-032-033-039-055-058-059-161300-
/O.NEW.KILM.FR.Y.0003.211116T0600Z-211116T1300Z/
Darlington-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg-Inland Georgetown-
Central Horry-Northern Horry-
Including the cities of Hartsville, Darlington, North Hartsville,
Florence, Marion, Mullins, Kingstree, Andrews, Conway, Longs, 
Bucksport, Loris, Green Sea, and Aynor
210 PM EST Mon Nov 15 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Darlington, Florence, Marion, Williamsburg, Inland 
  Georgetown, Central Horry and Northern Horry Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EST Tuesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

29
1 follow-up statement
716 
WWUS72 KILM 161253
NPWILM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
753 AM EST Tue Nov 16 2021

NCZ105-161400-
/O.EXP.KILM.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-211116T1300Z/
Inland Pender-
Including the city of Burgaw
753 AM EST Tue Nov 16 2021

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...

Temperatures across the warned area have warmed up above freezing.

$$

NCZ087-096-099-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-055-058-059-161400-
/O.EXP.KILM.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-211116T1300Z/
Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Brunswick-Marlboro-Darlington-
Dillon-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg-Inland Georgetown-
Central Horry-Northern Horry-
Including the cities of Lumberton, Elizabethtown, Bladenboro, 
Whiteville, Tabor City, Chadbourn, Lake Waccamaw, 
Boiling Spring Lakes, Leland, Shallotte, Bennettsville, McColl, 
Hartsville, Darlington, North Hartsville, Dillon, Florence, 
Marion, Mullins, Kingstree, Andrews, Conway, Longs, Bucksport, 
Loris, Green Sea, and Aynor
753 AM EST Tue Nov 16 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...

Temperatures across the warned area have warmed up, and frost is
now unlikely to occur.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 2:52 AM ESTFreeze WatchILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson11 hr
Nov 15, 2:10 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson18 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2021Every freeze warning 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.