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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 26, 20267 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 26, 2026, 1:38 AM EST for 7 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 26, 2026, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 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: Jan 26, 2026, 1:38 AM EST (06:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 26, 2026, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 27, 2026, 11:18 AM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Avery County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 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 extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 25, 1:40 PM EST, 11 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 1:40 PM EST, 11 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 1:51 PM EST, 11 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 26, 1:38 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 21 more	34 hr
Jan 26, 3:53 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 18 more	8 hr

Nearby

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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.