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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 20, 202620 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this frost advisory at Apr 20, 2026, 2:01 AM EDT for 20 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 21, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2026, 2:01 AM EDT (06:01 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 1:01 PM EDTFreeze WarningRAHGranville, Person19 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 2026Every frost advisory in 2026

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.