The National Weather Service Office in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a Freeze Warning for several counties in western North Caolina and a Frost Advisory for the counties East of the Balsams.This looks to be the first hard freeze of the season, so if you have patio plants you wish to preserve a little while longer, you best be bringing them inside for the evening.
The text of the Freeze Warning follows:
Freeze WarningURGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
312 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008
NCZ033-048>052-058-059-062-063-182015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.W.0006.081019T0400Z-081019T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.FZ.A.0004.081020T0400Z-081020T1300Z/
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN
312 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT
SUNDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM EDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWARD
TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND LOWER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY OF NORTH
CAROLINA...BY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES. VALLEYS AND HIGHER
ELEVATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO SEE LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S.
THE HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOW
TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO
LOW 30S. HOWEVER...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE VALLEYS
ON SUNDAY NIGHT. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MAY NOT FALL BELOW 40.
IF FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO END THE GROWING
SEASON OVER LARGE PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...THEN THE WATCH
FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE CANCELLED.
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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