Freeze Watch issued October 16 at 9:42PM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees possible, especially at higher elevations. * WHERE...The mountains of western North Carolina. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation, and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained. Remove hoses and cover above-ground pipes.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NC, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Avery; Madison; Yancey; Mitchell; Swain; Haywood; Buncombe; Graham; Northern Jackson; Macon; Southern Jackson
- event
- Freeze Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-18T01:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["NC"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-16T21:42:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4911cdc6f490fdf2e0ba596cb62d44e107823c6f.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0cd1286f60b07ef88dd10dead8a82e6cfc510a1b.001.1"]
- instruction
- Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained. Remove hoses and cover above-ground pipes.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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