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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
254 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT...

.AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AREA OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE
INTO THE DEEP SOUTH STATES SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
DECREASE RAPIDLY WITH HEIGHT...AND MANY AREAS ABOVE 3000 FEET MAY
EXPERIENCE A FREEZE. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD
IN THE VALLEYS...THOUGH IN THE MORE SHELTERED VALLEYS MAY ALSO
EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

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AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
254 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2013

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATIONS
  ABOVE 3000 FEET.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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MCAVOY