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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1044 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012

...FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM TO RESUME MARCH 15...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WILL RESUME THE
FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA ON MARCH 15...WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE AVERAGE DATE OF THE
LAST FREEZE ACROSS THE AREA. THUS...FROST ADVISORIES...FREEZE WATCHES
AND FREEZE WARNINGS WILL AGAIN BE ISSUED FOR THAT DATE AND
CONTINUING INTO THE FALL ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA.

...FREEZE WATCH...
A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A 50 PERCENT OR GREATER
PROBABILITY THAT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 32 DEGREES OR
LOWER...USUALLY WITHIN 12 TO 48 HOURS.

...FREEZE WARNING...
A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS AN 80 PERCENT OR GREATER
PROBABILITY THAT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 32 DEGREES OR
LOWER...USUALLY WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS.

...FROST ADVISORY...
A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS AN 80 PERCENT OR GREATER
PROBABILITY THAT CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SCATTERED OR WIDESPREAD FROST. PATCHY FROST DOES NOT NORMALLY NECESSITATE
THE ISSUANCE OF A FROST ADVISORY.

BELOW ARE AVERAGE LAST FREEZE DATES FOR A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE AREA...

...SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...... FEBRUARY 16
FORT MOULTRIE............ FEBRUARY 27
BEAUFORT................. MARCH 2
EDISTO BEACH............. MARCH 6
NORTH CHARLESTON /KCHS/.. MARCH 13
HAMPTON.................. MARCH 16
PINOPOLIS DAM............ MARCH 19
SUMMERVILLE.............. MARCH 21
YEMASSEE................. MARCH 21
RIDGELAND................ MARCH 23
WALTERBORO............... MARCH 25
ALLENDALE................ MARCH 25
MCCLELLANVILLE........... MARCH 28

...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SAPELO ISLAND............ FEBRUARY 24
SAVANNAH................. FEBRUARY 28
GLENNVILLE............... MARCH 5
FORT STEWART............. MARCH 7
BROOKLET................. MARCH 9
ROCKY FORD............... MARCH 14
SYLVANIA................. MARCH 19
CLAXTON.................. MARCH 20
NEWINGTON................ MARCH 21
MILLEN................... MARCH 26

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RJB