North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia Freeze Warning | Effective 05/02/2026 16:24

Headline: 
Freeze Warning issued May 2 at 7:24PM EDT until May 3 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
Event: 
Freeze Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
May 2, 2026 - 4:24pm
Expires: 
May 3, 2026 - 2:00am
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instruction: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Area Description: 
Ashe; Watauga; Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Giles; Wythe; Pulaski; Montgomery; Grayson; Floyd; Alleghany; Bath; Rockbridge; Mercer; Summers; Monroe; Eastern Greenbrier; Western Greenbrier
Forcast Office: 
NWS Blacksburg VA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov