Killing freeze likely for sensitive crops such as fruit trees and berries as far south as the Carolinas

 Temperatures will drop into the teens in the Carolina mountains and into the 20s elsewhere with warmer temperatures nearer the coast.

Hard Freeze expected over the Tennessee Valley/Southern Appalachians tonight!

NATIONAL WEATHER SVC BLACKSBURG VA …APR 9 2016

STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING…WITH A HARD FREEZE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING…

…ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND THE CLIPPER SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD TODAY…REMAINING BELOW FREEZING IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND GENERALLY ONLY REACHING
THE 30S WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TO THE 40S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.

AS THE ARCTIC HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION SUNDAY
MORNING…A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID 20S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WEST JEFFERSON…SPARTA…BOONE

…HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM SUNDAY…

* LOCATIONS…NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

* HAZARDS…SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

* IMPACTS…SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WEST WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.

* TEMPERATURES…AROUND 30 THIS MORNING…UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS…NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/graphicast.php?site=mrx&gc=2

http://www.blueridgelife.com/2016/04/08/freeze-warnings-watches-over-weekend-hard-freeze-likely-saturday-night/

http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/cold-windy-conditions-forecast-for-triad-this-weekend-hard-freeze/article_2498504c-fd8f-11e5-82c8-df9f9dc9be63.html