Freeze Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 24, 2006, 8:57 PM EST (01:57 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 25, 2006, 3:00 AM EST

Expired

Mar 25, 2006, 8:00 AM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS72 KFFC 250157
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
857 PM EST FRI MAR 24 2006

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-030>035-041>048-052>058-251300-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.060325T0500Z-060325T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.060325T0800Z-060325T1300Z/
/O.EXT.KFFC.FZ.A.0001.060326T0800Z-060326T1300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
857 PM EST FRI MAR 24 2006

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST
SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY CLEAR ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA THIS
EVENING...WITH A FEW CLOUDS LINGERING OVERNIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST
MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH. COLD
CANADIAN AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER SOUTH INTO GEORGIA OVERNIGHT
FROM A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDWEST. WHILE A
WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS NOT EXPECTED...MANY AREAS WILL SEE
TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 30 TO 31 DEGREE RANGE AFTER 4 AM
SATURDAY MORNING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNSET. FROST
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN PROTECTED LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FREEZE
WARNING AREA.

IN ADDITION...AS THE CENTER OF THE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...EVEN COLDER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AT MANY LOCATIONS. LIGHTER WINDS
COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES SATURDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES
TO DROP BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. THUS...FREEZING CONDITIONS
DANGEROUS TO GROWING VEGETATION MAY BE POSSIBLE IN MOST OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SATURDAY NIGHT.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE
WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT VEGETATION
AND YOUNG TREES.

$$

GAZ027-036>039-049>051-059>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-
251300-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.060325T0800Z-060325T1300Z/
/O.EXT.KFFC.FZ.A.0001.060326T0800Z-060326T1300Z/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-
TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-
TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-
TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...
SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...
AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
857 PM EST FRI MAR 24 2006

...FROST ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FROST ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST
SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS COMBINED WITH COLD CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MID
30S ACROSS THE AREA. AS WINDS DECREASE TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH
OVERNIGHT...PATCHY FROST WILL BE ABLE TO FORM...ESPECIALLY IN
SHELTERED AREAS.

IN ADDITION...AS THE CENTER OF THE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...EVEN COLDER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AT MANY LOCATIONS. LIGHTER WINDS
COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES SATURDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES
TO DROP TO BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. THUS...FREEZING CONDITIONS
DANGEROUS TO GROWING VEGETATION MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SATURDAY NIGHT.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING
THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED
TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS
NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY
FROM THE COLD.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT VEGETATION
AND YOUNG TREES.

$$

19

000 
WWUS72 KFFC 250858
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
358 AM EST SAT MAR 25 2006

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-030>035-041>048-052>058-251300-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0001.060326T0800Z-060326T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0003.060326T0800Z-060326T1300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060325T1300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
358 AM EST SAT MAR 25 2006

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY.
THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING.

A COLD AIRMASS HAS SETTLED INTO NORTH GEORGIA OVERNIGHT WITH COLD AIR
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION ON GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS TODAY. TONIGHT THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH A VERY DRY LOW
LEVEL AIRMASS IN PLACE. WHILE A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS NOT
EXPECTED...MANY AREAS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE
RANGE THIS MORNING...AND INTO THE 28 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE SUNDAY
MORNING.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE
WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.

$$

GAZ066>068-070-251300-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0001.060326T0800Z-060326T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0003.060326T0800Z-060326T1300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060325T1300Z/
TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
358 AM EST SAT MAR 25 2006

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY.
THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

CLEAR SKIES AND A COOL AND DRY LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE COMBINED TO ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MID 30S ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING WITH PATCHY FROST...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED AREAS. AS THE
CENTER OF A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSER
TO THE AREA TONIGHT...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AT MANY
LOCATIONS. LIGHTER WINDS COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT WILL
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS BY SUNDAY
MORNING. 

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE
GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO
PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS PLACED OUTDOORS
SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE
WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.


$$

GAZ027-036>039-049>051-059>062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-
102>113-251300-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0001.060326T0800Z-060326T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0003.060326T0800Z-060326T1300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060325T1300Z/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-
WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-
TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-
SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-
WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...
SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...
AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
358 AM EST SAT MAR 25 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY. THE
FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS COMBINED WITH COLD CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S
ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH PATCHY FROST...ESPECIALLY IN
SHELTERED AREAS. AS THE CENTER OF A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE AREA TONIGHT...EVEN COLDER 
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AT MANY LOCATIONS. LIGHTER WINDS COMBINED
WITH CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE 
LOW TO MID 30S WITH A MORE WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY
MORNING. 

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING
THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED
TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS PLACED OUTDOORS
SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

$$

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