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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 31, 2007, 2:58 PM EST for 32 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 1, 2007, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2007, 2:58 PM EST (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2007, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2007, 11:18 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 32 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Troup County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Jan 31, 4:35 AM EST, 10 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 4:35 AM EST, 10 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 435 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY) LATEST RUN OF MODELS A BIT CLOSER ON TIMING OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EVENT AFFECTING THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. NEW RUNS CONVERGING ON PRECIP BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN RAPIDLY SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE AREA BY 7 AM THURSDAY. QUESTION NOW BECOMES WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE FOR WINTER STORM WATCH? BASED ON LATEST MODELS...SURFACE FREEZING LINE AS FAR SOUTH AS A LAGRANGE TO WARRENTON LINE TONIGHT AND COULD SEE MIXED PRECIP AS FAR SOUTH AS THIS AREA...BEFORE A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MID-MORNING THURSDAY. SOUTH OF THE LINE SURFACE TEMPS STAY ABOVE FREEZING...BUT COULD SEE A LITTLE SLEET MIXED IN AT THE ONSET. FOR NOW...WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CEDARTOWN TO LAWRENCEVILLE TO ATHENS LINE WHERE INDICATIONS ARE IT WILL BE COLD ENOUGH - LONG ENOUGH TO SEE SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND/OR SNOW. WILL RUN WATCH FROM 3 AM TONIGHT TO 3 PM THURSDAY. FOR THE REST OF NORTH GEORGIA...ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED BUT WILL LET DAY SHIFT HAVE ANOTHER LOOK. WIDESPREAD RAIN LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF THE CAROLINA COAST. LOW PROGGED OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BY EARLY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...MODELS MAINTAIN SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND MAY SEE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) MODELS MAINTAIN WEST-SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. FEW MINOR IMPULSES MOVE THROUGH...GENERATING VARIOUS OF CLOUDS...BUT ANTICIPATE NO PRECIP AT THIS TIME. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS LOOK TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. .FIRE WEATHER... LOOKING LIKE A GOOD BET THAT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. WITH FUELS DRY...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE CONTINUE. && .AVIATION... LITTLE OR NO CLOUDS TO START WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS DURING DAY. NO VSBY RESTRICTIONS. SURFACE WINDS NNW AROUND 10 KTS BECOMING ESE LESS THAN 10 KTS. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 48 30 35 34 51 / 0 60 90 90 10 ATLANTA 42 34 39 35 54 / 5 70 80 80 10 BLAIRSVILLE 45 26 37 33 46 / 0 70 90 80 20 CARTERSVILLE 39 28 37 34 48 / 0 90 90 80 10 COLUMBUS 47 39 55 42 58 / 0 70 80 90 10 GAINESVILLE 44 30 34 34 47 / 0 70 90 90 10 MACON 50 34 51 41 62 / 0 50 80 90 10 ROME 48 28 39 34 50 / 0 100 90 80 20 PEACHTREE CITY 42 29 42 35 54 / 5 70 80 80 10 VIDALIA 53 38 58 50 61 / 0 50 80 90 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...CATOOSA... CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLARKE...COBB...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB... FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GWINNETT...HALL... JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MURRAY...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE... PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WALTON... WHITE...WHITFIELD. && 49
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 5:00 AM EST, 9 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 4:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 27 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 27 more | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.