Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2007
Freeze Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this freeze warning at Dec 17, 2007, 2:28 PM EST for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 17, 2007, 10:23 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2007, 2:28 PM EST (19:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 17, 2007, 10:23 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2007, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KTAE 171928 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 228 PM EST MON DEC 17 2007 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE INLAND AREAS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN GEORGIA... ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT CREATING CALM WINDS. THESE CALM WINDS COMBINING WITH NEAR CLEAR SKIES WILL CREATE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET. ALONG THE NORMALLY COLDER INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW 25 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HOURS...THEREFORE A HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THIS REGION. IN AREAS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 25 DEGREES TONIGHT...A FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT. ALZ065-068-FLZ007-009>011-013-016-017-019-026-029-GAZ155>160- 181400- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0010.071218T0600Z-071218T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0002.071218T0500Z-071218T1400Z/ COFFEE-GENEVA-INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN- GADSDEN-LEON-MADISON-LIBERTY-LAFAYETTE-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY- THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...GENEVA...HARTFORD... SAMSON...SLOCOMB...MALVERN...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...BLOUNTSTOWN...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MADISON... GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...MIDWAY...MAYO...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA 228 PM EST MON DEC 17 2007 /128 PM CST MON DEC 17 2007/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AND DROP BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. WITH IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS PRESENT...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP TO OR BELOW 25 DEGREES FOR TWO HOURS OR MORE. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL HARM CROPS...ANIMALS...AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. $$ FLZ018-027-028-034-181400- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0010.071218T0600Z-071218T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0002.071218T0500Z-071218T1400Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS... PERRY...CROSS CITY 228 PM EST MON DEC 17 2007 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AND DROP BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. WITH IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS PRESENT...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP TO OR BELOW 25 DEGREES FOR TWO HOURS OR MORE ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS. AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS...BUT WILL NOT DROP BELOW 26 DEGREES. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL HARM CROPS...ANIMALS...AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. $$ ALZ066-067-069-GAZ120>131-142>148-161-181400- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0010.071218T0600Z-071218T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.0013.071218T0500Z-071218T1400Z/ DALE-HENRY-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL- DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER- MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...DALEVILLE... HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS... WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES... CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY... DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...LAKELAND 228 PM EST MON DEC 17 2007 /128 PM CST MON DEC 17 2007/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AND DROP BELOW FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT. SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 26 DEGREES PRECLUDING THE NEED FOR A HARD FREEZE WARNING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES FROM 26 TO 32 DEGREES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ FLZ008-012-014-015-181400- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0010.071218T0600Z-071218T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.0013.071218T0500Z-071218T1400Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INWOOD...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...WHITE CITY...PORT ST. JOE... WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE 228 PM EST MON DEC 17 2007 /128 PM CST MON DEC 17 2007/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FALL BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A LONG DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF THESE COUNTIES WITH ONLY A BRIEF DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES FROM 26 TO 32 DEGREES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ 38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KTAE 180323 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1023 PM EST MON DEC 17 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AREA... .AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...CREATING CALM WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF CALM WINDS AND A DRY COLD AIRMASS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING IN MANY INLAND LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST WILL PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING BELOW 27 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS...PREVENTING A HARD FREEZE. ALZ065-068-FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-GAZ155>160- 181300- /O.CAN.KTAE.HZ.W.0002.071218T0500Z-071218T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KTAE.FZ.W.0013.071218T0323Z-071218T1300Z/ COFFEE-GENEVA-INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...GENEVA...HARTFORD... SAMSON...SLOCOMB...MALVERN...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...BLOUNTSTOWN...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE... CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA 1023 PM EST MON DEC 17 2007 /923 PM CST MON DEC 17 2007/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AREA... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THE HARD FREEZE WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS IT NOW APPEARS HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING BELOW 27 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES AT A FEW INLAND LOCATIONS EAST OF THE APALACHICOLA AND CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERS HAD ALREADY DROPPED TO 32 DEGREES AS OF 10 PM EST. MOST OTHER SITES WILL GO BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM EST (2 AM CST). FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OR IN THE CITIES. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 27 DEGREES IN THE NORMALLY COLDER INLAND LOCATIONS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES FROM 26 TO 32 DEGREES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS MAY DAMAGE CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ ALZ066-067-069-FLZ008-012-014-015-GAZ120>131-142>148-161-181300- /O.EXT.KTAE.FZ.W.0013.071218T0323Z-071218T1300Z/ DALE-HENRY-HOUSTON-COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...DALEVILLE... HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS... WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...INWOOD...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...WHITE CITY...PORT ST. JOE... WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...GEORGETOWN... FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON... LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER... ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...LAKELAND 1023 PM EST MON DEC 17 2007 /923 PM CST MON DEC 17 2007/ ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES AT A FEW INLAND LOCATIONS EAST OF THE APALACHICOLA AND CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERS HAD ALREADY DROPPED TO 32 DEGREES AS OF 10 PM EST. MOST OTHER SITES WILL GO BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM EST (2 AM CST). FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OR IN THE CITIES. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 27 DEGREES IN THE NORMALLY COLDER INLAND LOCATIONS. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES FROM 26 TO 32 DEGREES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS MAY DAMAGE CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2:28 PM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes, Seminole, Thomas | 8 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:21 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 6 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2007Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2007Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2007Every freeze warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.