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Freeze Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 18, 200896 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Nov 18, 2008, 4:40 AM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 18, 2008, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 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
Nov 18, 2008, 4:40 AM EST (09:40 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 18, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 19, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2008-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2008-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS72 KFFC 180940
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
440 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>049-052>059-066>071-
078-079-181745-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0007.081119T0000Z-081119T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.081119T0300Z-081119T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081118T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0024.081118T1200Z-081118T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-HARALSON-CARROLL-
DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-HEARD-
COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
440 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9
AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS REPLACES THE FREEZE WATCH THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9
AM EST THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD FROM
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE HEELS
OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. BY TONIGHT...THE CANADIAN HIGH WILL
DRIFT OVER GEORGIA...BRINGING THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THE
STATE HAS SEEN SINCE LATE LAST WINTER. LOW TEMPERATURES BY 
EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS IN THE
NORTHEASTERN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TO NEAR 30 IN THE FAR SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF MIDDLE GEORGIA. HE MAJORITY OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA WILL SEE LOWS IN THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW
FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. A WIDESPREAD
KILLING FROST IS ALSO LIKELY.

DURING THE DAY TODAY...WINDS AROUND 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA. 

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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

GAZ038-039-050-051-060>062-072>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-181745-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0007.081119T0000Z-081119T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.081119T0300Z-081119T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0024.081118T1200Z-081118T2300Z/
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-
BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-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...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...
COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
440 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9
AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS REPLACES THE FREEZE WATCH THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. IN ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD FROM
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE HEELS
OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. BY TONIGHT...THE CANADIAN HIGH WILL
DRIFT OVER GEORGIA...BRINGING THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THE
STATE HAS SEEN SINCE LATE LAST WINTER. LOW TEMPERATURES BY 
EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS IN THE
NORTHEASTERN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TO NEAR 30 IN THE FAR SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF MIDDLE GEORGIA. THE MAJORITY OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA WILL SEE LOWS IN THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW
FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. A WIDESPREAD
KILLING FROST IS ALSO LIKELY.

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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

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6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 181400
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>049-052>059-066>071-
078-079-182200-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081118T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.081119T0300Z-081119T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-081118T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-HARALSON-CARROLL-
DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-HEARD-
COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-TALBOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
900 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...


THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. A FREEZE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD FROM
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE HEELS
OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. BY TONIGHT...THE CANADIAN HIGH WILL
DRIFT OVER GEORGIA...BRINGING THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THE STATE
HAS SEEN SINCE LATE LAST WINTER. LOW TEMPERATURES BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS IN THE NORTHEASTERN
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TO NEAR 30 IN THE FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MIDDLE
GEORGIA. HE MAJORITY OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL SEE LOWS IN
THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT
IN MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. A WIDESPREAD KILLING FROST IS ALSO
LIKELY.

DURING THE DAY TODAY...WINDS AROUND 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA.

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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

GAZ038-039-050-051-060>062-072>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-182200-
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.081119T0300Z-081119T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-081118T2300Z/
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-JONES-
BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-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...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...
COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
900 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD FROM
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE HEELS
OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. BY TONIGHT...THE CANADIAN HIGH WILL
DRIFT OVER GEORGIA...BRINGING THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THE STATE
HAS SEEN SINCE LATE LAST WINTER. LOW TEMPERATURES BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS IN THE NORTHEASTERN
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TO NEAR 30 IN THE FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
MIDDLE GEORGIA. THE MAJORITY OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL
SEE LOWS IN THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING
BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. A WIDESPREAD KILLING
FROST IS ALSO LIKELY.

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 WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 181956
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
256 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-190000-
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.081119T0300Z-081119T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-081118T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
256 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY WITH
SUNSET AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL END.

UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER TEENS AND 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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.


$$
BDL
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 182305
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-190300-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-081118T2300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.081119T0300Z-081119T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
605 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY
FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER TEENS AND 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

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.

$$
BDL
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 190202
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
902 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-191015-
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.081119T0300Z-081119T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
902 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER TEENS AND 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 190936
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
436 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-191400-
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081119T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
436 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR
ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...

A COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS SETTLING OVER THE STATE
EARLY THIS MORNING BRINGING A HARD FREEZE TO NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 DEGREES 
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND 25 AND 30 ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY
THIS MORNING. A WIDESPREAD KILLING FROST CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED
EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER
9 AM.

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.

$$

19
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 191405
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
905 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-191515-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081119T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
905 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR ALL 
OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...

WHILE SOME TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE MAY STILL BE BELOW
FREEZING...SUNSHINE WILL QUICKLY WARM THE REGION TO ABOVE
FREEZING. THEREFORE THE FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IN ADDITION...BECAUSE A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE OCCURRED
OVERNIGHT...THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA. THEREFORE FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCTS WILL BE DISCONTINUED
FOR THE AREA UNTIL THE SPRING GROWING SEASON.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 4:51 AM ESTRed Flag WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more37 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every freeze warning in 2008

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.