Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Mar 11, 2011, 3:55 PM EST for 55 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 12, 2011, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 11, 2011, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2011, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 55 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
589 WWUS72 KFFC 112055 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 355 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>059-066>068-070-121300- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0001.110312T0800Z-110312T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.110312T0900Z-110312T1300Z/ 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-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- 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 355 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...BUT MAINLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED AREAS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 32 DEGREES IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDED PLANTS AND TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZE WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ GAZ060>062-069-071>076-081>084-094-095-121300- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0001.110312T0800Z-110312T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0003.110312T0800Z-110312T1300Z/ PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-PEACH-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...WARNER ROBINS 355 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FROM AROUND 4 AM AND PERSIST THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: 33 TO 35 DEGREES * IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDED PLANTS AND TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ GAZ078>080-085-086-089>093-096>098-102>113-121300- /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0003.110312T0800Z-110312T1300Z/ HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE- MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...DUBLIN... LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 355 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FROM AROUND 4 AM AND PERSIST THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: 33 TO 35 DEGREES * IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDED PLANTS AND TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
838 WWUS72 KFFC 120153 AAA NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 853 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>059-066>068-070-121000- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.110312T0900Z-110312T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 853 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY. * TIMING: FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...BUT MAINLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED AREAS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 32 DEGREES IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDED PLANTS AND TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZE WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ060>062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-121000- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0003.110312T0800Z-110312T1300Z/ 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...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS... CORDELE...VIDALIA 853 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FROM AROUND 4 AM AND PERSIST THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: 33 TO 35 DEGREES * IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDED PLANTS AND TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
859 WWUS72 KFFC 120904 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 404 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>059-066>068-070-121300- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110312T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 404 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. * TIMING: FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...BUT MAINLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED AREAS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 32 DEGREES IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDED PLANTS AND TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZE WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ060>062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-121300- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T1300Z/ 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...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS... CORDELE...VIDALIA 404 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FROM AROUND 4 AM AND PERSIST THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: 33 TO 35 DEGREES * IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDED PLANTS AND TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 3:35 AM EST | Freeze Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 65 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:55 PM EST | Frost Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 35 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011
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.