Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Oct 29, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT for 22 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 30, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Oct 29, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 22 counties
Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
269 WWUS72 KFFC 291845 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 245 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-300245- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.111030T0600Z-111030T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0004.111030T0600Z-111030T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE 245 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS UPGRADED THE FREEZE WATCH TO A FREEZE WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND THE FREEZING MARK IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...FROM 200 AM TO 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && 16 $$ GAZ031-041-042-300245- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0004.111030T0600Z-111030T1400Z/ PAULDING-HARALSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CARROLLTON 245 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND THE FREEZING MARK IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...FROM 200 AM TO 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && 16 $$
2 follow-up statements
670 WWUS72 KFFC 291914 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 314 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-031-041-042-300315- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0004.111030T0600Z-111030T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-HARALSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...CARROLLTON 314 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES...AROUND THE FREEZING MARK IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...FROM 200 AM TO 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && 16 $$ GAZ022>025-027-032>039-043>062-066>076-078>084-094-095-300315- /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0008.111030T0600Z-111030T1400Z/ FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD- COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK- WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN- WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB- TWIGGS-WILKINSON-PEACH-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...WARNER ROBINS 314 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S WITH LIGHT WINDS. * TIMING...FROM 200 AM TO 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...A FROST MAY DAMAGE UNCOVERED SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. && 16 $$
685 WWUS72 KFFC 300728 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 328 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-031-041-042-301400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111030T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-HARALSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...CARROLLTON 328 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...FROM 200 AM TO 1000 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ022>025-027-032>039-043>062-066>076-078>084-094-095-301400- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-111030T1400Z/ FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD- COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK- WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN- WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB- TWIGGS-WILKINSON-PEACH-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...WARNER ROBINS 328 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S WITH LIGHT WINDS. * TIMING...FROM 200 AM TO 1000 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...A FROST MAY DAMAGE UNCOVERED SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 4:17 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 10 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Clarke and 46 more | 19 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.