Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Nov 5, 2011, 3:06 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 6, 2011, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 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 5, 2011, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2011, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2011, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Fannin County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
143 WWUS72 KFFC 050706 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 306 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-051515- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.111106T0600Z-111106T1300Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 306 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S...WITH SHELTERED AREAS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AROUND 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
385 WWUS72 KFFC 051527 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1127 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-052330- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.111106T0600Z-111106T1300Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1127 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S...WITH SHELTERED AREAS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AROUND 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && $$
984 WWUS72 KFFC 051923 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 323 PM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-060400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.111106T0600Z-111106T1300Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 323 PM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S...WITH SHELTERED AREAS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AROUND 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && $$
033 WWUS72 KFFC 060155 AAA NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 955 PM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-061000- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.111106T0600Z-111106T1300Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 955 PM EDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AROUND 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && $$
896 WWUS72 KFFC 060808 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 308 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-061300- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111106T1300Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 308 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND FREEZING AND WILL LIKELY FALL A FEW MORE DEGREES EARLY THIS MORNING. BY 8 AM TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING OVER MOST AREAS IN THE FREEZE WARNING. * IMPACTS...A FREEZE WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && $$
636 WWUS72 KFFC 061307 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 807 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS HAS EXPIRED... GAZ006-008-009-015-016-061415- /O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111106T1300Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 807 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW 40S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THIS MORNING. $$
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.