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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 6, 201150 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this frost advisory at Mar 6, 2011, 4:57 AM EST for 50 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 7, 2011, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2011, 4:57 AM EST (09:57 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 7, 2011, 4:59 AM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 50 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, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson 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, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2011-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 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.

592 
WWUS72 KFFC 060957
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
457 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN FROM
LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

...FROST LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EARLY MONDAY...

.A SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WERE MOVING
THROUGH GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST OF THE REGION THIS MORNING...WHILE THE COLD FRONT MOVES
EAST OF THE STATE BY MID-DAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR IMMEDIATELY ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING AS IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD THROUGH THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MID-
MORNING...THEN BECOME NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
BY MID-MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH GEORGIA.

LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
SOUTHWARD FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO
THE 30-34 DEGREE RANGE IN MANY SHELTERED AND PROTECTED RURAL AREAS
OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. WITH VERY MOIST GROUND...WIDESPREAD
FROST IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. HOWEVER...BECAUSE OF EXPECTED CLOUD
COVER AND WIND...A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

GAZ066>068-062300-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110306T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-
457 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY. THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING: 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 32 TO 35 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD
  FROST...ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS.

* IMPACTS: PREMATURE BUDDING PLANTS AND TREES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE
  TO FROST AND MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

GAZ058>062-069>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-061100-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110306T2300Z/
BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-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...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...
COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
457 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 20 TO 25
MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT
ARE EXPECTED TO FALL SHORT OF WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030>032-041>044-052>054-056-062300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110306T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
457 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST MONDAY. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 10 AM TO 6PM EST TODAY.
  FROST IS LIKELY BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM EST MONDAY.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL
  BE POSSIBLE.

* TEMPERATURES: 32 TO 35 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD
  FROST...ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS.

* IMPACTS: THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM ONGOING AND RECENT
  RAINFALL. SOME TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN...WHICH IN TURN MAY
  IMPACT POWER LINES AND CAUSED SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PREMATURE
  BUDDING PLANTS AND TREES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND MAY BE
  KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

GAZ022>025-027-033>039-045>051-055-057-062300-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110306T2300Z/
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-
MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-CLAYTON-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
ATHENS...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON
457 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 10 AM TO 6PM EST TODAY.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL
  BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM ONGOING AND RECENT 
  RAINFALL. SOME TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN WHICH IN TURN MAY 
  IMPACT POWER LINES AND CAUSED SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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5 follow-up statements
180 
WWUS72 KFFC 062112
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
412 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FROST LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EARLY MONDAY...

.CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL BRING COOL TEMPERATURES TO MUCH
OF THE AREA TONIGHT. AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES FALL
INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. THE FROST WILL MELT QUICKLY BY MID
MORNING ON MONDAY.

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030>032-041>044-052>054-056-070515-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110306T2300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
412 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO 10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE
TONIGHT.

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY.

* TIMING: FROST IS LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 32 TO 35 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD FROST...
  ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS.

* IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDING PLANTS AND TREES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE
  TO FROST AND MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

GAZ022>025-027-033>039-045>051-055-057-062215-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110306T2300Z/
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-
MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-CLAYTON-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
ATHENS...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON
412 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO 10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE
TONIGHT.

$$

GAZ066>068-070515-
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-
412 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
MONDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: FROST IS LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 32 TO 35 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD FROST... 
  ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS. 

* IMPACTS: PREMATURE BUDDING PLANTS AND TREES WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
752 
WWUS72 KFFC 062313
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FROST LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EARLY MONDAY...

.CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL BRING COOL TEMPERATURES TO MUCH
OF THE AREA TONIGHT. AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES
FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. THE FROST WILL MELT QUICKLY BY
MID MORNING ON MONDAY.

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030>032-041>044-052>054-056-066>068-
070900-
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
613 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
MONDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY.

* TIMING: FROST IS LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 32 TO 35 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD FROST... 
  ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS. 

* IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDING PLANTS AND TREES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE 
  TO FROST AND MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
831 
WWUS72 KFFC 062346
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FREEZE AND FROST CONDITIONS LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA
TONIGHT...

.CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL BRING UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES
TO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES
FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. IN FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR A FEW
HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING AND SHOULD BE
ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM.

GAZ005>009-015-016-070800-
/O.UPG.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0001.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
646 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY.
THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING: FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 28 TO 32 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZING CONDITIONS...
  ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS.

* IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDING 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.

&&

$$

GAZ022>025-027-033>037-045>049-055-057-058-070-070800-
/O.EXA.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-CLAYTON-HENRY-
BUTTS-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
ATHENS...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON
646 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: FROST IS LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 35 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD FROST... 
  ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS. 

* IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDING PLANTS AND TREES SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST MAY
  BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

GAZ001>004-011>014-019>021-030>032-041>044-052>054-056-066>068-
070800-
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-
FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN...
PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
646 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
MONDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY. 

* TIMING: FROST IS LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 35 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD FROST... 
  ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS. 

* IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDING PLANTS AND TREES SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST
  MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
246 
WWUS72 KFFC 070752
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
252 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...FREEZE AND FROST CONDITIONS LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF NORTH
GEORGIA TONIGHT...

.CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL BRING UNSEASONABLY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP
AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. IN FAR NORTHEAST
GEORGIA... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR
A FEW HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING AND
SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM.

GAZ005>009-015-016-071400-
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0001.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
252 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING: FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 28 TO 32 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZING 
  CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL 
  AREAS. 

* IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDING 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.

&&

$$

GAZ001>004-011>014-019>025-027-030>037-041>049-052>058-066>068-
070-071400-
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.110307T0900Z-110307T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-
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-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
252 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING: FROST IS LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 35 DEGREES WITH WIDESPREAD FROST... 
  ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND SHELTERED RURAL AREAS. 

* IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDING PLANTS AND TREES SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  FROST MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

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WWUS72 KFFC 070959
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...A LIGHT FREEZE OCCURRING ACROSS SHELTERED NORTHEAST GEORGIA
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...

GAZ001>004-011>014-019>025-027-030>037-041>049-052>058-066>068-
070-071100-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110307T1400Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-
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-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
459 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
FROST ADVISORY. 

PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 7 TO 12 MPH HAVE
PREVENTED WIDESPREAD FROST FORMATION THIS MORNING. NONETHELESS...PATCHY FROST
CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN SHELTERED...PROTECTED RURAL LOCATIONS
THROUGH 9 AM EST.

$$

GAZ005>009-015-016-071400-
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110307T1400Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
459 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING: FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN SHELTERED...PROTECTED
  RURAL AREAS THROUGH 9 AM EST THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: 29 TO 32 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AND
  SHELTERED RURAL AREAS.

* IMPACTS: RECENTLY BUDDING 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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 1:25 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more15 hr
Mar 6, 2:44 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade25 hr
Mar 6, 2:47 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga11 hr
Mar 6, 4:02 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield45 hr
Mar 6, 6:46 PM ESTFreeze WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Towns, Union and 1 more14 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Georgia, 2011Every frost advisory 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.