Alert archive / Georgia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this winter storm warning at Jan 9, 2011, 3:02 PM EST for 17 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 10, 2011, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr. 15 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2011, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2011, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2011, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 22 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 5:02 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | 10 Nw Fitzgerald, GA | LIGHT ICING REPORTED. |
| Jan 10, 6:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Ocilla, GA | ONE ROAD ICY WITH SOME ICE ON TREES. |
| Jan 10, 8:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Putney, GA | ICE ON TREES AND POWERLINES |
| Jan 10, 8:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Scottsboro Crossroads, AL | WIDESPREAD COATING OF ICE ON TREES...POWERLINES...AND GROUND IN NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY. ROADS MAINLY WET. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Bagby State Park, GA | SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ON TREES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Georgetown, GA | SOME ROADS ARE A LITTLE SLUSHY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Morgan, GA | SOME ICE ON TREES BUT NO POWER OUTAGES. ROADS ARE JUST WET. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Newton, GA | THE 911 CENTER REPORTS SOME ICE ON TREES BUT NOTHING ON ROADS. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Tifton, GA | THE 911 CENTER REPORTS SOME ICE THIS MORNING ON TREES AND CAR WINDSHIELDS. ROADS WERE JUST WET. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Ashburn, GA | MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN WITH SOME ICE ON ROADS EARLIER. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Cuthbert, GA | A FEW TREES ARE DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY WITH ICE ON POWER LINES. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Leesburg, GA | SOME ICY SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND SOME POWER OUTAGES AROUND LEESBURG. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Sumner, GA | THE 911 CENTER REPORTS ONE BRIDGED ICED OVER AND MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES AND TREES DOWN AROUND SUMNER. |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Dawson, GA | EMS ESTIMATED BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ROADS WERE MAINLY JUST WET. |
| Jan 10, 9:05 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Ozark, AL | ICE ON TREES...POWERLINES...AND PARKED CARS IN OZARK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
990 WWUS42 KTAE 092002 WSWTAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 302 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH GEORGIA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST THROUGH MONDAY. RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER A SHALLOW COLD AND DRY AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. AS THE RAIN FALLS INTO THIS AIR...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AND RESULT IN THE RAIN CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>146-101400- /O.UPG.KTAE.WS.A.0001.110110T0600Z-110110T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.WS.W.0001.110110T0600Z-110110T1400Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...GEORGETOWN... FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON... LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER... ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE 302 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2011 /202 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST THROUGH MONDAY. RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER A SHALLOW COLD AND DRY AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. AS THE RAIN FALLS INTO THIS AIR... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AND RESULT IN THE RAIN CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ DVD
1 follow-up statement
654 WWUS42 KTAE 100934 WSWTAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 434 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF SPREADING PERIODS OF RAINFALL OVER THE AREA. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FALLING OVERNIGHT AND THE RAIN IS BEGINNING TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FREEZING LINE WILL MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRESS SOUTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... HOWEVER IT NOW APPEARS THAT SOME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA ARE LIKELY TO ESCAPE SIGNIFICANT ICING. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA MAY STILL SEE ENOUGH ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH EXPECTED. STEADIER PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THEN END BY AROUND MIDDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>146-101600- /O.EXT.KTAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1600Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...GEORGETOWN... FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON... LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER... ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE 434 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 /334 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF SPREADING PERIODS OF RAINFALL OVER THE AREA. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FALLING OVERNIGHT AND THE RAIN IS BEGINNING TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FREEZING LINE WILL MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRESS SOUTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... HOWEVER IT NOW APPEARS THAT SOME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA ARE LIKELY TO ESCAPE SIGNIFICANT ICING. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA MAY STILL SEE ENOUGH ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH EXPECTED. STEADIER PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THEN END BY AROUND MIDDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ 14-MROCZKA
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.