Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Mar 9, 2012, 2:28 PM EST for 16 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 10, 2012, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 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 9, 2012, 2:28 PM EST (19:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2012, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2012, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388 WWUS72 KFFC 091928 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 228 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-100330- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.120310T0700Z-120310T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0003.120310T0700Z-120310T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 228 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY THREATEN OR KILL TENDER SPRING GROWTH. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
219 WWUS72 KFFC 100347 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1047 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-101200- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0003.120310T0700Z-120310T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 1047 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY THREATEN OR KILL TENDER SPRING GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. && $$
885 WWUS72 KFFC 100825 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 325 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-101300- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120310T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 325 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY THREATEN OR KILL TENDER SPRING GROWTH. 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. && $$
635 WWUS72 KFFC 101305 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 805 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-101415- /O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120310T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 805 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN RISING ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA AND THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 37 min |
| Mar 8, 8:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 3:46 AM EST | Freeze Watch | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd and 10 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012
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.