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Freeze Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Nov 8, 2012, 1:46 PM EST for 30 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 9, 2012, 2:00 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 8, 2012, 1:46 PM EST (18:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 9, 2012, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 30 counties
Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
353 WWUS72 KFFC 081846 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 146 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... .COOL...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA INTO FRIDAY...RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND INTO THE LOW 30S IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. GAZ001>009-011>013-019>021-030>032-041>044-052>054-056-066>068- 070-090300- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.121109T0700Z-121109T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 146 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WESTERN GEORGIA * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM FRIDAY. 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. && $$ GAZ014>016-022>025-027-033>039-045>051-055-057>062-069-071>076- 078>086-089>098-102>113-090300- /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0004.121109T0700Z-121109T1400Z/ DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-CLAYTON- HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES- BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR- CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE... ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 146 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
669 WWUS72 KFFC 090241 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 941 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... .A COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA...RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND INTO THE LOW 30S IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. GAZ001>009-011>013-019>021-030>032-041>044-052>054-056-066>068- 070-091400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.121109T0700Z-121109T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 941 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WESTERN GEORGIA * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE 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. && $$ GAZ014>016-022>025-027-033>039-045>051-055-057>062-069-071>076- 078>086-089>098-102>113-091400- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0004.121109T0700Z-121109T1400Z/ DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-CLAYTON- HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES- BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR- CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE... ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 941 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
591 WWUS72 KFFC 090830 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING... .A COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA...RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND INTO THE LOW 30S IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. GAZ001>009-011>013-019>021-030>032-041>044-052>054-056-066>068- 070-091400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121109T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 330 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WESTERN GEORGIA * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM TODAY. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE 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. && $$ GAZ014>016-022>025-027-033>039-045>051-055-057>062-069-071>076- 078>086-089>098-102>113-091400- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121109T1400Z/ DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-CLAYTON- HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES- BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR- CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE... ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 330 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM TODAY. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
408 WWUS72 KFFC 091401 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 901 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2012 GAZ001>009-011>013-019>021-030>032-041>044-052>054-056-066>068- 070-091515- /O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121109T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-LAMAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 901 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE AND WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 9 AM EST. THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9AM EST. $$ GAZ014>016-022>025-027-033>039-045>051-055-057>062-069-071>076- 078>086-089>098-102>113-091515- /O.EXP.KFFC.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121109T1400Z/ DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-CLAYTON- HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-UPSON-MONROE-JONES- BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR- CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE... ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 901 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE AND WILL BE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S ACROSS THE AREA BY 9 AM EST. THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 1:46 PM EST | Frost Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 61 more | 19 hr |
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.