Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Watches in 2012
Freeze Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze watch at Mar 9, 2012, 3:46 AM EST for 16 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 10, 2012, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2012, 3:46 AM EST (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2012, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2012, 2:28 PM EST
- In force
- 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 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592 WWUS72 KFFC 090846 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 346 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-091700- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.120310T0700Z-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 346 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY THREATEN OR KILL TENDER SPRING GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND YOUNG TREES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
807 WWUS72 KFFC 091522 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1022 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-092330- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.120310T0700Z-120310T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 1022 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY THREATEN OR KILL TENDER SPRING GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND YOUNG TREES. && $$
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. && $$
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, 2:28 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd and 10 more | 18 hr |
Nearby
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.