Alert archive / Georgia / Frost Advisories in 2012
Frost Advisory 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this frost advisory at Nov 17, 2012, 1:41 PM EST for 36 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 18, 2012, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2012, 1:41 PM EST (18:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2012, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 36 counties
Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee 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, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Lumpkin 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, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WWUS72 KFFC 171841 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 141 PM EST SAT NOV 17 2012 ...AREAS OF FROST CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... .MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>022-030>033-041>045-052>057-066>068-181400- /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0007.121118T0600Z-121118T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-HARALSON-CARROLL- DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING- HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...CARROLLTON... DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN 141 PM EST SAT NOV 17 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTH AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S. * TIMING...1 AM TO 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
724 WWUS72 KFFC 180836 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 336 AM EST SUN NOV 18 2012 ...AREAS OF FROST CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... .MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>022-030>033-041>045-052>057-066>068-181400- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121118T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-HARALSON-CARROLL- DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING- HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...CARROLLTON... DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN 336 AM EST SUN NOV 18 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTH AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S. * TIMING...1 AM TO 9 AM THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
755 WWUS72 KFFC 181356 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 856 AM EST SUN NOV 18 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>022-030>033-041>045-052>057-066>068-181500- /O.EXP.KFFC.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121118T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-HARALSON-CARROLL- DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING- HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...CARROLLTON... DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN 856 AM EST SUN NOV 18 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE RISEN INTO THE UPPER 30S AND 40S AND THEREFORE FROST IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
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.