Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this freeze warning at Dec 27, 2012, 1:12 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia; 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 28, 2012, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 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
- Dec 27, 2012, 1:12 PM EST (18:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2012, 7:24 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Dixie County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Berrien County, GA, Cook County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845 WWUS72 KTAE 271812 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 112 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... FLZ019-028-029-034-281400- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0006.121228T0700Z-121228T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.0007.121228T0900Z-121228T1400Z/ MADISON-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GREENVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY... MAYO...CROSS CITY 112 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...30 TO 32 DEGREES. * DURATION...2 TO 3 HOURS BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
140 WWUS72 KTAE 280226 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 926 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... GAZ147-148-160-161-281400- /O.EXA.KTAE.FZ.W.0007.121228T0900Z-121228T1400Z/ COOK-BERRIEN-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...VALDOSTA... LAKELAND 926 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...29 TO 32 DEGREES. * DURATION...2 TO 3 HOURS BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FLZ019-028-029-034-281400- /O.CON.KTAE.FZ.W.0007.121228T0900Z-121228T1400Z/ MADISON-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GREENVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY... MAYO...CROSS CITY 926 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...29 TO 32 DEGREES. * DURATION...2 TO 3 HOURS BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 18-WOOL
056 WWUS72 KTAE 281224 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 724 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...SMOKE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST LAFAYETTE COUNTY THIS MORNING... .DENSE SMOKE WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS MORNING NEAR BRANFORD IN SUWANNEE COUNTY...WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER. RECENT COMPUTER MODEL INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE SMOKE PLUME WOULD BE NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFT SLOWLY WEST...WHICH MEANS THAT SOME SMOKE COULD AFFECT AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LAFAYETTE COUNTY NEAR THE SUWANNEE RIVER. THE SMOKE SHOULD DISPERSE BY AROUND 9 AM. FLZ029-281400- /O.CAN.KTAE.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.SM.Y.0010.121228T1224Z-121228T1400Z/ LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDWAY...MAYO 724 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * AREA AFFECTED: SOUTHEAST LAFAYETTE COUNTY TO THE EAST OF MAYO AND NEAR BRANFORD...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE SUWANNEE RIVER...US HIGHWAY 27...AND COUNTY ROAD 349. * VISIBILITY: SMOKE MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE IN A SMALL SECTION OF SOUTHEAST LAFAYETTE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS SMOKE MAY LIMIT VISIBILITY TO ONE MILE OR LESS. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ FLZ019-028-034-GAZ147-148-160-161-281330- /O.CAN.KTAE.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T1400Z/ MADISON-INLAND TAYLOR-INLAND DIXIE-COOK-BERRIEN-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GREENVILLE...PERRY... CROSS CITY...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 724 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES AT MOST OBSERVATION SITES IN THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA ARE CURRENTLY AT AROUND 33 TO 34 DEGREES WITH NO FURTHER COOLING EXPECTED. $$ 08-LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 4:06 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 9 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2012Freeze Warnings in Florida, 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.