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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 3, 201331 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this frost advisory at Nov 3, 2013, 2:40 AM EST for 31 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 4, 2013, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 2013, 2:40 AM EST (07:40 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 4, 2013, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 4, 2013, 9:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 31 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, Dawson 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, Lumpkin County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2013-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2013-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

451 
WWUS72 KFFC 030740
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
240 AM EST SUN NOV 3 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>022-030>033-041>044-052>054-066-067-031545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0007.131104T0900Z-131104T1400Z/
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-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...CARROLLTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
240 AM EST SUN NOV 3 2013

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF NORTH AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
  GEORGIA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE...TO
  ATLANTA...TO CLEVELAND.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS SHOULD MAKE
  PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
746 
WWUS72 KFFC 031619
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1119 AM EST SUN NOV 3 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>022-030>033-041>044-052>054-066-067-041400-
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0007.131104T0900Z-131104T1400Z/
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-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...CARROLLTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
1119 AM EST SUN NOV 3 2013

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
MONDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF NORTH AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... 
  GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE...TO ATLANTA...TO 
  CLEVELAND. 

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS SHOULD MAKE 
  PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT VEGETATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
799 
WWUS72 KFFC 041404 AAA
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
904 AM EST MON NOV 4 2013


GAZ001>009-011>016-019>022-030>033-041>044-052>054-066-067-041515-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-131104T1400Z/
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-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...CARROLLTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
904 AM EST MON NOV 4 2013

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO WARM ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH THERE MAY
STILL BE SOME LOCALIZED AREAS OF PATCHY FROST ESPECIALLY IN THE
MOUNTAINS.

$$

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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.