Alert archive / Georgia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 24, 2013, 1:24 PM EST for 12 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 25, 2013, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr. 22 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2013, 1:24 PM EST (18:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Banks County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 6:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Flowery Branch, GA | THE PUBLIC REPORTED A GLAZE OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES IN FLOWERY BRANCH. |
| Jan 25, 7:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Dawsonville, GA | THE DAWSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A GLAZE OF ICE ON SOME ROADS...SPECIFICALLY HIGHWAY 136 WEST. |
| Jan 25, 7:45 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Gainesville, GA | THE DOT REPORTED THAT A GLAZE OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED ON ALL BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SOME RAMPS ON I-985. |
| Jan 25, 8:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Blue Ridge, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.10 INCHES ON ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES COUNTYWIDE. THROUGH NOON THERE HAD BEEN 8 ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THE ICY ROADS...WITH NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. |
| Jan 25, 8:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Ellijay, GA | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 0.10 INCHES OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED ON ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Jan 25, 8:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Homer, GA | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN BANKS COUNTY REPORTED FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATING ACROSS THE COUNTY. AMOUNTS THROUGH 1230PM LOCAL TIME ARE AT 0.1 INCHES. THEY ARE BEGINNING TO HAVE ICING PROBLEMS ON THE BRIDGES. |
| Jan 25, 8:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Blairsville, GA | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED AROUND 0.10 INCHES OF ICE...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES BUT SOME ROADS AS WELL. |
| Jan 25, 8:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Gainesville, GA | THE PUBLIC REPORTED AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Jan 25, 8:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Hiawassee, GA | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 0.10 INCHES OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED ON ROADS...GRASS...AND ELEVATED SURFACES THROUGH AROUND 1230 PM. THE ICY CONDITIONS HAD CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS CAR ACCIDENTS AND NUMEROUS FALLS. |
| Jan 25, 8:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Hiawassee, GA | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED APPROXIMATELY UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED ON ROADS...GRASS...AND ELEVATED SURFACES THROUGH AROUND 1230 PM. THE ICY CONDITIONS HAD CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS CAR ACCIDENTS AND NUMEROUS FALLS. |
| Jan 25, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Dawsonville, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORTS OF A GLAZE TO 0.10 INCHES OF ICE DAWSONVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jan 25, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Cleveland, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORTS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES INCLUDING CARS. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jan 25, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Sautee, GA | THE PUBLIC REPORTED AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jan 25, 9:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Mineral Bluff, GA | THE PUBLIC REPORTED 3/8 INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Jan 25, 10:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Nicholson, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORTS OF A GLAZE OF ICE IN NICHOLSON...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jan 25, 10:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Clermont, GA | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORTS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THE HALL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER ALSO RELAYED REPORTS OF MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES ALSO MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jan 25, 10:40 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 N Jefferson, GA | THE COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED GLAZE OF ICE ALONG INTERSTATE 85. |
| Jan 25, 12:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 6 N Cumming, GA | THE FORSYTH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. HIGHWAY 53 HAD A GLAZE ON THE ROAD AROUND NOON. |
| Jan 25, 12:20 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Dahlonega, GA | THERE HAS BEEN A LIGHT GLAZE REPORTED ON MOST BRIDGES AND RAISED ROAD BEDS. |
| Jan 25, 12:26 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Ellijay, GA | GILMER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS THE COUNTY ON VECHILES AND TREES. |
| Jan 25, 12:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Jasper, GA | IN AND AROUND JASPER THE GLAZE WAS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER BUT JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN THERE WAS UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE REPORTED. THERE WERE ALSO MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS REPORTED. |
| Jan 25, 12:35 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Cleveland, GA | THERE IS A GLAZE ON MOST AREA ROADS AND BRIDGES. MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED ON ROUTE 115 AND HELEN HIGHWAY. GDOT IS OUT APPLYING TREATMENT TO THE WORST AREAS. PRECIPITATION IS NOW A MIX OF ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 WWUS42 KFFC 241824 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 124 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...POTENTIAL FREEZING RAIN EVENT ON FRIDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY BRINGING PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY WEDGED ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITATION FALLING AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. GAZ006>009-013>016-022-023-250230- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0002.130125T0600Z-130126T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0002.130125T1100Z-130125T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH- HALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 124 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO GAINESVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. LITTLE TO NO SLEET ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...WITH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE AND POSSIBLE SLEET WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREES...POSSIBLY LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE MORNING WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GAZ001>005-011-012-019>021-250230- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0002.130125T0600Z-130126T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.130125T1100Z-130125T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 124 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO GAINESVILLE. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH OF LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO GRIFFIN TO EATONTON TO CRAWFORDVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 IN THE MORNING WARMING TO AROUND 40 BY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN TURNS INTO ALL RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GAZ024-025-027-030>039-041>060-250230- /O.NEW.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.130125T1100Z-130125T1800Z/ BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT- BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE- TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 124 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO GAINESVILLE. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH OF LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO GRIFFIN TO EATONTON TO CRAWFORDVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN TURNS TO ALL RAIN AND MELTS. * TIMING...6 AM TO 1PM EST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 IN THE MORNING WARMING TO AROUND 40 BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
518 WWUS42 KFFC 242329 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 629 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...POTENTIAL FREEZING RAIN EVENT ON FRIDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY BRINGING PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY WEDGED ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITATION FALLING AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. GAZ006>009-013>016-022-023-250900- /O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.130125T1100Z-130125T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH- HALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 629 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO GAINESVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. LITTLE TO NO SLEET ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...WITH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE AND POSSIBLE SLEET WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREES...POSSIBLY LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE MORNING WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GAZ001>005-011-012-019>021-024-025-027-030>039-041>060-250900- /O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.130125T1100Z-130125T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-CHEROKEE-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON... DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON... NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 629 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO GAINESVILLE. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH OF LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO GRIFFIN TO EATONTON TO CRAWFORDVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN TURNS TO ALL RAIN AND MELTS. * TIMING...6 AM TO 1PM EST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 IN THE MORNING WARMING TO AROUND 40 BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
634 WWUS42 KFFC 250753 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 253 AM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...POTENTIAL FREEZING RAIN EVENT ON FRIDAY... .A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA WITH COLD AIR CONTINUING TO FUNNEL IN. COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY WEDGED ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITATION FALLING AS FREEZING RAIN. GAZ006>009-013>016-022-023-252300- /O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.130125T1100Z-130125T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH- HALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 253 AM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO GAINESVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREES...POSSIBLY LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE MORNING WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GAZ001>005-011-012-019>021-024-025-027-030>039-041>060-251800- /O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.130125T1100Z-130125T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-CHEROKEE-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON... DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON... NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 253 AM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO GAINESVILLE. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH OF LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO GRIFFIN TO EATONTON TO CRAWFORDVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES... WILL BE MOSTLY RAIN BUT POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN AS WELL. * ACCUMULATIONS....LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...MAINLY CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES AND TO NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...9 AM TO 1PM EST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * WINDS...EAST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 IN THE MORNING WARMING TO AROUND 40 BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
665 WWUS42 KFFC 251758 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1258 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...POTENTIAL FREEZING RAIN EVENT ON FRIDAY... .A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA WITH COLD AIR CONTINUING TO FUNNEL IN. COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY WEDGED ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITATION FALLING AS FREEZING RAIN. GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030>032-041>044-046-048>060-251900- /O.CAN.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130125T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- ROCKDALE-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 1258 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE TO WARM ACROSS THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. $$ GAZ024-025-252300- /O.UPG.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130125T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130125T2300Z/ BANKS-JACKSON- 1258 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO JEFFERSON. * HAZARD TYPES... WILL BE MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * WINDS...EAST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-022-023-252300- /O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130125T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH- HALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 1258 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO GAINESVILLE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS....UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREES... POSSIBLY LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GAZ021-027-033>039-045-047-252300- /O.EXT.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130125T2300Z/ CHEROKEE-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... DECATUR 1258 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY VICINITY OF A LINE FROM CANTON TO LAWRENCEVILLE TO ATHENS. * HAZARD TYPES... WILL BE MOSTLY RAIN BUT POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN AS WELL. * ACCUMULATIONS....LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...MAINLY CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
124 WWUS42 KFFC 251812 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 112 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EVENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA WITH COLD AIR CONTINUING TO FUNNEL IN. COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY WEDGED ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITATION FALLING AS FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET. GAZ006>009-013>016-022>025-252300- /O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130125T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH- HALL-BANKS-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 112 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO JEFFERSON. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS....UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREES... POSSIBLY LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST AT 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GAZ021-027-033>039-045-047-252300- /O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130125T2300Z/ CHEROKEE-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... DECATUR 112 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY VICINITY OF A LINE FROM CANTON TO LAWRENCEVILLE TO ATHENS. * HAZARD TYPES... WILL BE MOSTLY RAIN BUT POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN AS WELL. * ACCUMULATIONS....LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...MAINLY CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
977 WWUS42 KFFC 252250 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 550 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 GAZ006>009-013>016-022>025-260000- /O.EXP.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130125T2300Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH- HALL-BANKS-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 550 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT SOME PATCHES OF DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT...LEADING TO PATCHY BLACK ICE ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ021-027-033>039-045-047-260000- /O.EXP.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130125T2300Z/ CHEROKEE-MADISON-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... DECATUR 550 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 24, 12:52 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 12:52 PM EST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1252 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1153 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013/ UPDATE... SMALL TWEAKS WERE MADE TO THE TEMPERATURES TO KEEP THEM ON TRACK. OTHERWISE HAVE FOCUSED ON WINTER WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN CWA. WILL COVER MORE OF THIS IN UPCOMING PACKAGE. ARG PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 654 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... COMPLICATED FORECAST FOR SHORT TERM AS MAIN CONCERN IS FROZEN P-TYPE POTENTIAL AS CLASSICAL CAD WEDGE INTERACTS WITH OVERRUNNING MOISTURE FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH 1043-MB SFC HIGH NEAR THE UPPER MIDWEST AND TIMING/STRENGTH OF SYSTEM AS IT PUSHES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY THIS EVENING. INITIAL COLD FRONT ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS IS IMPINGING UPON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...AND WAS A BIT SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. HAS BEEN A DRY PASSAGE SO FAR AND HAVE ADJUSTED POPS MOSTLY TO VERY LIMITED SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NOT SURPRISED IF CONTINUES TO BE COMPLETELY DRY AND PRIMARILY SERVE TO BRING IN SOME ENHANCED WINDS WITH DRY AIR ADVECTION. AS HIGH QUICKLY PUSHES SOUTHEAST...THE CAD WEDGE WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS. NAM AND GFS WERE BOTH ADVECTING IN DECENTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS /MAINLY IN TEENS/ WITH THIS WEDGE. COLD AIR ADVECTION SHOULD BE QUITE STRONG AT FIRST AND THE PROGGED MOISTURE FIELD LOOKS TO QUICKLY OVERRUN INITIALLY AS A CLOUD SHIELD AFTER ABOUT 09Z FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL HELP INSULATE THE WEDGE AND SERVE TO REINFORCE THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION. MUCH OF THE AREA LOOKS TO GET TO THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S. GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED TO A BIT LATER WITH THE ONSET OF PRECIP AND NOW LOOKS AS THOUGH WILL START AS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND NOT GET TO THE ATLANTA AREA UNTIL AFTER 15Z. THIS WOULD ALLOW SURFACE TEMPS TO WARM UP SLIGHTLY FROM THE PROGGED OVERNIGHT MINS...HOWEVER WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW DEWPOINTS...ANY DROPLETS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN EVAP COOLING AND SO THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS DURING PRECIP ONSET MAY LOWER THE SFC TEMPS DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO BUT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH MOISTURE SOUTH OF ABOUT ROME TO GAINESVILLE TO HAVE MUCH OF A DIABATIC IMPACT. FOR P-TYPE AND AMOUNT...ANALYSES OF PROGGED LOW LEVEL PARTIAL THICKNESSES AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGESTED A COMBINATION OF FZRA AND RAIN/DRIZZLE MAINLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WHERE ISENTROPIC ANALYSES ON 295K THETA LEVEL SUPPORTED THE BEST LIFT. THE FAR NORTHEAST SHOULD HAVE FZRA NEARLY THROUGHOUT FRIDAY AND COULD HAVE TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.25 INCHES...WHILE 0.10-0.25 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA. SOUTH OF A ROME TO GAINESVILLE LINE LOOKS TO GET LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH... AND PERHAPS ONLY A GLAZE OF ICE NEAR THE ATLANTA AREA. AREAS WITH ONLY A GLAZE TO LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES WILL LIKELY HAVE ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS OF PRECIP...MAINLY 15-18Z NEAR ATLANTA...AND SLIGHTLY LATER EASTWARD AS THIS GETS INTO DEEPER PORTIONS OF THE COLD DOME. THE AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN TWEAKED A BIT LOWER THAN BEFOREHAND PER RECENT TRENDS IN GUIDANCE...AND 06 NAM WAS CONSIDERABLY DRIER THAN OTHER SOLUTIONS. ALL CONSIDERED WITH RECENT TRENDS AND AFTER DOING TOP DOWN PROCEDURE/ICE ACCUMULATION TOOL FOR WEATHER GRIDS...HAVE DECIDED TO NOT UPGRADE ANY AREA IN THE WWA PRODUCTS AND HAVE MAINTAINED THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCH IN THE NORTH. CAD EROSION LOOKS TO BE MAINLY WITH THE COLD FRONT ALOFT FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE MODELS ARE LOOKING TO SCOUR OUT THE COLD DOME TOO QUICKLY AND CLOUD SHIELD AND SOLAR SHELTERING SHOULD ALLOW FOR RESIDUAL COLD POOL BEFORE THE FROPA FROM THE NORTH. HAVE MADE MANY ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMP AND DEWPT TRENDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. BAKER LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH SOUTH GA INTO FL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WORKING INTO THE STATE DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL ON SATURDAY BEFORE A WARMING TREND STARTS ON SUNDAY. RIDGING ALOFT WORKS INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE US ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER..AT THE SURFACE ANOTHER ARCTIC SURFACE RIDGE WILL WEDGE INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY AND KEEP TEMPS AT BAY...ALBEIT NOT AS COLD AS THE TEMPS ON FRIDAY. PRECIP IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS WEDGE BUT CLOUDS WILL START TO WORK IN LATE ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS MEAN LAYER RH VALUES INCREASE AND WEAK ISENTROPIC PROCESSES SETUP. MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... BIG WARMUP UNDERWAY FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WORKWEEK AS A DEEP TROUGH DIGS OVER THE WESTERN US AND UPPER RIDGING AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SETS UP ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY MAY BE PUSHING 70 IN MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SOUTH WINDS START PICKING UP TUESDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT OVER TEXAS AND A STRONG SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC. OTHERWISE...VERY PLEASANT AND UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEDNESDAY... GFS AND ECMWF START TO DIVERGE BY WEDNESDAY WITH REGARD TO THE TIMING OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. THE ECMWF IS ALMOST 24 HOURS FASTER THAN THE GFS WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THIS IS LARGELY DUE ITS HANDLING OF THE PROGRESSION OF THE OVERALL TROUGH AS MORE OF A PHASED TROUGH VERSUS THE GFS WHICH HAS A FASTER NORTHERN COMPONENT MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND A DETACHED SOUTHERN COMPONENT. IN EITHER CASE...BOTH MODELS AGREE THAT WE BEGIN TO SEE SOME INSTABILITY RETURN TO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT RESULTING IN A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. FOR NOW...HAVE OPTED TO USE THE SLOWER GFS SOLUTION IN THE GRIDS AND INTRODUCED THUNDER ON WEDNESDAY. STELLMAN .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... MAIN CONCERN FOR TAF SITES IS THE FREEZING PRECIP TOMORROW AM...IN NORTH GA. MOST SITES...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AHN...COULD SEE A 3 TO 4 HOUR WINDOW OF -FZRA. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH OF ANY ACCUMULATIONS AT THE TAF SITES. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING IN THE AFTERNOON. AHN MAY SEE LONGER DURATION FOR FREEZING RAIN. THIS IS ALL DEPENDENT ON HOW LONG THE WEDGE STAYS IN PLACE. OTHERWISE CEILINGS AND VSBYS SHOULD BE VFR TO MVFR. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS...MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON FZRA. ARG && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 53 28 35 31 / 10 10 70 60 ATLANTA 50 29 39 33 / 10 10 60 60 BLAIRSVILLE 42 23 33 25 / 10 10 80 70 CARTERSVILLE 46 30 38 31 / 20 10 70 70 COLUMBUS 62 36 57 43 / 10 5 20 30 GAINESVILLE 49 26 34 29 / 10 10 70 70 MACON 61 31 52 41 / 5 5 20 20 ROME 45 28 39 30 / 20 20 70 60 PEACHTREE CITY 52 31 44 35 / 10 10 50 50 VIDALIA 64 30 57 48 / 10 5 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE... DADE...DAWSON...FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON... HALL...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER... WHITE...WHITFIELD. && SHORT TERM...ARG LONG TERM....30 AVIATION...ARG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 11:51 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1151 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-251700- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 1151 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN EVENT LATE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. DISCUSSION... AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY SETTING UP A COLD AIR WEDGE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. AT THE SAME TIME MOISTURE FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO RISE UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE INGREDIENTS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AREAS NORTH OF A ROME TO GAINESVILLE LINE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATION FRIDAY. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND 85 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE SOME GLAZING WITH THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGES OVER TO RAIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. STAY TUNED TO THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AS IT IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TIMING OF BOTH THE COLD AIR AND THE MOISTURE AND MAY CHANGE AS NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A GRADUAL WARMUP WILL TAKE SHAPE THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. COMPUTER MODELS DIFFER ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT BUT DO AGREE THAT ENOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. BECAUSE OF DISCREPANCIES IN COMPUTER MODEL TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE FRONT...CONFIDENCE IN ANY SEVERE POTENTIAL IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 1:24 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 36 more | 29 hr |
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