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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this frost advisory at Mar 30, 2014, 3:07 PM EDT for 42 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2014, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 42 counties
Bartow County, GA, Butts 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, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe 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, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780 WWUS72 KFFC 301907 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 307 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>033-041>044-052>059-066>072-310315- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140330T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.140331T0800Z-140331T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-HARALSON- CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 307 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S. * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA * TIMING...FROM 4 AM UNTIL 9 AM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. * WIND...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO INCREASE. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ GAZ024-025-027-034>039-045>051-060>062-073>076-078>086-089>098- 102>113-302015- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140330T2200Z/ BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE- WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON- HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON- EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS... CORDELE...VIDALIA 307 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
2 follow-up statements
385 WWUS72 KFFC 310158 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 958 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>033-041>044-052>059-066>072-311300- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.140331T0800Z-140331T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-HARALSON- CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 958 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA * TIMING...FROM 4 AM UNTIL 9 AM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. * WIND...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO INCREASE. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
795 WWUS72 KFFC 310802 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 402 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030>033-041>044-052>059-066>072-311300- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-HARALSON- CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN 402 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM TODAY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:06 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens and 3 more | 15 hr |
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.