Alert archive / Georgia / Frost Advisories in 2015
Frost Advisory 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this frost advisory at Apr 4, 2015, 2:31 PM EDT for 19 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 5, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2015, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2015, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
312 WWUS72 KFFC 041831 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 231 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-050245- /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0001.150405T0800Z-150405T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE 231 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO CLEVELAND. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE NEW AND TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
116 WWUS72 KFFC 050203 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1003 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-051015- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0001.150405T0800Z-150405T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE 1003 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO CLEVELAND. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE NEW AND TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
425 WWUS72 KFFC 050804 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 404 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-051300- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150405T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE 404 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO CLEVELAND. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S THIS MORNING. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE NEW AND TENDER VEGETATION. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 10:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 12:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
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.