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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this frost advisory at Oct 17, 2015, 3:01 PM EDT for 21 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 18, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2015, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2015, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 21 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, Forsyth County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Hall 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 Atlanta radar (KFFC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
345 WWUS72 KFFC 171901 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 301 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030-180315- /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.151018T0400Z-151018T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE 301 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO WOODSTOCK TO FLOWERY BRANCH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH 9AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION OR UNCOVERED PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED IF NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
215 WWUS72 KFFC 180038 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 838 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030-181300- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.151018T0400Z-151018T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE 838 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO WOODSTOCK TO FLOWERY BRANCH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH 9AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION OR UNCOVERED PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED IF NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
646 WWUS72 KFFC 180737 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 337 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030-181300- /O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151018T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE 337 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO WOODSTOCK TO FLOWERY BRANCH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * TIMING...THROUGH 9AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION OR UNCOVERED PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED IF NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
054 WWUS72 KFFC 181304 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 904 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-030-181415- /O.EXP.KFFC.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151018T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE 904 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. $$
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.