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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 18, 2015, 3:02 PM EST for 21 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 20, 2015, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2015, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2015, 3:38 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 21 counties
Banks County, GA, 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, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
826 WWUS42 KFFC 182002 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 302 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...LIGHT SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING... ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY... GAZ005>009-015-016-190415- /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.W.0002.150219T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T0300Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 302 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW THROUGH 7PM. EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW NOW THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 15 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...WEAR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT. MITTENS PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION TO THE HANDS THAN GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ001>004-011>014-023-024-190415- /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.150219T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON- HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...GAINESVILLE 302 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS MAINLY NORTH OF A SUMMERVILLE TO JASPER TO HOMER LINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW THROUGH 7PM. VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW NOW THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ019>022-190415- /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.150219T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 302 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM ROME TO CANTON TO CUMMING. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 10 TO 15 DEGREES BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. BE SURE TO BUY NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING DURING THIS PERIOD. IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS...DO SO BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE WARNING! && $$ GAZ025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078-079-081>083-094-190415- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.150219T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE- TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-PEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON 302 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO MACON TO WARRENTON * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...10 ABOVE TO NEAR ZERO * TIMING...7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL NOON THURSDAY * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
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817 WWUS42 KFFC 182022 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 322 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 GAZ005>009-015-016-190430- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.W.0002.150219T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 322 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW THROUGH 7PM. EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW NOW THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 15 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...WEAR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT. MITTENS PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION TO THE HANDS THAN GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ001>004-011>014-023-024-190430- /O.CON.KFFC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.150219T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON- HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...GAINESVILLE 322 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS MAINLY NORTH OF A SUMMERVILLE TO JASPER TO HOMER LINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW THROUGH 7PM. VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW NOW THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ019>022-190430- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.150219T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 322 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM ROME TO CANTON TO CUMMING. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 10 TO 15 DEGREES BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. BE SURE TO BUY NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING DURING THIS PERIOD. IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS...DO SO BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE WARNING! && $$ GAZ025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078-079-081>083-094-190430- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.150219T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE- TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-PEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON 322 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO MACON TO WARRENTON * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...10 ABOVE TO NEAR ZERO * TIMING...7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL NOON THURSDAY * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
330 WWUS42 KFFC 190200 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 900 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 GAZ005>009-015-016-191300- /O.EXT.KFFC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 900 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW AND REPORTED SLICK ROADWAYS THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY. EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW NOW THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 15 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS ON SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE ISSUES AND POSSIBLY BECOME IMPASSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...WEAR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT. MITTENS PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION TO THE HANDS THAN GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ001>004-011>014-023-024-191300- /O.EXT.KFFC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON- HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...GAINESVILLE 900 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL DUSTING TO QUARTER INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS MAINLY NORTH OF A SUMMERVILLE TO JASPER TO HOMER LINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY. VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW NOW THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AS ANY SNOW WILL STICK OVERNIGHT GIVEN THE VERY COLD TEMPS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ019>022-191300- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 900 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM ROME TO CANTON TO CUMMING. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 10 TO 15 DEGREES BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. BE SURE TO BUY NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING DURING THIS PERIOD. IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS...DO SO BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE WARNING! && $$ GAZ025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078-079-081>083-094-191300- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1700Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE- TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-PEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON 900 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO MACON TO WARRENTON * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...10 ABOVE TO NEAR ZERO * TIMING...UNTIL NOON THURSDAY * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
152 WWUS42 KFFC 190833 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 333 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 GAZ005>009-015-016-191645- /O.CAN.KFFC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1300Z/ /O.EXT.KFFC.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150220T0500Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 333 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * LOCATIONS...AREAS IN AND NEAR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 15 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...WEAR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT. MITTENS PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION TO THE HANDS THAN GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ001>004-011>014-023-024-191645- /O.CAN.KFFC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1300Z/ /O.EXT.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1900Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON- HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...GAINESVILLE 333 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * LOCATIONS...FAR NORTH GEORGIA OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS BUT NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO JASPER TO HOMER. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL READINGS...10 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ074>076-080-084>086-089>093-095>098-102>113-191645- /O.EXB.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1900Z/ WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL- MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY- LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI- WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS... DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 333 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF MIDDLE GEORGIA * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL READINGS...15 TO 5 ABOVE ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ GAZ019>022-191645- /O.EXT.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1900Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 333 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM ROME TO CANTON TO CUMMING. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 10 TO 15 DEGREES BY SUNRISE THURSDAY * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078-079-081>083-094-191645- /O.EXT.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1900Z/ 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-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-PEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON 333 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO MACON TO WARRENTON * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON * WIND CHILL READINGS...10 ABOVE TO NEAR ZERO * TIMING...UNTIL 2 PM THURSDAY * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
504 WWUS42 KFFC 191431 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 931 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 GAZ005>009-015-016-192245- /O.EXT.KFFC.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150220T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 931 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...AREAS IN AND NEAR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 15 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...WEAR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT. MITTENS PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION TO THE HANDS THAN GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ001>004-011>014-019>024-192245- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1900Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON- FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE 931 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...FAR NORTH GEORGIA OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS BUT NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO JASPER TO HOMER. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL READINGS...10 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ GAZ025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-191900- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1900Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE- TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS... DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 931 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF MIDDLE GEORGIA * HAZARD TYPES...VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 TO 15 ABOVE ZERO * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
008 WWUS42 KFFC 192038 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 338 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 GAZ005>009-015-016-200445- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150220T1200Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 338 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...AREAS IN AND NEAR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL READINGS...5 ABOVE TO 15 BELOW ZERO * IMPACTS...THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. SOME TREES AND POWER LINES COULD COME DOWN CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...WEAR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT. MITTENS PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION TO THE HANDS THAN GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ001>004-011>014-019>024-200445- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON- FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE 338 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...FAR NORTH GEORGIA OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS BUT NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO JASPER TO HOMER. * HAZARD TYPES...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. SOME TREES AND POWER LINES COULD COME DOWN CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GAZ025-027-200445- /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ JACKSON-MADISON- 338 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND 0.20 INCHES OF ICE. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. SOME TREES AND POWER LINES COULD COME DOWN CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ GAZ030>039-041>051-200445- /O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0005.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/ POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON 338 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCHES OF SNOW...AND 0.1 INCHES OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS FRIDAY EVENING...TRANSITIONS TO SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE. SOME TREES AND POWER LINES COULD COME DOWN CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Feb 18, 2:47 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 2:47 PM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
247 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS A FEW BANDS OF LIGHT SNOW MOVING ACROSS
NORTH GA AND THE NORTH ATL SUBURBS. MOST PLACES THAT ARE SEEING SNOW
ARE SEEING ANYTHING FROM FLURRIES TO A LIGHT DUSTING. A FEW
PLACES ACROSS THE NORTH GA MOUNTAINS HAVE SEEN A HALF TO JUST SHY
OF AN INCH OF SNOW. THESE BANDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BACKSIDE
MOISTURE FROM THE MAIN PARENT LOW CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT
LAKE STATES. THIS LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NE TONIGHT
PUSHING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BY 12Z THU. AS THIS LOW MOVES NE
IT WILL PULL MOISTURE WITH IT CLEARING THINGS OUT ACROSS NORTH GA
LATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE DAKOTAS IS CURRENTLY
BUILDING SE AND WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER THE OH/WV/KY BORDER BY
12Z FRI. THIS IS A VERY COLD RIDGE AND IT WILL HELP TO SPREAD VERY
COLD AIR ACROSS THE REGION. LOOKING FOR LOW TEMPS TONIGHT IN THE
TEENS AND 20S AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THU NIGHT. ONCE
TEMPS GO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT MOST PLACES WILL NOT GET ABOVE
FREEZING UNTIL FRIDAY...OR EVEN SAT FOR NORTH GA. IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THESE COLD TEMPS STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THU EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL
VALUES ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE THROUGH THU AFTERNOON.
01
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
WELL...DESPITE DOING A FORECAST WITH ONE HAND FIGURATIVELY BEHIND
THE BACK /THAT IS...THE 12Z GFS NEVER CAME IN/...THINK WE HAVE A
STARTING POINT FOR THE NEXT BOUT OF WINTER WEATHER PUSHING IN FOR
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL COMPETING FACTORS IN PLAY
BUT IN THE END DECIDED TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF PROVIDING MORE
INFORMATION THAN LESS AND WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR
NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY FROM ROME TO CUMMING TO HOMER...FROM
FRIDAY 18Z THROUGH SATURDAY 18Z. PRECIP MIGHT NOT START AS EARLY
AS 18Z FRIDAY...IT MIGHT END EARLIER THAN 18Z SATURDAY...BUT THIS
AT LEAST ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE SCENARIO.
SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE...OKAY WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLY COLD
TEMPERATURES IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AS WE START THE EXTENDED
WITH ONLY SLIGHT MODERATION ON FRIDAY. ARCTIC SURFACE HIGH WILL
CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND SET UP A HYBRID DAMMING EVENT
OVER THE CAROLINAS. COMPETING FACTORS HERE ARE THAT THE SOURCE
REGION FOR THE DAMMING IS CLIMATOLOGICALLY NOT AS COLD AS WE WOULD
SEE FOR A CLASSICAL CAD EVENT...BUT IN THIS CASE WITH THE WINTER
STORM THAT THE AREA JUST EXPERIENCED AND THE ARCTIC AIRMASS
EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE...SOURCE AIR IS A LITTLE COLDER THAN
TYPICAL OF HYBRID DAMMING. ALSO WITH THE DAMMING COMES THE VERY
DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE COMPETING WITH TIMING OF THE COLUMN
SATURATING. ISENTROPIC ANALYSES POINT TO SATURATION ABOVE ABOUT
800MB SOMETIME MIDDAY FRIDAY AND SOUNDINGS CONFIRM...JUST A
QUESTION OF HOW MUCH WILL EVAPORATE /AND HOW MUCH THAT EVAPORATION
WILL REINFORCE THE SURFACE COLD LAYER/. THERMAL PROFILES INDICATE
THAT PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS ALL SNOW ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
BUT AS THE LOW LEVEL WAA KICKS IN ATOP THE COLD DOME...P-TYPE
SHOULD TRANSITION TO A SNOW/SLEET MIX AND THEN PERHAPS A
SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MIX. IN A NUTSHELL...ANOTHER MESS.
QPF VALUES...LIKELY DUE TO THE VERY DRY SURFACE LAYER...ARE PRETTY
LIGHT FOR THE EVENT. CORRESPONDING SNOW AND ICE TOTALS ARE
ACTUALLY JUST A TAD BELOW CRITERIA FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA.
HOWEVER...GIVEN THE IMPACTS FROM THE WINTER WEATHER EVENT EARLIER
THIS WEEK...THE EXTREME COLD IN PLACE LEADING UP TO FRIDAY...AND
THE FACT THAT PRECIP ONSET IS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON /SO WORK
AND SCHOOL CLOSE OR OPEN DECISIONS WILL NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE THE
FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE/ FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF
ISSUING A WATCH NOW RATHER THAN HOLDING OFF. ADJUSTMENTS CAN
ALWAYS BE MADE IN TIMING AND LOCATION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT ANY WINTRY PRECIP SHOULD MELT AFTER THIS
EVENT RATHER THAN STICKING AROUND. SATURDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS MIGHT BE IFFY BUT ANYWHERE ELSE SHOULD FINALLY
MELT EVERYTHING OFF. PROBLEM WITH THAT IS RESIDUAL MOISTURE
COMBINED WITH QPF VALUES PUSHING IN WITH THE COLD FRONT. SHOULD
SEE A MUCH WARMER BUT RAINY SUNDAY /YA WIN SOME...YA LOSE SOME/
BUT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING AGAIN MONDAY BEHIND THE FRONT.
BEYOND THAT...DID NOT REALLY ANALYZE MUCH DUE TO THE COMPLICATED
SITUATION IN PERIODS 4-8.
TDP
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORDS FOR 02-19...THURSDAY
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAHN 79 1939 37 1972 54 1986 14 1958
1905 1961
1938
KATL 78 1891 36 1958 57 1890 13 1958
1942
KCSG 80 2011 43 1958 58 1949 17 1958
KMCN 82 1956 43 1972 59 1986 17 1958
1981
RECORDS FOR 02-20...FRIDAY
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAHN 78 1986 38 1910 57 1991 18 1958
1928
KATL 78 1986 32 1901 57 1994 16 1934
KCSG 80 1986 48 1959 63 1991 22 1958
KMCN 80 1991 42 1940 61 1961 21 1958
1986 1927
1910
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE AREA WITH WINDS PICKING UP OUT OF THE NW.
CEILINGS ARE MAINLY VFR WITH SOME ISOLATED MVFR READINGS ACROSS
THE STATE. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING EAST AND SHOULD DIMINISH AND
LIFT THROUGH THROUGH 00Z. MAY SEE SOME MORE BKN TO OVC CEILINGS
AROUND 3000FT AROUND 8Z BUT THEY SHOULD STAY VFR. DRIER AIR MOVES
IN AROUND DAYBREAK SO EXPECTING CLEAR SKIES THU. STRONG WINDS OUT
OF THE NW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THU AFTERNOON THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH
THU EVENING/NIGHT. LOOKING FOR 12-18KT WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 30KT
THROUGH THU AFTERNOON.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
CONFIDENCE HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS.
01
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS 13 28 15 35 / 10 0 5 10
ATLANTA 16 27 18 36 / 10 0 10 20
BLAIRSVILLE 8 17 12 31 / 20 0 5 40
CARTERSVILLE 14 26 14 35 / 20 0 10 40
COLUMBUS 20 37 20 44 / 0 0 5 5
GAINESVILLE 14 24 16 32 / 20 0 5 30
MACON 19 36 19 41 / 0 0 5 5
ROME 13 27 14 34 / 20 0 10 50
PEACHTREE CITY 16 29 15 38 / 0 0 5 20
VIDALIA 24 38 20 42 / 0 0 0 5
&&
.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: 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.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...
BIBB...BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...
CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...CRAWFORD...DADE...DAWSON...
DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GORDON...GREENE...
GWINNETT...HALL...HANCOCK...HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...
JACKSON...JASPER...JONES...LAMAR...MADISON...MERIWETHER...
MONROE...MORGAN...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...
PAULDING...PEACH...PICKENS...PIKE...POLK...PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...
SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...TALBOT...TALIAFERRO...TROUP...TWIGGS...
UPSON...WALKER...WALTON...WARREN...WHITFIELD...WILKES.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARTOW...CATOOSA...
CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...DADE...DAWSON...FANNIN...FLOYD...
FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...HALL...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS...
TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...DADE...DAWSON...
FANNIN...GILMER...GORDON...HALL...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS...
TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD.
WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: FANNIN...GILMER...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...
TOWNS...UNION...WHITE.
&&
SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....TDP
AVIATION...01Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 8:30 AM EST, 6 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 830 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-191330- 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- 830 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TODAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AS THE TAIL END OF A SHORTWAVE OVER TENNESSEE SWEEPS THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA. WE CAN EXPECT UP TO AN INCH OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 5 ABOVE TO 15 BELOW ZERO. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE LATEST WIND CHILL WARNING AND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING AND FOR THIS REASON THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AND WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL NOON THURSDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. AREAS OF SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FRIDAY...BECOMING WIDESPREAD FRIDAY EVENING THEN CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON SATURDAY,. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH THIS SYSTEM. FORECAST ON THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE AS WE GET CLOSER TO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 18, 12:48 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1248 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 GAZ025-027-031>038-041>045-047-182300- JACKSON-MADISON-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE- OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB- WALTON- 1248 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF METRO ATLANTA AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS EVENING... A QUICK MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS INTO THE ATLANTA METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. ANY ACCUMULATION IN THIS AREA WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND GENERALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2:31 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Towns, Union and 1 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:31 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 83 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 18, 7:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Banks, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin and 11 more | 20 hr |
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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.