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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 13, 201617 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 13, 2016, 2:44 PM EST for 17 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 15, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2016, 2:44 PM EST (19:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 15, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 14, 2016, 2:02 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -173 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

985 
WWUS42 KFFC 131944
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
244 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016


GAZ005>009-013>016-021>025-027-034-035-140345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0002.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE...
LAWRENCEVILLE
244 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY EAST AND
  NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH...TO CANTON...TO
  LAWRENCEVILLE...TO DANIELSVILLE.

* HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS. UP TO 0.25 INCH OF ICE WITH ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVING
  AS MUCH AS A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE
  SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS MIX WILL TRANSITION
  TO A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING ON MONDAY.
  THE MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
  AFTERNOON...SLOWLY TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DUE TO THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ROADS WILL
  BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THE WEIGHT OF ICE ON TREES WILL
  BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND SOME WEAKER TREES. POWER LINES COULD
  ALSO COME DOWN DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE MID 20S TO THE LOWER 30S
  ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SUNDAY NIGHT...RISING INTO THE MID 20S
  TO LOW TO MID 30S BY NOON ON MONDAY...AND RISING INTO THE MID
  30S BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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!

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
908 
WWUS42 KFFC 140307
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1007 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016



GAZ005>009-013>016-021>025-027-034-035-141115-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE...
LAWRENCEVILLE
1007 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY EAST 
  AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH...TO CANTON...TO 
  LAWRENCEVILLE...TO DANIELSVILLE.

* HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER 
  ELEVATIONS. UP TO 0.25 INCH OF ICE WITH ISOLATED AREAS 
  RECEIVING AS MUCH AS A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN 
  LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS MIX WILL 
  TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING 
  ON MONDAY. THE MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...SLOWLY TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN BY 
  EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DUE TO THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ROADS WILL 
  BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THE WEIGHT OF ICE ON TREES WILL 
  BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND SOME WEAKER TREES. POWER LINES COULD 
  ALSO COME DOWN DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE MID 20S TO THE LOWER 30S 
  ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SUNDAY NIGHT...RISING INTO THE MID 
  20S TO LOW TO MID 30S BY NOON ON MONDAY...AND RISING INTO THE 
  MID 30S BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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!

&&

$$
352 
WWUS42 KFFC 140959
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016

GAZ005>009-013>016-021>025-027-034-035-142100-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE...
LAWRENCEVILLE
459 AM EST SUN FEB 14 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY EAST 
  AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH...TO CANTON...TO 
  LAWRENCEVILLE...TO DANIELSVILLE.

* HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER 
  ELEVATIONS. UP TO 0.25 INCH OF ICE WITH ISOLATED AREAS 
  RECEIVING AS MUCH AS A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE
  TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS MIX WILL TRANSITION TO A
  MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING ON MONDAY. THE MIX
  OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON
  FOR FARTHER NORTHEAST AS TEMPS SLOWLY RISE...THEN TRANSITIONING
  TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ROADS WILL
  BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. THE WEIGHT OF ICE ON TREES WILL
  BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND SOME WEAKER TREES. POWER LINES COULD
  ALSO COME DOWN DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE MID 20S TO THE LOWER 30S 
  ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SUNDAY NIGHT...RISING INTO THE MID 
  20S TO LOW TO MID 30S BY NOON ON MONDAY...AND RISING INTO THE 
  MID 30S BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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!

&&

$$
461 
WWUS42 KFFC 141902
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
202 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016


GAZ005-142015-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WS.A.0002.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/
MURRAY-
202 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WATCH.

ALTHOUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE EASTERN PART OF MURRAY
COUNTY COULD SEE A RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MIX LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY MORNING...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

GAZ006>009-013>016-021>025-027-034-035-150315-
/O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0002.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.160215T0600Z-160216T0000Z/
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-CHEROKEE-
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE...
LAWRENCEVILLE
202 PM EST SUN FEB 14 2016

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST
MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY EAST
  AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE COHUTTA WILDERNESS...TO CANTON...TO
  LAWRENCEVILLE...TO DANIELSVILLE.

* HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
  DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER DAYBREAK MONDAY
  AS WELL AS BECOME MIXED WITH LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE. BY LATE
  AFTERNOON ON MONDAY THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MIX WILL HAVE
  TRANSITIONED TO ALL RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE LESS THAN 0.10 INCH OF ICE
  WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S
  ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT...RISING INTO THE LOW TO
  MID 30S BY NOON ON MONDAY...AND RISING INTO THE MID 30S BY LATE
  AFTERNOON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ROADS WILL BECOME
  HAZARDOUS. THE WEIGHT OF ICE ON TREES COULD BRING DOWN SOME
  BRANCHES.

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.

&&

$$

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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.