Alert archive / Georgia / Winter Storm Watches in 2016
Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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, 7.7 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.
- 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
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. && $$
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.