Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2016
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this freeze warning at Jan 5, 2016, 2:08 PM EST for 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 6, 2016, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2016, 2:08 PM EST (19:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2016, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 31 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
351 WWUS72 KTAE 051908 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 208 PM EST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-061300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0002.160106T0500Z-160106T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.0002.160106T0500Z-160106T1300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT... SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON... ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON... FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT... NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 208 PM EST TUE JAN 5 2016 /108 PM CST TUE JAN 5 2016/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. * DURATION...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR BETWEEN 2 TO 6 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS CAN HARM UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
233 WWUS72 KTAE 060830 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 330 AM EST WED JAN 6 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .TEMPERATURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING WERE IN THE MID 30S. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS AT THE NORMALLY COLDER SITES IN THIS REGION. ALZ068-069-GAZ142>147-155>161-060930- /O.CAN.KTAE.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160106T1300Z/ GENEVA-HOUSTON-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...SLOCOMB... MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT... NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN... VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 330 AM EST WED JAN 6 2016 /230 AM CST WED JAN 6 2016/ ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH FREEZING IN THIS AREA. $$ ALZ065>067-GAZ120>131-148-061300- /O.CON.KTAE.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160106T1300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY- LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES... CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY... DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...NASHVILLE 330 AM EST WED JAN 6 2016 /230 AM CST WED JAN 6 2016/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOWER 30S. * DURATION...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 2 TO 4 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS CAN HARM UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FOURNIER
342 WWUS72 KTAE 061325 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 825 AM EST WED JAN 6 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ALZ065>067-GAZ120>131-148-061430- /O.EXP.KTAE.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160106T1300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY- LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES... CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY... DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...NASHVILLE 825 AM EST WED JAN 6 2016 /725 AM CST WED JAN 6 2016/ ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:46 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2016Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2016Every freeze warning in 2016
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.