Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2017
Freeze Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Apr 7, 2017, 3:18 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 8, 2017, 2:00 AM EDT. 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
- Apr 7, 2017, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2017, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
319 WWUS72 KFFC 071918 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 318 PM EDT Fri Apr 7 2017 GAZ006>009-015-016-081400- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.170408T0600Z-170408T1400Z/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 318 PM EDT Fri Apr 7 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 2 AM to 10 AM EDT Saturday. * Locations...Far northeast Georgia. * Temperatures...Lows between 30 and 32 degrees. * Timing...2 AM until 10 AM Saturday. * Impacts...The freezing temperatures will threaten any sensitive plants or agricultural crops that have budded early due to the unusually warm winter. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
2 follow-up statements
904 WWUS72 KFFC 080110 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 910 PM EDT Fri Apr 7 2017 GAZ006>009-015-016-080915- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.170408T0600Z-170408T1400Z/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 910 PM EDT Fri Apr 7 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... * Locations...Far northeast Georgia. * Temperatures...Lows between 30 and 32 degrees. * Timing...2 AM until 10 AM Saturday. * Impacts...The freezing temperatures will threaten any sensitive plants or agricultural crops that have budded early due to the unusually warm winter. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
201 WWUS72 KFFC 080746 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 346 AM EDT Sat Apr 8 2017 GAZ006>009-015-016-081400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170408T1400Z/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 346 AM EDT Sat Apr 8 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * Locations...Far northeast Georgia. * Temperatures...Lows between 30 and 32 degrees. * Timing...Until 10 AM Saturday. * Impacts...The freezing temperatures will threaten any sensitive plants or agricultural crops that have budded early due to the unusually warm winter. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 9:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 59 hr |
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.