Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2017
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Nov 10, 2017, 1:35 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 11, 2017, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 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
- Nov 10, 2017, 1:35 PM EST (18:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2017, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2017, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Fannin County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
512 WWUS72 KFFC 101835 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 135 PM EST Fri Nov 10 2017 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-111400- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.171111T0500Z-171111T1400Z/ Fannin-Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 135 PM EST Fri Nov 10 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from midnight tonight to 9 AM EST Saturday. * Locations...Far northeast Georgia mountains, mainly along and north of a line from Blue Ridge to Dahlonega to Cleveland. * Temperatures...low temperatures in the lower 30s. * Timing...12 to 9 AM. * Impacts...Impacts from freezing temperatures include damage to sensitive vegetation. Take steps to protect plants from the cold. Also take steps to protect pets from the cold temperatures. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
1 follow-up statement
582 WWUS72 KFFC 111130 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 630 AM EST Sat Nov 11 2017 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-111230- /O.CAN.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-171111T1400Z/ Fannin-Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 630 AM EST Sat Nov 11 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has cancelled the Freeze Warning. Temperatures are no longer expected to drop below freezing early this morning. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 1:16 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Clarke, Crisp, Dodge and 30 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2017Every freeze warning in 2017
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.