Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2018
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Mar 8, 2018, 2:23 AM EST for 88 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 9, 2018, 2:00 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
- Mar 8, 2018, 2:23 AM EST (07:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2018, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2018, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 88 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
148 WWUS72 KFFC 080723 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 223 AM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 GAZ001>005-011-012-019>021-030>032-041>043-052-053-066-067-081500- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0003.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0001.180308T0800Z-180308T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Cherokee-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-Heard- Coweta-Troup-Meriwether- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, Cartersville, Marietta, Carrollton, Douglasville, and Newnan 223 AM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 2 AM to 9 AM EST Friday. The Freeze Watch is no longer in effect. * Locations...Portions of Western and Northwestern Georgia. * Temperatures...Low 30s this morning and upper 20s Friday morning. * Timing...Until 9 AM this morning and from 2 AM to 9 AM again Friday morning. * Impacts...Freezing temperatures could damage early spring vegetation and pose a threat to outdoor pets. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ GAZ022>025-027-033>039-044>051-054>062-068>076-078>084-089>095- 102>106-081500- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0003.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow- Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale- Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding- Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe- Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor- Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion- Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Including the cities of Gainesville, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Columbus, Warner Robins, Lumpkin, Americus, and Cordele 223 AM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 2 AM to 9 AM EST Friday. The Freeze Watch is no longer in effect. * Locations...North and Central Georgia. * Temperatures...Upper 20s to low 30s. * Timing...From 2 AM to 9 AM Friday morning. * Impacts...Freezing temperatures could damage early spring vegetation and pose a threat to outdoor pets. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ GAZ085-086-096>098-107>113-081500- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ Johnson-Emanuel-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge- Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Swainsboro, Dublin, and Vidalia 223 AM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 2 AM to 9 AM EST Friday. * Locations...East central Georgia. * Temperatures...Low 30s. * Timing...From 2 AM to 9 AM Friday morning. * Impacts...Freezing temperatures could damage early spring vegetation and pose a threat to outdoor pets. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
4 follow-up statements
449 WWUS72 KFFC 081422 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 922 AM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 GAZ001>005-011-012-019>021-030>032-041>043-052-053-066-067-082230- /O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180308T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Cherokee-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-Heard- Coweta-Troup-Meriwether- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, Cartersville, Marietta, Carrollton, Douglasville, and Newnan 922 AM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS MORNING... * Locations...Portions of Western and Northwestern Georgia. * Temperatures...Upper 20s Friday morning. * Timing...From 2 AM to 9 AM again Friday morning. * Impacts...Freezing temperatures could damage early spring vegetation and pose a threat to outdoor pets. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ GAZ022>025-027-033>039-044>051-054>062-068>076-078>086-089>098- 102>113-082230- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow- Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale- Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding- Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe- Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor- Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee- Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens- Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge- Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Gainesville, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 922 AM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * Locations...East central Georgia. * Temperatures...Low 30s. * Timing...From 2 AM to 9 AM Friday morning. * Impacts...Freezing temperatures could damage early spring vegetation and pose a threat to outdoor pets. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
545 WWUS72 KFFC 082003 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 303 PM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 GAZ001>005-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-090415- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding- Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 303 PM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * Locations...Most of north and central Georgia. * Temperatures...Lower 20s to lower 30s. * Timing...From 2 AM to 9 AM Friday morning. * Impacts...Freezing temperatures could damage early spring vegetation and pose a threat to outdoor pets. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
956 WWUS72 KFFC 090130 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 830 PM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 GAZ001>005-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-091400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.180309T0700Z-180309T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding- Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 830 PM EST Thu Mar 8 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * Locations...Most of north and central Georgia. * Temperatures...20s to lower 30s. * Timing...From 2 AM to 9 AM Friday morning. * Impacts...Freezing temperatures could damage early spring vegetation and pose a threat to outdoor pets. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
736 WWUS72 KFFC 091357 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 857 AM EST Fri Mar 9 2018 GAZ001>005-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-091500- /O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180309T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding- Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 857 AM EST Fri Mar 9 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... Temperatures will continue to warm above freezing across north and central Georgia, through the morning. Therefore, the Freeze Warning will be allowed to expire at 9 AM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:47 PM EST | Freeze Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 70 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 7:47 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 14 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2018Every freeze warning in 2018
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.