Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2019
Freeze Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Nov 8, 2019, 2:54 AM EST for 64 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 9, 2019, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 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 8, 2019, 2:54 AM EST (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 9, 2019, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2019, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 64 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
027 WWUS72 KFFC 080754 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 254 AM EST Fri Nov 8 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-074>076-082000- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.191109T0500Z-191109T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0013.191109T0500Z-191109T1500Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-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-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 254 AM EST Fri Nov 8 2019 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ GAZ066>068-070>073-082000- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.191109T0500Z-191109T1500Z/ Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin- Including the city of Milledgeville 254 AM EST Fri Nov 8 2019 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures likely. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Georgia, generally south of the Freeze Warning along a line from LaGrange to Milledgeville. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected, outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
3 follow-up statements
135 WWUS72 KFFC 081900 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 200 PM EST Fri Nov 8 2019 GAZ066>068-070>073-091500- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.191109T0500Z-191109T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KFFC.FZ.W.0013.191109T0500Z-191109T1500Z/ Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin- Including the city of Milledgeville 200 PM EST Fri Nov 8 2019 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures in the low 30s expected. * WHERE...Troup, Meriwether, Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Jones and Baldwin Counties. * WHEN...From 12 AM to 10 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected, outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-074>076-091500- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0013.191109T0500Z-191109T1500Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 200 PM EST Fri Nov 8 2019 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of north and central Georgia, generally along and north of a line from Franklin to Jackson to Louisville. * WHEN...From 12 AM to 10 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
388 WWUS72 KFFC 090845 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 345 AM EST Sat Nov 9 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>068-070>076- 091500- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-191109T1500Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-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-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock- Jefferson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville 345 AM EST Sat Nov 9 2019 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of north and central Georgia, generally along and north of a line from Franklin to Jackson to Louisville. * WHEN...Through 10AM this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
756 WWUS72 KFFC 091459 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 959 AM EST Sat Nov 9 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>068-070>076- 091600- /O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-191109T1500Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock- Jefferson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville 959 AM EST Sat Nov 9 2019 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... Temperatures have warmed above freezing this morning, therefore the Freeze Warning has been allowed to expire at 10 AM across north Georgia and northern portions of central Georgia. $$
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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.