Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Nov 18, 2021, 2:44 PM EST for 10 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 19, 2021, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 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 18, 2021, 2:44 PM EST (19:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2021, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2021, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Polk County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
753 WWUS72 KFFC 181944 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 244 PM EST Thu Nov 18 2021 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030-190345- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.211119T0800Z-211119T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Polk- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, and Cartersville 244 PM EST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures around 32 degrees are expected. * WHERE...Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd, Bartow and Polk Counties. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM EST Friday. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
665 WWUS72 KFFC 190400 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1100 PM EST Thu Nov 18 2021 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030-191200- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.211119T0800Z-211119T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Polk- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, and Cartersville 1100 PM EST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures around 32 degrees are expected. * WHERE...Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd, Bartow and Polk Counties. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
103 WWUS72 KFFC 191401 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 901 AM EST Fri Nov 19 2021 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030-191515- /O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211119T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Bartow-Polk- Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, and Cartersville 901 AM EST Fri Nov 19 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Temperatures continue to rise above freezing. $$
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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.