Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Watches in 2021
Freeze Watch 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze watch at Nov 5, 2021, 3:43 AM EDT for Fannin County, Towns County, Union County, Georgia. It took effect at Nov 6, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2021, 3:43 AM EDT (07:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2021, 2:34 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Fannin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
652 WWUS72 KFFC 050743 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 343 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 GAZ006-008-009-051545- /O.CAN.KFFC.FR.Y.0005.211105T0800Z-211105T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.A.0004.211106T0900Z-211106T1300Z/ Fannin-Union-Towns- 343 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 33 possible. * WHERE...Fannin, Union and Towns Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight 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. && $$ GAZ001>005-007-050845- /O.CAN.KFFC.FR.Y.0005.211105T0800Z-211105T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Gilmer- 343 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Clouds have inhibited good radiational cooling this morning. Low temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s will also limit the potential for frost formation this morning. $$
2 follow-up statements
159 WWUS72 KFFC 051507 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1107 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 GAZ006-008-009-052315- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.A.0004.211106T0900Z-211106T1300Z/ Fannin-Union-Towns- 1107 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 33 possible. * WHERE...Fannin, Union and Towns Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight 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. && $$
380 WWUS72 KFFC 051834 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 234 PM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 GAZ006-008-009-060245- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0004.211106T0900Z-211106T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0006.211106T0900Z-211106T1300Z/ Fannin-Union-Towns- 234 PM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Fannin, Union and Towns Counties. * WHEN...From 5 AM to 9 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2:34 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 18 hr |
Nearby
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.