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Frost Advisory 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 19, 202128 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this frost advisory at Nov 19, 2021, 8:23 PM EST for 28 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 20, 2021, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2021, 8:23 PM EST (01:23 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 20, 2021, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 20, 2021, 8:00 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 28 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-11-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-11-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

439 
WWUS72 KFFC 200123
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
823 PM EST Fri Nov 19 2021

GAZ038-039-042-048>062-066>073-078-079-200930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FR.Y.0010.211120T0600Z-211120T1300Z/
Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Carroll-Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-
Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-
Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-
Harris-Talbot-
Including the cities of Carrollton, Covington, Newnan, 
Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville
823 PM EST Fri Nov 19 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of north-central Georgia.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
776 
WWUS72 KFFC 200236
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
936 PM EST Fri Nov 19 2021

GAZ038-039-042-048>062-066>073-078-079-201300-
/O.CON.KFFC.FR.Y.0010.211120T0600Z-211120T1300Z/
Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Carroll-Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-
Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-
Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-
Harris-Talbot-
Including the cities of Carrollton, Covington, Newnan, 
Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville
936 PM EST Fri Nov 19 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of north-central Georgia.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
941 
WWUS72 KFFC 201245
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
745 AM EST Sat Nov 20 2021

GAZ038-039-042-048>062-066>073-078-079-201345-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-211120T1300Z/
Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Carroll-Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-
Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-
Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-
Harris-Talbot-
Including the cities of Carrollton, Covington, Newnan, 
Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville
745 AM EST Sat Nov 20 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...

Temperatures will continue to rise into the lower 40s.

$$

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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.