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Frost Advisory 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 22, 202112 counties in Georgia; Baker County, Gilchrist County, Suwannee County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this frost advisory at Dec 22, 2021, 2:19 PM EST for 12 counties in Georgia; Baker County, Gilchrist County, Suwannee County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 23, 2021, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2021, 2:19 PM EST (19:19 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2021, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 23, 2021, 8:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Baker County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-12-22Temperature 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

935 
WWUS72 KJAX 221919
NPWJAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
219 PM EST Wed Dec 22 2021

FLZ020-021-023-035-122-222-GAZ132>136-149-151-152-162-163-250-264-
350-364-231300-
/O.NEW.KJAX.FR.Y.0013.211223T0800Z-211223T1300Z/
Hamilton-Suwannee-Baker-Gilchrist-Northern Columbia-
Southern Columbia-Coffee-Jeff Davis-Bacon-Appling-Wayne-Atkinson-
Pierce-Brantley-Echols-Clinch-Northern Ware-Northeastern Charlton-
Southern Ware-Western Charlton-
Including the cities of Jasper, Jennings, West Lake, Belmont, 
White Springs, Houston, Live Oak, McAlpin, Newburn, 
Suwannee Springs, Macclenny, Olustee, Trenton, Winfield, 
Suwannee Valley, Columbia, Lake City, Oleno State Park, Lulu, 
Watertown, Douglas, Hazlehurst, Alma, New Lacy, Baxley, 
Pine Grove, Plant Hatch, Doctortown, Gardi, Jesup, Axson, 
Pearson, Willacoochee, Blackshear, Atkinson, Hickox, Hortense, 
Nahunta, Raybon, Waynesville, Hoboken, Needmore, Statenville, 
Homerville, Needham, Waycross, Winokur, Folkston, St. George, 
Homeland, Race Pond, and Stephen Foster State Park
219 PM EST Wed Dec 22 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of southeast Georgia and northeast and 
  northern Florida.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 AM EST Thursday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
491 
WWUS72 KJAX 231306
NPWJAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
806 AM EST Thu Dec 23 2021

FLZ020-021-023-035-122-222-GAZ132>136-149-151-152-162-163-250-264-
350-364-231415-
/O.EXP.KJAX.FR.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-211223T1300Z/
Hamilton-Suwannee-Baker-Gilchrist-Northern Columbia-
Southern Columbia-Coffee-Jeff Davis-Bacon-Appling-Wayne-Atkinson-
Pierce-Brantley-Echols-Clinch-Northern Ware-Northeastern Charlton-
Southern Ware-Western Charlton-
Including the cities of Jasper, Jennings, West Lake, Belmont, 
White Springs, Houston, Live Oak, McAlpin, Newburn, 
Suwannee Springs, Macclenny, Olustee, Trenton, Winfield, 
Suwannee Valley, Columbia, Lake City, Oleno State Park, Lulu, 
Watertown, Douglas, Hazlehurst, Alma, New Lacy, Baxley, 
Pine Grove, Plant Hatch, Doctortown, Gardi, Jesup, Axson, 
Pearson, Willacoochee, Blackshear, Atkinson, Hickox, Hortense, 
Nahunta, Raybon, Waynesville, Hoboken, Needmore, Statenville, 
Homerville, Needham, Waycross, Winokur, Folkston, St. George, 
Homeland, Race Pond, and Stephen Foster State Park
806 AM EST Thu Dec 23 2021

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 9:01 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryJAX6 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Georgia, 2021Frost Advisories in Florida, 2021Every frost advisory in 2021

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.