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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 8, 202113 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this frost advisory at Mar 8, 2021, 3:11 PM EST for 13 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 9, 2021, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2021, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2021, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 9, 2021, 7:57 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2021-03-08Temperature 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 2021-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
2126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

768 
WWUS72 KJAX 082011
NPWJAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
311 PM EST Mon Mar 8 2021

GAZ132>136-149-151>153-163-165-250-264-350-364-091300-
/O.NEW.KJAX.FR.Y.0006.210309T0900Z-210309T1300Z/
Coffee-Jeff Davis-Bacon-Appling-Wayne-Atkinson-Pierce-Brantley-
Inland Glynn-Clinch-Inland Camden-Northern Ware-
Northeastern Charlton-Southern Ware-Western Charlton-
Including the cities of Douglas, Hazlehurst, Alma, New Lacy, 
Baxley, Pine Grove, Plant Hatch, Doctortown, Gardi, Jesup, Axson,
Pearson, Willacoochee, Blackshear, Atkinson, Hickox, Hortense, 
Nahunta, Raybon, Waynesville, Hoboken, Thalmann, Homerville, 
Colesburg, Tarboro, Waverly, Woodbine, Needham, Waycross, 
Winokur, Folkston, St. George, Homeland, Race Pond, 
and Stephen Foster State Park
311 PM EST Mon Mar 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST TUESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Portions of southeast Georgia.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 8 AM EST Tuesday.

* 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
540 
WWUS72 KJAX 091257
NPWJAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
757 AM EST Tue Mar 9 2021

GAZ132>136-149-151>153-163-165-250-264-350-364-091400-
/O.CAN.KJAX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210309T1300Z/
Coffee-Jeff Davis-Bacon-Appling-Wayne-Atkinson-Pierce-Brantley-
Inland Glynn-Clinch-Inland Camden-Northern Ware-
Northeastern Charlton-Southern Ware-Western Charlton-
Including the cities of Douglas, Hazlehurst, Alma, New Lacy, 
Baxley, Pine Grove, Plant Hatch, Doctortown, Gardi, Jesup, Axson,
Pearson, Willacoochee, Blackshear, Atkinson, Hickox, Hortense, 
Nahunta, Raybon, Waynesville, Hoboken, Thalmann, Homerville, 
Colesburg, Tarboro, Waverly, Woodbine, Needham, Waycross, 
Winokur, Folkston, St. George, Homeland, Race Pond, 
and Stephen Foster State Park
757 AM EST Tue Mar 9 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$

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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.