Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2023
Freeze Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this freeze warning at Nov 1, 2023, 3:50 AM EDT for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 2, 2023, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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 1, 2023, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2023, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 2132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
649 WWUS72 KFFC 010750 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 350 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>058-066>070- 078-079-012000- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-231101T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Haralson-Carroll- Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Heard-Coweta- Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson- Lamar-Harris-Talbot- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 350 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...For the first Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 are possible in the northeast Georgia mountains with subfreezing temperatures as low as 29 possible elsewhere. For the second Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...For the first Freeze Warning, until 10 AM EDT this morning. For the second Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Thursday. * 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. && $$ GAZ038-039-049>051-059>062-071>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-012000- /O.UPG.KFFC.FZ.A.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock- Warren-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Taylor- Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee- Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens- Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge- Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 350 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, southeast and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
5 follow-up statements
880 WWUS72 KFFC 011425 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1025 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>058-066>070- 078-079-020000- /O.EXP.KFFC.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-231101T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Haralson-Carroll- Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Heard-Coweta- Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson- Lamar-Harris-Talbot- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 1025 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Thursday. * 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. && $$ GAZ038-039-049>051-059>062-071>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-020000- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock- Warren-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Taylor- Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee- Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens- Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge- Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 1025 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, southeast and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
312 WWUS72 KFFC 011901 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 301 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>068-070>076- 020400- /O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.A.0010.231103T0600Z-231103T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock- Jefferson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville 301 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Thursday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Thursday night through Friday morning. * 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. && $$ GAZ069-078>086-089>098-102>113-020400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ Upson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson- Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston- Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 301 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
474 WWUS72 KFFC 011903 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 303 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>068-070>076- 020400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.A.0010.231103T0600Z-231103T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock- Jefferson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville 303 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Thursday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Thursday night through Friday morning. * 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. && $$ GAZ069-078>086-089>098-102>113-020400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ Upson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson- Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston- Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 303 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
030 WWUS72 KFFC 020131 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 931 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>068-070>076- 021400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.A.0010.231103T0600Z-231103T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock- Jefferson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville 931 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 10 AM EDT Thursday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Thursday night through Friday morning. * 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. && $$ GAZ069-078>086-089>098-102>113-021400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.231102T0400Z-231102T1400Z/ Upson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson- Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston- Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 931 PM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast and west central Georgia. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
243 WWUS72 KFFC 020711 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 311 AM EDT Thu Nov 2 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>068-070>076- 021600- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-231102T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.A.0010.231103T0600Z-231103T1400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock- Jefferson- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, and Milledgeville 311 AM EDT Thu Nov 2 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 10 AM EDT Thursday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Thursday night through Friday morning. * 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. && $$ GAZ069-078>086-089>098-102>113-021400- /O.CON.KFFC.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-231102T1400Z/ Upson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson- Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston- Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 311 AM EDT Thu Nov 2 2023 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast and west central Georgia. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Nov 1, 1:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 1:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 148 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 ...New 06Z Aviation Discussion... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Wednesday) Issued at 332 PM EDT Tue Oct 31 2023 A longwave trough is extending from the Great Lakes region to the north-central Gulf of Mexico, and will continue to move eastward towards the Atlantic coast through the remainder of the day and into tomorrow. At the surface, a cold front has cleared the forecast area to the southeast, with a cloud deck and scattered very light showers continuing on the back side. Rainfall totals through the remainder of the afternoon is expected to be a trace at best, which will provide no relief for the ongoing drought conditions. High temperatures will be largely in the 50s and low 60s this afternoon, with the exception of east-central Georgia which will reach into the mid 60s to low 70s. The narrow axis of light showers will diminish over the next few hours so if you have trick-or-treating plans this evening, you should be gourd to go. Cloud cover will similarly be spirited away from northwest to southeast as the front continues to move away from the area, giving way to mostly clear skies tonight. Temperatures and dewpoints will quickly begin to drop after sunset as the upper trough axis moves through the area and a reinforcing surface boundary pushes through Georgia overnight. Low temperatures by early Wednesday morning will be frightfully frigid, and are forecast to drop to below freezing along and north of a line from Harris county to Madison county. Temperatures in the higher elevations of far north Georgia are expected to drop as low as the mid 20s. Confidence remains high (we can feel it in our bones) in these sub-freezing temperatures, so the Freeze Warning remains in effect from 2 AM until 10 AM on Wednesday morning. Northwest winds will remain elevated through the overnight hours behind this reinforcing boundary, with wind speeds of 15-20 mph and gusts as high as 30 mph. Wind chills in the Freeze Warning area are thus expected to be in the teens and low 20s in the early morning hours. To creep it real with you, we recommend you bring pets inside, protect pipes and tender plants, and allow extra time to bundle up and start the vehicles in the morning given these cold temperatures and wind chills in north and central Georgia. On Wednesday, a strong (1030+ mb) surface high pressure will build into the Southeast, which will promote clear skies and dry conditions across the area through the remainder of the short term period. High temperatures on Wednesday will run from 10-16 degrees below climatological normals across the area, only rising into the 50s across the majority of the forecast area. Higher elevation areas far northeast will moreover linger in the 40s. If you've been waiting for cooler weather, then it should feel fantastic outside for you. In spite of the lower than normal temperatures, we remain gravely concerned about fire danger on Wednesday. With dry air aloft likely to mix down in the late morning and afternoon, minimum relative humidity values are forecast to approach 25 percent across much of the forecast area. Furthermore, dewpoints are notoriously overforecast in post-frontal airmasses and will merit keeping an eye on. Strong winds overnight and in the morning will serve to further dry 10 hour fuels. While winds will begin to diminish after sunrise, northwesterly to northerly winds will remain as high as 8-12 mph with gusts as high as 20 mph across much of the forecast area in the afternoon. These RH values and winds, combined with ongoing drought conditions and very dry fuels have warranted the Issuance of a Fire Weather Watch along and west of a line from Towns to Wilcox county. This would not be the place for witches to fire up the cauldron tomorrow, as any fires could spread rapidly. The cold and dry airmass will continue to haunt us through much of the work week. As such, temperatures will be quite cold once again Wednesday night into Thursday morning, and lows are forecast to lower into the mid to upper 20s to the north of I-85 and the low 30s to the south. A Freeze Watch has been issued for the north and central Georgia from midnight until 10 AM on Thursday, as a result. Due to the influence of the surface high, winds won't be howling on Thursday morning like they will be early Wednesday morning, and will actually be quite light. Wind chills on Thursday are thus not expected to be AS bone-chillingly cold, but don't give up the ghost on bundling up, protecting pipes and tender plants, and bringing pets inside. We hope you have a boo-tiful Halloween! King && .LONG TERM... (Thursday morning through next Monday) Issued at 332 PM EDT Tue Oct 31 2023 The weekend will bring a (temporary) end to the cold fall weather and bring us back to what we would expect for this time of year. Daytime highs should be around normal with afternoon highs in the upper 60s and low 70s CWA wide. Overnight lows will gradually increase through the weekend from the mid 40s into the low 50s. This warming trend is brought to you in part weak zonal flow and it's corresponding high pressure that keeps us dry and pushes in south westerly flow. This pattern will also help ease Critical Fire Weather concerns as Td's rise up out of the 20s and back into 30s and 40s where they belong. This will bring our minimum RH values up and zonal flow will help to eliminate the wind threat. There is some uncertainty at the very end of the long term forecast as to whether or not we get some much needed moisture into the area. The GFS has a weak stationary front drape across the area. This solution would present rainfall totals of less than half an inch, with some areas just receiving a trace. The Euro favors a more well defined cold front, with a surface low pushing through the southern Great Lakes states. If this scenario plays out, a more significant QPF total is likely. Given that we're still a week out and model runs are likely to change, we've decided to keep PoPs to chance until the models can resolve a uniform solution. Vaughn && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 144 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023 VFR conditions will prevail through the period. Clouds have moved out of the area giving way to clear skies. NNW winds remain breezy at this hour with speeds 8-14kts and periodic gusts 18 to 24kts. A reinforcing frontal boundary will move through the area tonight and may help to kick start gusts through 15z Wednesday. NNW winds will gradually diminish through the afternoon, becoming less than 8kts after 00z Thursday. Some sites may switch over to the NNE side after 18z though most sites expected to make the switch over after 00z Thursday. //ATL Confidence...06Z Update... Medium confidence on extent of wind gusts. High confidence on all other elements. 07 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 29 57 30 63 / 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 33 57 34 62 / 0 0 0 0 Blairsville 24 55 28 61 / 0 0 0 0 Cartersville 28 58 31 64 / 0 0 0 0 Columbus 33 61 36 67 / 0 0 0 0 Gainesville 31 55 33 61 / 0 0 0 0 Macon 31 59 33 66 / 0 0 0 0 Rome 26 60 29 66 / 0 0 0 0 Peachtree City 29 57 30 63 / 0 0 0 0 Vidalia 34 61 39 67 / 0 0 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Freeze Warning until 10 AM EDT this morning for GAZ001>009- 011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>058-066>070-078-079. Fire Weather Watch from noon EDT today through this evening for GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-025-030>037-041>049-052>060-066>073- 078>084-089>097-102>110. Freeze Watch from late tonight through Thursday morning for GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113. && SHORT TERM...King LONG TERM....Vaughn AVIATION...07
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 4:57 PM EDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 457 PM EDT Tue Oct 31 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-012100- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 457 PM EDT Tue Oct 31 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight... High Fire Danger conditions this afternoon for portions of northwest Georgia due to low relative humidity and gusty winds. A Freeze Warning is now in effect for most of North Georgia tonight into Wednesday morning as the first widespread freezing temperatures of the season are expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... High Fire Danger conditions Wednesday afternoon for portions of north and central Georgia due to low relative humidity and gusty winds. A Freeze Watch is in effect for all of north and central Georgia for Wednesday night into Thursday morning due to widespread freezing temperatures. Near freezing temperatures likely again Thursday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 3:59 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 73 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 58 more | 24 hr |
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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.