Weather Alerts for Canton,Cherokee Co

Issued by the National Weather Service

Freeze Warning  FREEZE WARNING   Freeze Warning
CANTON,CHEROKEE CO

Areas Affected:
Baldwin - Banks - Barrow - Bartow - Butts - Carroll - Catoosa - Chattooga - Cherokee - Clarke - Clayton - Cobb - Coweta - Dade - Dawson - DeKalb - Douglas - Fannin - Fayette - Floyd - Forsyth - Gilmer - Glascock - Gordon - Greene - Gwinnett - Hall - Hancock - Haralson - Heard - Henry - Jackson - Jasper - Jefferson - Jones - Lamar - Lumpkin - Madison - Meriwether - Monroe - Morgan - Murray - Newton - North Fulton - Oconee - Oglethorpe - Paulding - Pickens - Pike - Polk - Putnam - Rockdale - South Fulton - Spalding - Taliaferro - Towns - Troup - Union - Walker - Walton - Warren - Washington - White - Whitfield - Wilkes
Effective: Mon, 3/20 11:00pm Updated: Mon, 3/20 2:34pm Urgency: Expected
Expires: Tue, 3/21 10:00am Severity:  Moderate  Certainty: Likely

 
Details:
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central,
northeast, northwest and west central Georgia.
* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 AM EDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Areas outside the higher elevations of
North Georgia are most likely to see freezing conditions
between 2 AM and 9 AM.

Information:
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.

Special Weather Statement  SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT   Special Weather Statement
CANTON,CHEROKEE CO

Areas Affected:
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
Effective: Mon, 3/20 11:00pm Updated: Mon, 3/20 2:34pm Urgency: Expected
Expires: Mon, 3/20 9:30pm Severity: Minor Certainty: Observed

 
Details:
...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...
Relative Humidities of 25 percent or less can be expected for
4 or more hours this afternoon into the evening. Winds will be
out of the northeast at 5-10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph possible.
With dry fuels, high fire danger conditions can be expected.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities
whether you may burn outdoors.  If you do burn outside,
use extreme caution.