Weather Alerts for Canton,Cherokee CoIssued by the National Weather Service |
 FREEZE WARNING |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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