The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning from Monday evening through Tuesday morning due to sub-freezing temperatures, with lows as low as 20 expected.
The Watch area includes the following Georgia counties: Banks, Baldwin, 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, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor, Telfair, Toombs, Towns, Treutlen, Troup, Twiggs, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Warren, Washington, Webster, Wheeler, White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, and Wilkinson.
Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation, and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Take steps now to protect tender plants and water pipes.
A very active short-term forecast period is in store, as a dynamic weather system will bring a threat for severe thunderstorms, followed in short order by much colder temperatures. The cold front will sweep across the area on Monday, immediately behind the line of thunderstorms, likely clearing by early afternoon.
Forecasters say a bit of lingering moisture could persist as flurries, light snow, or rain/snow showers before ending quickly by early afternoon. No accumulation is expected with no impacts anticipated.
This blast of cold air should not last long with high temperatures l returning to the 70s from Thursday through Saturday, with morning lows climbing back up to the 40s by Friday.
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