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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 24, 200554 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Oct 24, 2005, 4:06 AM EDT for 54 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 24, 2005, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2005, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 24, 2005, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 24, 2005, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 54 counties

Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach 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, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2005-10-24Temperature 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2005-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS72 KFFC 240806
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

GAZ021-022-030>034-041>049-052>060-066>072-078>083-089>096-
102>110-241615-
/X.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.051024T1400Z-051024T2200Z/
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-
MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-
DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MACON...
COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE
406 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT MUCH OF 
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MAINLY WEST OF A ROME TO GAINESVILE TO
MACON LINE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. BE SURE TO SECURE
ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 241538
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1138 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

GAZ021-022-030>034-041>049-052>060-066>072-078>083-089>096-
102>110-242200-
/X.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051024T2200Z/
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-
MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-
DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MACON...
COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE
1138 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MAINLY WEST OF A ROME TO
GAINESVILE TO MACON LINE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BE SURE TO SECURE
ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

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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.