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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Oct 16, 2006, 7:18 PM EDT for 13 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 17, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2006, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KFFC 162318 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 718 PM EDT MON OCT 16 2006 GAZ001>009-013>016-170730- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.061017T0400Z-061017T1500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 718 PM EDT MON OCT 16 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY. THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON TO DALTON TO JASPER TO CLEVELAND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN ARKANSAS MONDAY EVENING WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. AS IT APPROACHES IT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND SPEEDS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD INCREASE TO 20 OR 25 MPH LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2 THOUSAND FEET. PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY WANT TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BE AWARE THAT SOME TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 170756 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 356 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006 GAZ001>009-013>016-171600- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061017T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 356 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM TODAY. THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON TO DALTON TO JASPER TO CLEVELAND. A FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS ALABAMA AND INTO GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT APPROACHES IT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND SPEEDS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD INCREASE TO 20 OR 25 MPH THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2 THOUSAND FEET. PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY WANT TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BE AWARE THAT SOME TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 171825 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 225 PM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006 GAZ001>009-013>016-171930- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061017T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 225 PM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ALLOWED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...TO EXPIRE AT 2 PM. THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE ADVISORY WAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON TO DALTON TO JASPER TO CLEVELAND. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20-25 MILE AN HOUR RANGE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING FURTHER THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$
Nearby
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.