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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Dec 6, 2006, 4:02 PM EST for 79 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 7, 2006, 3:16 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2006, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2006, 3:16 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2006, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 79 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 2375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 062102 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 402 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078>082- 089-070515- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.061207T1700Z-061208T0100Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...COLUMBUS 402 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EST THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ON THURSDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR. THIS FRONT SHOULD BE DRY...BRINGING ONLY SOME CLOUDINESS. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT AS IT PUSHES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 070816 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 316 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 GAZ074>076-083-084-090>095-072145- /O.EXA.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.061207T1700Z-061208T0100Z/ WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-CHATTAHOOCHEE- MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WARNER ROBINS 316 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078>082- 089-072145- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.061207T1700Z-061208T0100Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...COLUMBUS 316 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. 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. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 072053 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 353 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 GAZ001>009-013>016-022-023-080500- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 353 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN WINDS. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST WELL INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES OF THE STATE...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGES AND MOUNTAIN TOPS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ GAZ011-012-019>021-024-025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>084- 089>095-080100- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-061208T0100Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK- PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON... DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON... NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS 353 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN WINDS. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 8 PM WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 080118 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 818 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 GAZ011-012-019>021-024-025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>084- 089>095-080230- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-061208T0100Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK- PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON... DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON... NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON... COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS 818 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA THIS EVENING. HENCE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR THIS AREA. $$ GAZ001>009-013>016-022-023-080500- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 818 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN WINDS. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST WELL INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES OF THE STATE...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGES AND MOUNTAIN TOPS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 9:46 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 34 hr |
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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.