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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2006, 3:47 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 31, 2006, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2006, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2006, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2006, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 302047 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 347 PM EST MON JAN 30 2006 GAZ006>009-015-016-310500- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0003.060131T0600Z-060131T1500Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 347 PM EST MON JAN 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY. A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD. ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THESE HIGH WINDS MAY BE ABLE TO DOWN A FEW TREES OR POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. 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. $$ TDP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 310319 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1019 PM EST MON JAN 30 2006 GAZ006>009-015-016-311130- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0003.060131T0600Z-060131T1500Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1019 PM EST MON JAN 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CAROLINAS MONDAY EVENING WILL STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS OVER GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WHERE GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE HIGH WINDS MAY BE ABLE TO BREAK LIMBS OR DOWN A FEW TREES...WHICH COULD HIT POWER LINES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 311137 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 637 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 GAZ006>009-015-016-311500- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060131T1500Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 637 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST OFF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO SUBSIDE BY LATE MORNING WHERE GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. THESE HIGH WINDS MAY BE ABLE TO BREAK LIMBS OR DOWN A FEW TREES...WHICH COULD HIT POWER LINES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:05 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 48 more | 6 hr |
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.