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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 3, 2006, 8:20 PM EST for 90 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 4, 2006, 3:20 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2006, 8:20 PM EST (01:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2006, 3:20 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 90 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette 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, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery 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, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 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 040120 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 820 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 GAZ005>009-012>016-020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>068-070>076- 040930- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.060204T1500Z-060204T2300Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN- WHITE-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-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE 820 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND SURFACE LOW MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC. THIS WILL RESULT IN WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW ABOUT LOOSE...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. IN ADDITION...SOME WEAK...SHALLOW ROOTED...OR SMALL TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN...WHICH MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS FROM ATHENS...TO GAINESVILLE...TO ATLANTA. 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. $$ RAB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 040820 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 320 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 GAZ069-078>086-089>098-102>113-041630- /O.EXA.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.060204T1500Z-060204T2300Z/ UPSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON- EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 320 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS QUICKLY INTO THE REGION. WEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE GUSTY WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO RESULT FROM DOWNED TREES IN EXPOSED AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. $$ GAZ005>009-012>016-020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>068-070>076- 041630- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.060204T1500Z-060204T2300Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN- WHITE-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-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE 320 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS QUICKLY INTO THE REGION. WEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH 40 TO 45 MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA. PERSONS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE GUSTY WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO RESULT FROM DOWNED TREES IN EXPOSED AREAS. 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 TRAVELING ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 041622 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1122 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 GAZ005>009-012>016-020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-042300- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060204T2300Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN- WHITE-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-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS... DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 1122 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS QUICKLY INTO THE REGION. WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH 40 TO 45 MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA. PERSONS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD ALREADY HAVE PREPAREDNESS MEASURES FOR THE GUSTY WINDS UNDERWAY. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED. IN ADDITION...THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT CHOP ON AREA LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO 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. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 1:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Feb 4, 1:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
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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.