Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2006, 4:01 PM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 26, 2006, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2006, 4:01 PM EST (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2006, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 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, 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, Crisp County, GA, Dade 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, 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, 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, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 252101 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 401 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-030>034-041>046-052>055-057-066-067- 260515- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0006.060226T0500Z-060226T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON- GWINNETT-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE- HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 401 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA TONIGHT AND INTO THE ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN WINDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING THEN DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW ABOUT LOOSE...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 252231 CCA NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 401 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-030>034-041>046-052>055-057-066- 067-260515- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0006.060226T0500Z-060226T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON- GWINNETT-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE- HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 401 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA TONIGHT AND INTO THE ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN WINDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING THEN DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW ABOUT LOOSE...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 260120 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 820 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-030>034-041>046-052>055-057-066-067- 261000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0006.060226T0500Z-060226T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON- GWINNETT-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE- HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 820 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST SUNDAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE EAST AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST EARLY SUNDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE INTENSIFYING SURFACE LOW AND IN ADVANCE OF A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES QUICKLY AWAY FROM THE AREA. WINDS ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW ABOUT LOOSE...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RAB
000 WWUS72 KFFC 260800 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 300 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2006 GAZ025-027-035>039-047>051-056-058>062-068>076-078>086-089>098- 102>113-261600- /O.EXA.KFFC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060226T1700Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM- HANCOCK-WARREN-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...COVINGTON...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS... DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 300 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD LATER THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW ABOUT LOOSE...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. IN ADDITION...THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT CHOP ON AREA LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-030>034-041>046-052>055-057-066-067- 261600- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060226T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON- GWINNETT-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE- HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY-TROUP-MERIWETHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 300 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS FOR A PERIOD THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW ABOUT LOOSE...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 261656 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1156 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-261800- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060226T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 1156 AM EST SUN FEB 26 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY. WINDS WERE BLOWING IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 30 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH FROM THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TO AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH BY SUNSET. $$
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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.