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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind warning at Dec 20, 2007, 6:24 PM EST for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 96 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2007, 6:24 PM EST (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2007, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 7:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Rome, GA | 3 TREES DOWN ON OLD DALTON ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 202324 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 GAZ011-012-019-210730- /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0002.071220T2324Z-071221T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-071221T0900Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME 624 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CHATTOOGA... GORDON AND FLOYD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE ROME AREA THROUGH 8 PM TONIGHT. REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS MUCH OF CHATTOOGA COUNTY. THE REST OF THE NIGHT...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND SOME GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ GAZ001>009-013>016-020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-210730- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-071221T0900Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS- JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE- TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS- JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR- MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT- TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE... MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN... LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 624 PM EST THU DEC 20 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND SOME GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 6:09 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.