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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 5, 20079 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Nov 5, 2007, 7:58 PM EST for 9 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 5, 2007, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2007, 7:58 PM EST (00:58 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 5, 2007, 9:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 6, 2007, 2:01 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS72 KFFC 060058
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
758 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007

GAZ005>009-013>016-060900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.071106T0200Z-071106T1100Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
758 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS
OF THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
CHATSWORTH TO JASPER TO DAHLONEGA TO CLEVELAND.

SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT WHICH IS APPROACHING GEORGIA FROM TENNESSEE. WINDS WILL
BECOME SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...MAINLY
ABOVE 3000 FEET ELEVATION...LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL JUST BEFORE
DAYBREAK EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

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
DOWN SMALL OR WEAKENED TREE BRANCHES WHICH MAY CAUSE ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OUTDOOR
OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. BOATERS AND
DRIVERS ARE URGED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.

$$

HANDEL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 060701
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
201 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2007

GAZ005>009-013>016-060815-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-071106T1100Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
201 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA NORTH AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM CHATSWORTH TO JASPER TO DAHLONEGA TO CLEVELAND. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 25 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. 


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 3:12 AM ESTFreeze WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 81 more24 hr
Nov 6, 3:12 AM ESTFreeze WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 59 more30 hr
Nov 6, 3:19 AM ESTFire Weather WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more11 hr
Nov 6, 2:38 PM ESTRed Flag WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Clarke and 31 more3 hr
Nov 6, 2:38 PM ESTRed Flag WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.