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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 24, 200762 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2007, 3:35 PM EST for 62 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 25, 2007, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2007, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 25, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 25, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 62 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 12:00Z on 2007-01-24Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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 242035
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
335 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-250445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.070125T1500Z-070126T0000Z/
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-
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
335 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA
GRANGE...TO THOMASTON...TO WARRENTON.

AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM CENTRAL CANADA INTO
THE SOUTHEAST U.S. LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...PUSHING A DRY
COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLDER
TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY BEHIND THIS FRONT. FROM LATE
MORNING THURSDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS THURSDAY...SUSTAINED
WINDS NEAR 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
CONSIDERABLY AFTER SUNSET THURSDAY.

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.

$$

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4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 250411
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1111 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-251215-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.070125T1500Z-070126T0000Z/
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-
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
1111 PM EST WED JAN 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM CENTRAL CANADA
INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...PUSHING
A DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND
COLDER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY BEHIND THIS FRONT.
FROM LATE MORNING THURSDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS
THURSDAY...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH GEORGIA...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY AFTER SUNSET THURSDAY.

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 250801
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
301 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-251615-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.070125T1500Z-070126T0000Z/
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-
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
301 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING INTO GEORGIA TODAY
BRINGING A COLDER...DRIER AIRMASS ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING TO 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS
WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AS THE CENTER OF
THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER GEORGIA.

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 251606
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1106 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-260000-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070126T0000Z/
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-
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
1106 AM EST THU JAN 25 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING INTO THE
SOUTHEAST...AND GEORGIA TODAY BRINGING A COLDER...DRIER AIRMASS
ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN
IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35
MPH. WINDS SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY
AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES OVER GEORGIA.

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 252349
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
649 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-260100-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070126T0000Z/
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-
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
649 PM EST THU JAN 25 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST.


$$

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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.