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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 3, 200714 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2007, 3:17 AM EST for 14 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 3, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2007, 3:17 AM EST (08:17 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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, 8.3 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 2007-03-03Temperature 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 2007-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
2821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 030817
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
317 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007

GAZ001>009-012>016-031630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.070303T1700Z-070304T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
317 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO CLEVELAND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO THE STATE WILL PRODUCE STRONG 
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ALTHOUGH
VALLEYS WILL BE SOMEWHAT PROTECTED...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH 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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 031610
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1110 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007

GAZ001>009-012>016-040000-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.070303T1700Z-070304T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
1110 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING 
   FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO CLEVELAND...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO THE STATE WILL PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
ALTHOUGH VALLEYS WILL BE SOMEWHAT PROTECTED...SUSTAINED WINDS OF
25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH 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 032354
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
654 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007

GAZ001>009-012>016-040100-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070304T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
654 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
   FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO CLEVELAND...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING AS WINDS
ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH.



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:10 PM ESTFire Weather WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more13 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.