Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2007, 3:42 AM EDT for 43 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 16, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2007, 3:42 AM EDT (07:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 43 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow 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, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 160742 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 342 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 GAZ006>009-013>016-161545- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.070316T1800Z-070317T0200Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 342 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SET UP TODAY BETWEEN AN INTENSIFYING AREA LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS A RESULT...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 161553 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1153 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 GAZ006>009-013>016-170000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.070316T1800Z-070317T0200Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1153 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SET UP TODAY BETWEEN AN INTENSIFYING AREA LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS A RESULT...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 161812 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 212 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 GAZ001>005-011-012-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>055-057-170200- /O.EXA.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.070316T1800Z-070317T0200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING- COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-HARALSON-CARROLL- DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 212 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PEACHTREE CITY TO ATHENS. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS SET UP BETWEEN AN INTENSIFYING AREA LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS A RESULT... STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-170200- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070317T0200Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 212 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS SET UP BETWEEN AN INTENSIFYING AREA LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS A RESULT... STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 170134 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 934 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-170400- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070317T0400Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 934 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS SET UP BETWEEN AN INTENSIFYING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST AND A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS A RESULT... STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH STILL POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS INTO THE EARLY MORNING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF MOUNTAINS AND IN CROSS WIND MOUNTAIN PASS AREAS. USE EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT. $$ GAZ001>005-007-011>014-019>025-027-030>037-041>048-052>055-057- 170245- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070317T0200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-GILMER-CHATTOOGA-GORDON- PICKENS-DAWSON-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON- MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE- OCONEE-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE- WALTON-NEWTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 934 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA...EXCEPT THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...WHERE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS SET UP BETWEEN AN INTENSIFYING AREA LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS A RESULT... STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH OR LESS AFTER 10 PM EDT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 19
000 WWUS72 KFFC 170358 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1158 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-170500- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070317T0400Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1158 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. WHILE WINDS HAVE DECREASED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...SOME GUSTINESS MAY STILL BE EXPERIENCED. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
Nearby
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.