Alert archive / Georgia / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind warning at Jan 29, 2008, 9:34 PM EST for 18 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 29, 2008, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 hr. 12 reports 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
- Jan 29, 2008, 9:34 PM EST (02:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2008, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2008, 2:54 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd 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), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 11:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Jasper, GA | TWO TREES AND ONE POWER LINE DOWN ABOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 29, 11:05 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Summerville, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. |
| Jan 29, 11:10 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 2 E Trenton, GA | SPOTTER IN TRENTON ESTIMATED WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH. |
| Jan 29, 11:15 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Trenton, GA | FIVE TREES DOWN ACROSS DADE COUNTY. FOUR IN SAND MOUNTAIN AND ONE IN SLYGO. |
| Jan 29, 11:20 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ringgold, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES HAVE BEEN REORTED DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. |
| Jan 29, 11:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rome, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY...SEVERAL BLOCKING ROADWAYS. |
| Jan 29, 11:45 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Calhoun, GA | SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE NORTH SIDE OF CALHOUN WAS WITHOUT POWER. |
| Jan 30, 12:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Canton, GA | A TOTAL OF 10 TREES AND TWO POWER LINES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 12:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Cartersville, GA | SIX TREES AND ONE POWER LINE DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 12:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Chatsworth, GA | TWO TREES AND A COUPLE OF POWER LINES DOWN ABOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 12:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dawsonville, GA | ABOUT 12 TREES AND A COUPLE OF POWER LINES DOWN MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 30, 1:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Cleveland, GA | ONE TREE AND ONE POWER LINE DOWN WITHIN THE COUNTY. |
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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 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 300234 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 934 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-300900- /O.UPG.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0001.080130T0400Z-080130T0900Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE 934 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WARNING AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A ROME TO CANTON TO DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST...THEN NORTHWEST AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONT SHOULD ENTER NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH AROUND 5 AM WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS SOME WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 36 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ GAZ022>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 301045- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ 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...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 934 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE ADVISORY AREA IS SOUTH OF A ROME TO CANTON TO DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. SURFACE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND NORTH GEORGIA HAVE INCREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST... THEN NORTHWEST AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MID WEDNESDAY MORNING BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. REMEMBER...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 WHILE DRIVING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KFFC 300754 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 254 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-301500- /O.CAN.KFFC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.080130T0900Z-080130T1500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE 254 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR NORTH GEORGIA... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS REPLACED THE HIGH WIND WARNING WITH A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG SURFACE WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS MORNING ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY. HOWEVER...THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH 9 OR 10 AM. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW 15 MPH BY MID MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. REMEMBER...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GAZ022>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 301500- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.080130T0900Z-080130T1500Z/ FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 254 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS PUSHING ACROSS GEORGIA THIS MORNING. THE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW 20 MPH BY MID MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. REMEMBER...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
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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.