Alert archive / Georgia / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind warning at Dec 10, 2008, 8:15 AM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2008, 8:15 AM EST (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2008, 11:38 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 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 101315 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 815 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 GAZ006>009-015-016-101700- /O.UPG.KFFC.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0003.081210T1315Z-081210T1700Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 815 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS FOR THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN TENNESSEE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...CAUSING SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF OVER 50 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ GAZ001>005-011>014-019>024-101700- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS- DAWSON-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE 815 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN TENNESSEE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES WILL MOVE INTO GEORGIA THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE...CAUSING SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KFFC 101638 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1138 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 GAZ006>009-015-016-101745- /O.CAN.KFFC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081210T1700Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1138 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET STREAM THAT TRACKED ACROSS THIS AREA EARLIER HAS LIFTED NORTHEAST INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND OUT OF THE REGION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ GAZ001>005-011>014-019>024-101745- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS- DAWSON-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE 1138 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET THAT TRACKED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY HAS LIFTED NORTHEAST TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC AND OUT OF THE REGION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 5:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 7:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 33 min |
| Dec 10, 7:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 9:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 10:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:49 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:30 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 31 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Dec 10, 4:23 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 41 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 28 min |
| Dec 10, 5:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 4 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.