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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 17, 200818 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2008, 4:21 AM EST for 18 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 17, 2008, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2008, 4:21 AM EST (09:21 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2008, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
In force
12 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 09:19 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, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2008-02-17Temperature 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 2008-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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 170921
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
421 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-171730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0010.080217T1500Z-080218T0300Z/
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
421 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO CLEVELAND.

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OVER THE NORTH
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

HANDEL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 171549
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1049 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-180300-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/
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
1049 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING
FOR THE AREA GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO
CLEVELAND.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...BEFORE A
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard, Paulding24 min
Feb 17, 3:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Heard33 min
Feb 17, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk35 min
Feb 17, 3:52 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton23 min
Feb 17, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding23 min
Feb 17, 4:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton34 min
Feb 17, 4:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton33 min
Feb 17, 4:39 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCFulton36 min
Feb 17, 4:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCStewart36 min
Feb 17, 4:57 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett33 min
Feb 17, 5:02 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee43 min
Feb 17, 5:26 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMarion33 min
Feb 17, 5:45 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTaylor45 min
Feb 17, 5:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart40 min
Feb 17, 6:12 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford33 min
Feb 17, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Webster34 min
Feb 17, 6:37 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb38 min
Feb 17, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter26 min

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.