Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Paulding | 24 min |
| Feb 17, 3:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 3:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 23 min |
| Feb 17, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding | 23 min |
| Feb 17, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 4:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 4:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 43 min |
| Feb 17, 5:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 45 min |
| Feb 17, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 6:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 6:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb | 38 min |
| Feb 17, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 26 min |
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.