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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2008, 7:55 AM EST for 81 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2008, 7:55 AM EST (12:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 81 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 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 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -100 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 271255 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 755 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 GAZ005>009-012>016-020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>084- 089>096-102>108-272100- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.080227T1255Z-080227T2100Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN- WHITE-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-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-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI- WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN... AMERICUS...CORDELE 755 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS FOR THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF ROME AND NORTH AND WEST OF DUBLIN. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES OVER THE AREA. THIS IS DUE TO EXITING LOW PRESSURE AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS72 KFFC 271802 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 102 PM EST WED FEB 27 2008 GAZ005>009-012>016-020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>084- 089>096-102>108-272100- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080227T2100Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN- WHITE-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK- PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE- OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB- ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH- HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI- WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR... CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN... MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN... AMERICUS...CORDELE 102 PM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES OVER THE AREA. THIS IS DUE TO EXITING LOW PRESSURE AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:03 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 41 more | 28 hr |
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.