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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 12, 200896 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2008, 3:53 PM EDT for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2008, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 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, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd 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, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery 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, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 12:00Z on 2008-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 2008-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS72 KFFC 121953
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
353 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-130400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.080413T1600Z-080414T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-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-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...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
353 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY.

AN INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF AN EXITING 
COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO GA SUNDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 
20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP 
ACROSS THE STATE BETWEEN NOON AND 8PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPPER 
OFF AROUND SUNSET AND STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

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.

$$
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 130405
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1205 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-131215-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.080413T1600Z-080414T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-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-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...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
1205 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

AN INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF AN EXITING
COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO GA SUNDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST
OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE BETWEEN NOON AND 8PM. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AROUND SUNSET AND STAY BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 130820
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
420 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-131630-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.080413T1600Z-080414T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-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-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...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
420 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

AN INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE BACK SIDE A COLD FRONT
THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE STATE ON SATURDAY WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO
THE REGION TODAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE BETWEEN NOON
AND 8PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AROUND SUNSET AND STAY
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 131514
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1114 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-132315-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.080413T1600Z-080414T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-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-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...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...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
1114 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE STATE TODAY. THIS WILL
BRING GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH MUCH DRIER AIR TO THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF AROUND SUNSET AND STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 132029
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
429 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-031-041>044-052>054-056-066>070-
140900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.080415T0900Z-080415T1300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080414T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
429 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE...TO THOMASTON...TO KENNESAW...TO
CANTON...TO CLEVELAND. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN...WESTERN...AND NORTHERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA. 

A DEEP UPPER LOW MOVING SOUTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH. THIS WILL BRING
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR TO THE REGION DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES MONDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE 40S NORTH TO THE 50S
SOUTH...WITH LOWS BY TUESDAY MORNING DROPPING INTO THE 30S ACROSS
THR REGION. AT THIS TIME...SURFACE WINDS AND CLOUDS MAY PREVENT A
HARD FREEZE OR FROST FROM OCCURRING...BUT SOME AREAS WITHIN THE
FREEZE WATCH MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 30 DEGREES EARLY TUESDAY.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE
VEGETATION AND YOUNG TREES.

MEANWHILE...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY
IN THE EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
AFTER SUNSET.

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.



$$

GAZ022>025-027-032>039-045>051-055-057>062-071>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-140000-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080414T0000Z/
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-
BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-CLAYTON-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-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...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...
MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
429 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTHWARD FROM THE
MIDWEST INTO THE SOUTHEAST. AS A RESULT...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
ALONG OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS AFTER SUNSET.

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.

$$

19
000 
WWUS72 KFFC 140010
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
810 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-031-041>044-052>054-056-066>070-
140815-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080414T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.FZ.A.0002.080415T0900Z-080415T1300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
810 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA HAVE DIMINISHED. 

A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE...TO THOMASTON...TO KENNESAW...TO
CANTON...TO CLEVELAND. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN...WESTERN...AND NORTHERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA.

A DEEP UPPER LOW MOVING SOUTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH. THIS WILL BRING
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR TO THE REGION DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES MONDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE 40S NORTH TO THE 50S
SOUTH...WITH LOWS BY TUESDAY MORNING DROPPING INTO THE 30S ACROSS
THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...SURFACE WINDS AND CLOUDS MAY PREVENT A
HARD FREEZE OR FROST FROM OCCURRING...BUT SOME AREAS WITHIN THE
FREEZE WATCH MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 30 DEGREES EARLY TUESDAY.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE
VEGETATION AND YOUNG TREES.

$$

GAZ022>025-027-032>039-045>051-055-057>062-071>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-140115-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080414T0000Z/
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-
BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-CLAYTON-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-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...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...
MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
810 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE DIMINISHED. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall51 min
Apr 11, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns30 min
Apr 11, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding41 min
Apr 11, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard52 min
Apr 11, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta24 min
Apr 12, 2:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup29 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008

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.