Wind Advisory 19, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 20, 2008, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)

In effect from

May 20, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT

Expired

May 20, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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.

000 
WWUS72 KFFC 200820
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
420 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>038-041>045-047-201630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0019.080520T1400Z-080520T2300Z/
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-HARALSON-
CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR
420 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AREA TODAY WILL PULL A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF
THE FRONT. 

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 201545
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1145 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>038-041>045-047-202300-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-080520T2300Z/
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-HARALSON-
CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR
1145 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA MAINLY NORTH OF A CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO
MONROE TO CRAWFORD LINE.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE MID ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON
WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO NORTH GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH...THIS CONTRAST IN PRESSURE WILL
RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH
GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT.

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
TRAVELING ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008

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.