Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2008, 3:36 PM EST for 15 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 9, 2008, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2008, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2008, 4:03 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin 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), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 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 082036 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 336 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-090445- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.080109T0600Z-080109T1200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 336 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTH GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...PARTICULARLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 090229 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 929 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-091030- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.080109T0600Z-080109T1200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 929 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTH GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...PARTICULARLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. AT 9 PM...WINDS WERE INCREASING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. GUSTS TO 30 MPH WERE ALREADY OCCURRING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS...INCLUDING BLUE RIDGE AND BLAIRSVILLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW TREES OR LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 090903 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 403 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-091015- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T1200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 403 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND. THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA HAVE SHIFTED FURTHER NORTH TO THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT WINDS MAY BRIEFLY GUST TO 25 OR 30 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...BUT WINDS SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MEET ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. $$
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.