Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 5, 2008, 4:04 AM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2008, 4:04 AM EST (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 4:40 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 050904 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 404 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 GAZ006>009-015-016-051715- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.080206T0600Z-080207T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 404 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT...HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO GET MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WIND GUST NEAR 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALSO. AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA WED AFTERNOON THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BUT REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 051539 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1039 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 GAZ006>009-015-016-052345- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.080206T0600Z-080207T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1039 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT...HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALSO. AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 052104 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 404 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 GAZ006>009-015-016-061000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.080206T0600Z-080207T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 404 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT...HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. $$ 19
000 WWUS72 KFFC 060854 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 354 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 GAZ006>009-015-016-061700- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 354 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS MORNING...HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 062140 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 440 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008 GAZ006>009-015-016-062245- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 440 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH PROMPTED THE WIND ADVISORY IN THIS AREA EARLIER IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN MOST AREAS TO LESS THAN 20 MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...REMAINING GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ 19
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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.