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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind warning at Apr 21, 2009, 7:21 PM EDT for 20 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 21, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 98 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2009, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2009, 9:38 PM EDT
- In force
- 98 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 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 212321 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 721 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2009 GAZ074-076-083>086-095>098-104>113-220300- /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0003.090422T0000Z-090422T0300Z/ WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN... AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 721 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. A BAND OF SHOWERS FROM MACON TO NEAR AMERICUS WAS PRODUCING WINDS WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. AT 610 PM THE WIND AT THE MACON AIRPORT GUSTED TO 53 MPH. THESE WINDS ALSO PUT DOWN SEVERAL TREES ACROSS HOUSTON COUNTY. THIS BAND OF SHOWERS WITH THE STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 10 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 220056 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 856 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2009 GAZ074-076-083>085-095-096-104-105-107-220200- /O.CAN.KFFC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090422T0300Z/ WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY- SUMTER-DOOLY-PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARNER ROBINS...AMERICUS 856 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE BAND OF SHOWERS THAT WAS PRODUCING THE GUSTY WINDS HAS MOVED TO THE EAST AND HIGH WINDS NO LONGER POSE A THREAT. $$ GAZ086-097-098-106-108>113-220300- /O.CON.KFFC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090422T0300Z/ EMANUEL-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-CRISP-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SWAINSBORO...DUBLIN...CORDELE...VIDALIA 856 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. A BAND OF SHOWERS FROM STATESBORO...TO CORDELE WAS PRODUCING WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THIS BAND OF SHOWERS WITH THE STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 10 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 220138 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 938 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2009 GAZ086-097-098-106-108>113-220245- /O.CAN.KFFC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090422T0300Z/ EMANUEL-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-CRISP-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SWAINSBORO...DUBLIN...CORDELE...VIDALIA 938 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BAND OF SHOWERS HAVE DIMINISHED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 1:45 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 54 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 43 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Georgia, 2009Every high wind warning in 2009
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.