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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2009, 3:56 AM EST for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 7, 2009, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2009, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2009, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2009, 9:31 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 08:56 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 00:00Z, 8.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 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 070856 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 356 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-071700- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.090107T1800Z-090108T0000Z/ 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 356 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS FRONT STRENGTHENS CREATING STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BE SUSTAINED 22 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST NEAR 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 071551 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1051 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-080000- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.090107T1600Z-090108T0000Z/ 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 1051 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN... AND IS NOW CREATING STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS IN ITS WAKE. THEREFORE...THE BEGINNING TIME OF THIS ADVISORY HAS BEEN MOVED UP TO BEGIN AT 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. WINDS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE BEGINNING TO GUST TO AROUND 25 MPH... AND THE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 22 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST NEAR 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. REMEMBER...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 072117 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 417 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 GAZ005>009-013>016-080400- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0400Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 417 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING AREAS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT. REMEMBER...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. WINDS OF THIS SPEED CAN ALSO DOWN WEAKENED TREES. $$ GAZ001>004-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-080000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE... MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN... LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 417 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. REMEMBER...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 080231 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 931 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 GAZ005>009-013>016-080345- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0400Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 931 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING AREAS. WINDS SINCE SUNSET HAVE WEAKENED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 9:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 10 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 4 days |
| Jan 7, 1:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 33 min |
| Jan 7, 1:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 36 min |
| Jan 7, 2:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 2:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 26 min |
| Jan 7, 2:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 7, 3:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jan 7, 3:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 33 hr |
| Jan 7, 5:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 22 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:12 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 58 hr |
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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.