Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2009, 4:22 PM EDT for 79 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 3, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2009, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 79 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, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb 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, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray 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, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor 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, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 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 022022 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 422 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-030430- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.090403T0400Z-090403T2000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 422 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR THE AREA GENERALLY NORTH OF A ROME TO DAHLONEGA LINE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AT TIMES WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THESE WINDY CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 030727 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 327 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 GAZ020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-094>098-032000- /O.EXA.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-090403T2000Z/ BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING- COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA... ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE... EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN 327 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...FROM HARRIS TO HOUSTON TO TREUTLEN COUNTIES AND NORTH. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THESE WINDY CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019-032000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-090403T2000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 327 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THESE WINDY CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 031517 AAA NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1117 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 094>098-032000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-090403T2000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS... DUBLIN 1117 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...FROM HARRIS TO HOUSTON TO TREUTLEN COUNTIES AND NORTH. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS... THESE WINDY CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 031942 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 342 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 094>098-032045- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-090403T2000Z/ 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-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN- 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...WARNER ROBINS... DUBLIN 342 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. AT 3 PM EDT WINDS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE OUT OF THE WEST AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 2:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 3:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 4:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 4:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 4:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 4:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 7:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 7:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 70 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 35 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 43 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 17 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 19 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 14 days |
| Apr 2, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Upson | 19 hr |
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.