Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT for 12 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 10, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 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 092000 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 400 PM EDT THU APR 9 2009 GAZ001-002-005>009-011-013>016-100400- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0014.090410T1600Z-090411T0400Z/ DADE-WALKER-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-CHATTOOGA-PICKENS- DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 400 PM EDT THU APR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET... ANOTHER STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP FROM THE MID-SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN U.S. FRIDAY. A LOW-LEVEL JET WILL PRECEDE THIS SYSTEM AND BRING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FRIDAY. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS PRIMARILY ABOVE 1500 FEET...GENERALLY NORTH OF A SUMMERVILLE...CHATSWORTH...JASPER...DAWSONVILLE...CLEVELAND LINE. 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. && $$ 19
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 100151 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 951 PM EDT THU APR 9 2009 GAZ001-002-005>009-011-013>016-101000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0014.090410T1600Z-090411T0400Z/ DADE-WALKER-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-CHATTOOGA-PICKENS- DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 951 PM EDT THU APR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET... ANOTHER STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP FROM THE MID-SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN U.S. FRIDAY. A LOW-LEVEL JET WILL PRECEDE THIS SYSTEM AND BRING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FRIDAY. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS PRIMARILY ABOVE 1500 FEET...GENERALLY NORTH OF A SUMMERVILLE...CHATSWORTH...JASPER...DAWSONVILLE...CLEVELAND LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 100816 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 416 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ001-002-005>009-011-013>016-101630- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0014.090410T1600Z-090411T0400Z/ DADE-WALKER-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-CHATTOOGA-PICKENS- DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 416 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET... ANOTHER STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP FROM THE MID-SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN U.S. TODAY. A LOW-LEVEL JET WILL PRECEDE THIS SYSTEM AND BRING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS PRIMARILY ABOVE 1500 FEET...GENERALLY NORTH OF A SUMMERVILLE...CHATSWORTH...JASPER...DAWSONVILLE...CLEVELAND LINE. 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. && $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 101748 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 148 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 GAZ001-002-005>009-011-013>016-110400- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090411T0400Z/ DADE-WALKER-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-CHATTOOGA-PICKENS- DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 148 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET IN NORTH GEORGIA... A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SWEEP INTO THE EASTERN U.S. THIS AFTERNOON. A LOW-LEVEL JET PRECEDES THIS SYSTEM AND A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH IS OCCURRING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THE AREA OF GREATEST WIND IS EXPECTED PRIMARILY ABOVE 1500 FEET...GENERALLY NORTH OF A SUMMERVILLE...CHATSWORTH...JASPER...DAWSONVILLE...CLEVELAND LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE AND WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.