Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2009, 3:46 AM EST for 15 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 2, 2009, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2009, 3:46 AM EST (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2009, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 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 020846 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 346 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-021700- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.090302T1100Z-090302T2100Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 346 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE AREA FROM CHATTOOGA COUNTY TO DAWSON COUNTY TO WHITE COUNTY AND NORTH. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES OVER THE AREA OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA. THIS WILL CAUSE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ BDL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KFFC 021537 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1037 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-022100- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090302T2100Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1037 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... FOR THE AREA FROM CHATTOOGA COUNTY TO DAWSON COUNTY TO WHITE COUNTY AND NORTH. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES OVER THE AREA OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA. THIS WILL CAUSE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KFFC 022059 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 359 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-022200- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090302T2100Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 359 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GRADIENT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA HAS WEAKENED AND THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:57 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Spalding | 18 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 9 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.