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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 29, 20109 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Nov 29, 2010, 2:43 PM EST for 9 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 29, 2010, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2010, 2:43 PM EST (19:43 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2010, 9:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 30, 2010, 3:00 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2010-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

732 
WWUS72 KFFC 291943
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
243 PM EST MON NOV 29 2010

GAZ005>009-013>016-300345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.101130T0200Z-101130T2000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
243 PM EST MON NOV 29 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM EST
TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE
2000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM EST
TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET.

STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...AT
ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 2000 FEET. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
CAUSE TREES TO FALL...PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
571 
WWUS72 KFFC 300306
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1006 PM EST MON NOV 29 2010

GAZ005>009-013>016-301115-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-101130T2000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
1006 PM EST MON NOV 29 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY FOR 
PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST TUESDAY FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET.

THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH
THROUGH JASPER AND DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND.

STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...AT
ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 2000 FEET. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
CAUSE TREES TO FALL...PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
256 
WWUS72 KFFC 300810
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
310 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010

GAZ005>009-013>016-301615-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-101130T2000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
310 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 
2000 FEET...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET.

STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...AT
ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 2000 FEET. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
CAUSE TREES TO FALL...PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND POWER OUTAGES.

AT THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE OBSERVATION SITE IN COHUTTA IN
NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
687 
WWUS72 KFFC 301519
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1019 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010

GAZ005>009-013>016-302000-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-101130T2000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
1019 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 
2000 FEET...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET.
THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH 
THROUGH JASPER AND DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND.

STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...AT
ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 2000 FEET. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
CAUSE TREES TO FALL...PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND POWER OUTAGES.

AT THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE OBSERVATION SITE IN COHUTTA
IN NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH CONTINUE
TO BE RECORDED THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER 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.