Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2011, 4:12 AM EDT for 24 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 15, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2011, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 24 counties
Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
124 WWUS72 KFFC 150812 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 412 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA... GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030>032-041>043-160000- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0016.110415T1700Z-110416T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE 412 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA. * TIMING: WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND DISPLACE SMALL OBJECTS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
783 WWUS72 KFFC 152015 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 415 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA... GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030>032-041>043-160000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE 415 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WIND SPEEDS HAVE INCREASED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND DISPLACE SMALL OBJECTS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
822 WWUS72 KFFC 160004 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 804 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030>032-041>043-160115- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE 804 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Paulding | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot | 39 min |
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.