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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2011, 3:35 AM EDT for 96 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 16, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2011, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 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, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly 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, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee 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, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs 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, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 566 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
295 WWUS72 KFFC 160735 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 335 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-162000- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.110416T1400Z-110417T0000Z/ 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-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 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...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 335 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS: WEST WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
170 WWUS72 KFFC 170024 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 824 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-170130- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110417T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 824 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 10:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 40 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 34 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton, Meriwether | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 2:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Newton and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 4:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 4:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 5:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 5:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Taylor | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 6:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Putnam | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 6:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 64 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 28 hr |
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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.