Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 19, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Sep 5, 2011, 9:24 PM EDT for 13 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2011, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2011, 9:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 462 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 542 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 19.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
183 WWUS72 KFFC 060124 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 924 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 GAZ001>007-011>013-019>021-061200- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0019.110906T0124Z-110906T1200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-CHATTOOGA- GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 924 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS ARE ONGOING AND SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE WINDS FROM THE REMNANTS OF LEE WILL ALLOW FOR NUMEROUS TREES TO FALL. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
779 WWUS72 KFFC 060819 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 419 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 GAZ001>007-011>013-019>021-061500- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110906T1500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-CHATTOOGA- GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 419 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS ARE ONGOING AND SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE WINDS FROM THE REMNANTS OF LEE WILL ALLOW FOR NUMEROUS TREES TO FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
144 WWUS72 KFFC 061319 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 919 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA... GAZ001>007-011>013-019>021-061430- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110906T1500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-CHATTOOGA- GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 919 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH LATER TODAY. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 12 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 9:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 58 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 63 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 16 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.