Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2011, 2:52 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 14, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2011, 2:52 AM EDT (06:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2011, 3:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin 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 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276 WWUS72 KFFC 140652 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 252 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 GAZ006>009-013>016-141500- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0022.111014T1700Z-111014T2200Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 252 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...STRONG WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SMALL OR WEAK TREES TO FALL. UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE PICKED UP AND BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
257 WWUS72 KFFC 141440 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1040 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 GAZ006>009-013>016-142200- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0022.111014T1700Z-111014T2200Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1040 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1500 FEET... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD REMAIN STRONG INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...STRONG WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SMALL OR WEAK TREES TO FALL. UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE PICKED UP AND BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH... OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
369 WWUS72 KFFC 141904 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 304 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 GAZ006>009-013>016-142015- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111014T2200Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 304 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS...ALTHOUGH STRONG AND GUSTY AT TIMES...HAVE REMAINED BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS TODAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS TODAY HAVE GENERALLY BEEN BETWEEN WEST AND NORTH AT AROUND 12 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 TO 28 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING A BIT OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Rockdale, Spalding | 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.