Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2011, 3:17 AM EDT for 11 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 19, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2011, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WWUS72 KFFC 190717 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 317 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 GAZ001>009-015-016-191530- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0023.111019T1600Z-111020T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 317 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD REMAIN STRONG INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
125 WWUS72 KFFC 191502 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1102 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 GAZ001>009-015-016-200000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0023.111019T1600Z-111020T0000Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1102 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 1500 FEET... * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD REMAIN STRONG INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...STRONG WINDS COULD ALLOW SOME SMALL OR WEAK TREES TO FALL. UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE PICKED UP AND BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 46 min |
| Oct 18, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 27 min |
| Oct 18, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 42 min |
| Oct 18, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 51 min |
| Oct 18, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 31 min |
| Oct 18, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 51 min |
| Oct 19, 12:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 47 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.