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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 19, 201111 counties in Georgia

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.

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, 7.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk41 min
Oct 18, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa52 min
Oct 18, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk46 min
Oct 18, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon27 min
Oct 18, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield42 min
Oct 18, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon51 min
Oct 18, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk31 min
Oct 18, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson51 min
Oct 19, 12:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield47 min

Nearby

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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.