Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 10:36 AM EST for 12 counties in Georgia; 7 counties in Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 10:36 AM EST (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 5:46 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -378 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
147 WWUS72 KJAX 041536 AAA NPWJAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1036 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-042300- /O.CAN.KJAX.LW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.WI.Y.0004.120304T1536Z-120304T2300Z/ HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY... MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER... STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...TRENTON... GAINESVILLE...PALATKA...PALM COAST...OCALA...DOUGLAS... HAZLEHURST...ALMA...BAXLEY...JESUP...PEARSON...WAYCROSS... BLACKSHEAR...NAHUNTA...BRUNSWICK...STATENVILLE...HOMERVILLE... FOLKSTON...WOODBINE...ST MARYS 1036 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND AN ISOLATED GUST AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...BOATERS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD AVOID OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE IN WIND PROTECTED INLETS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILES VEHICLES ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES... AND DOWN POWER LINES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE TRASH CANS... LAWN FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER. && $$
1 follow-up statement
246 WWUS72 KJAX 042246 NPWJAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 546 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-050000- /O.CAN.KJAX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/ HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY... MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER... STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...TRENTON... GAINESVILLE...PALATKA...PALM COAST...OCALA...DOUGLAS... HAZLEHURST...ALMA...BAXLEY...JESUP...PEARSON...WAYCROSS... BLACKSHEAR...NAHUNTA...BRUNSWICK...STATENVILLE...HOMERVILLE... FOLKSTON...WOODBINE...ST MARYS 546 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING...WITH FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 24 min |
| Mar 4, 2:16 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:57 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:57 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 8:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 9:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 10:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 11:08 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 97 min | |
| Mar 4, 4:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 67 min |
| Mar 4, 4:24 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Marion, Putnam, Saint Johns | 48 min |
| Mar 4, 5:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 32 min |
| Mar 4, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 15 min |
| Mar 4, 6:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 58 min |
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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.