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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Oct 28, 2012, 1:28 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; 26 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 29, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2012, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 31 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
349 WWUS72 KTAE 281828 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 228 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON... .THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GET SLIGHTLY STRONGER ON MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND HURRICANE SANDY BECOMES POST TROPICAL AND MOVES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS OUR AREA SHOULD GENERATE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND TO THE NORTH OF A BLAKELY TO FITZGERALD LINE IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>145-290830- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0011.121029T1300Z-121030T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...GEORGETOWN... FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON... LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER... ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM 228 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 /128 PM CDT SUN OCT 28 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY. * TIMING: DAYTIME HOURS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE LATE MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. THEY CAN ALSO KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS...OR BLOW DOWN SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 08-LAMERS
1 follow-up statement
989 WWUS72 KTAE 290734 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 334 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .UNUSUALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS LARGE HURRICANE SANDY APPROACHES THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...AND A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. GAZ146>148-155>161-292300- /O.EXB.KTAE.WI.Y.0011.121029T1400Z-121029T2300Z/ COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS- LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE... DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN... VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 334 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: DAYTIME HOURS...STRONGEST IN THE LATE MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. THEY CAN ALSO KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND BLOW DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>145-292300- /O.EXT.KTAE.WI.Y.0011.121029T1400Z-121029T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...GEORGETOWN... FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON... LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER... ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM 334 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 /234 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING: DAYTIME HOURS...STRONGEST IN THE LATE MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. THEY CAN ALSO KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND BLOW DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR NEWLY PLANTED SHRUBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 1:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 25 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 30 hr |
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.