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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 29, 20139 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind warning at Jan 29, 2013, 3:43 PM EST for 9 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 30, 2013, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2013, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 30, 2013, 2:51 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray 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 20:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 30, 12:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGMountaintown, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. MORE REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
Jan 30, 12:00 PM ESTTORNADOMountaintown, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO. MORE REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
Jan 30, 12:05 PM ESTTORNADO 13 Nw Cherry Log, GAAN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN OFF OF CHAPMAN DRIVE AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTED HUNDREDS OF SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST. THE PATH WAS UP TO 2 MILES LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE WITH MAX WIND SPEEDS OF 90 MPH. THE SUPERCELL STORM MOVED INTO FANNIN COU
Jan 30, 12:08 PM ESTTORNADO 14 Wsw Blue Ridge, GA*** 1 INJ *** A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SUGAR CREEK AREA AND MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING IN THE HOTHOUSE VALLEY AREA. THE EF1 TORNADO WITH MAX WIND SPEEDS UP TO 90 MPH CAUSED HUNDREDS OF TREES TO BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. UP TO 100 POWER POLES WERE EITHER
Jan 30, 1:05 PM ESTTORNADO 12 Nw Blue Ridge, GA*** 1 INJ *** A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SUGAR CREEK AREA AND MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING IN THE HOTHOUSE VALLEY AREA. THE EF1 TORNADO WITH MAX WIND SPEEDS UP TO 90 MPH CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES TO BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. UP TO 70 POWER POLES WERE EITHER SNA
Jan 30, 1:35 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGDahlonega, GATHE 911 CENTER HAS REPORTED UP TO 9 TREES HAD FALLEN EARLIER ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH.
Jan 30, 2:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 E Hiawassee, GATREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE.
Jan 30, 2:30 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGGarland, GASEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2013-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

662 
WWUS72 KFFC 292043
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
343 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE
DEEP SOUTH. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT AND INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. DURING
THE MORNING HOURS...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT VERY STRONG
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY AS WELL. RECENT RAINS AND THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
ANTICIPATED FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR TREES TO BE UPROOTED
WITH GREATER EASE.


GAZ006>009-014>016-300500-
/O.UPG.KFFC.HW.A.0001.130130T1000Z-130131T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0001.130130T1000Z-130131T0000Z/
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
343 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
  MPH.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY BE DOWNED...AND
  LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED BY THE STRONG WINDS.
  TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...OR GUSTS
OF 45 MPH OR MORE...COULD TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS
CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

GAZ001>005-011>013-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-300500-
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PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-
ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-
TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
343 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  35 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.


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.

&&

$$

DMG
5 follow-up statements
050 
WWUS72 KFFC 300042
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY
THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG WINDS WILL
DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... AND INCREASE THROUGH MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY... BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS WELL. RECENT RAINS AND THE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL ANTICIPATED FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR TREES
TO BE UPROOTED WITH GREATER EASE.

GAZ005-013-300845-
/O.UPG.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.130130T1000Z-130131T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KFFC.HW.W.0001.130130T1000Z-130131T0000Z/
MURRAY-PICKENS-
742 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HIGH WIND WARNING.

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY BE DOWNED...AND
  LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED BY THE STRONG WINDS.
  TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 45 MPH OR MORE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS
CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

GAZ006>009-014>016-300845-
/O.CON.KFFC.HW.W.0001.130130T1000Z-130131T0000Z/
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
742 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA 
  MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY BE DOWNED...AND 
  LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED BY THE STRONG 
  WINDS. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE IN HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...OR GUSTS
OF 45 MPH OR MORE...COULD TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS
CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

GAZ001>004-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-300845-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.130130T1000Z-130131T0000Z/
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CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
742 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND MAKE
  DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
  EXTRA CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$
817 
WWUS72 KFFC 300304
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1004 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST 
GEORGIA FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE
DEEP SOUTH. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING... AND THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY 
AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY... BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT
VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS WELL. RECENT RAINS AND THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL ANTICIPATED FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR TREES TO BE
UPROOTED WITH GREATER EASE.

GAZ005>009-013>016-301200-
/O.CON.KFFC.HW.W.0001.130130T1000Z-130131T0000Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
1004 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA 
  MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY BE DOWNED...AND LOOSE
  AND UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED BY THE STRONG WINDS. TRAVEL
  WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45
MPH OR MORE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSE
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

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GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
1004 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND MAKE
  DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
  EXTRA CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$
923 
WWUS72 KFFC 300801
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
301 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PUSH THROUGH GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND
THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY... BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS WELL. RECENT RAINS AND THE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL ANTICIPATED FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR TREES
TO BE UPROOTED WITH GREATER EASE.

GAZ005>009-013>016-301615-
/O.EXB.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.130130T2300Z-130131T0500Z/
/O.EXT.KFFC.HW.W.0001.130130T1100Z-130130T2300Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
301 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
EST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND MAKE 
  DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE 
  EXTRA CAUTION. 

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.

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.

&&

$$

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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
301 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND MAKE 
  DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE 
  EXTRA CAUTION. 

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.

&&

$$
475 
WWUS72 KFFC 301528
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1028 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...
WITH DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH THROUGH GEORGIA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...AND THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY... BUT IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THAT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF
ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS WELL. RECENT RAINS AND THE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ANTICIPATED FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW
FOR TREES TO BE UPROOTED WITH GREATER EASE.

GAZ005>009-013>016-302330-
/O.CON.KFFC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130130T2300Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.130130T2300Z-130131T0500Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
1028 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND MAKE 
  DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE 
  EXTRA CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
36 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR STRONGER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20
MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. 

&&

$$

GAZ001>004-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-302330-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
1028 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND MAKE 
  DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE 
  EXTRA CAUTION. 

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.

&&

$$
360 
WWUS72 KFFC 301951
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
251 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH THROUGH GEORGIA THROUGH
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS
THROUGH THIS EVENING... BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT VERY STRONG
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY AS WELL. RECENT RAINS AND THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
ANTICIPATED FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR TREES TO BE UPROOTED
WITH GREATER EASE.

GAZ005>009-013>016-310400-
/O.CAN.KFFC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130130T2300Z/
/O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.130130T1951Z-130131T0500Z/
MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
251 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT EST.

* LOCATIONS...FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND MAKE 
  DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE 
  EXTRA CAUTION. 

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.

&&

$$

GAZ001>004-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-310400-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
251 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DOWN WEAKENED TREES AND MAKE 
  DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE 
  EXTRA CAUTION. 

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
Jan 29, 3:59 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more12 hr
Jan 29, 4:19 AM ESTFlood WatchFFCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade and 18 more43 hr
Jan 29, 4:36 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more5 hr
Jan 29, 3:43 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more48 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.