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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 6, 20134 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2013, 11:46 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jun 6, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2013, 11:46 AM EDT (15:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 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 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2013-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 234 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

961 
WWUS72 KFFC 061546
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1146 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013


GAZ110>113-070000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0010.130607T0000Z-130607T0600Z/
TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VIDALIA
1146 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT
FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...TELFAIR...WHEELER...MONTGOMERY AND TOOMBS COUNTIES.

* WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THURSDAY EVENING FOR GENERALLY A FEW HOURS.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW DOWN 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
440 
WWUS72 KFFC 061921
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
321 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

GAZ110>113-070600-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0010.130607T0000Z-130607T0600Z/
TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VIDALIA
321 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM
EDT FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...TELFAIR...WHEELER...MONTGOMERY AND TOOMBS COUNTIES.

* WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...MAINLY THURSDAY EVENING FOR GENERALLY A FEW HOURS.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW DOWN 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
Jun 5, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fulton42 min
Jun 5, 8:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton4 hr
Jun 5, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Laurens52 min
Jun 5, 9:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens6 hr
Jun 5, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette25 min
Jun 5, 9:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton4 hr
Jun 5, 10:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette6 hr
Jun 5, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry58 min
Jun 6, 12:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jun 6, 12:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Jun 6, 12:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Jasper, Newton54 min
Jun 6, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach, Taylor65 min
Jun 6, 4:22 AM EDTFlood WatchFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 33 more31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.