Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2013, 12:51 PM EST for 16 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 23, 2013, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2013, 12:51 PM EST (17:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2013, 3:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2013, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813 WWUS72 KFFC 231751 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1251 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3PM SATURDAY UNTIL 8AM SUNDAY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA... .A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FLOWING INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. ALONG WITH THIS SYSTEM STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BELOW 2000 FEET. GAZ001>009-011>016-019-240200- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.131123T2000Z-131124T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 1251 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND AND MOSTLY AT ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET AND ABOVE. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...3PM EST SATURDAY UNTIL 8AM EST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SMALL BRANCHES AND WEAK TREES MAY BE DOWNED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES...EXPOSURE TO THE WIND COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IF NOT PROPERLY CLOTHED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME...MAKE SURE YOU COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN FROM THE WIND! 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
904 WWUS72 KFFC 240035 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 735 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-240845- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131124T1300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 735 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ARMUCHEE TO JASPER TO CLEVELAND AND MOSTLY AT ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET AND ABOVE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8AM EST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SMALL BRANCHES AND WEAK TREES MAY BE DOWNED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES...EXPOSURE TO THE WIND COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IF NOT PROPERLY CLOTHED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME...MAKE SURE YOU COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN FROM THE WIND! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
517 WWUS72 KFFC 240842 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 342 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-241400- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131124T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ROME 342 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ARMUCHEE TO JASPER TO CLEVELAND AND MOSTLY AT ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET AND ABOVE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 9AM EST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SMALL BRANCHES AND WEAK TREES MAY BE DOWNED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES...EXPOSURE TO THE WIND COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IF NOT PROPERLY CLOTHED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME...MAKE SURE YOU COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN FROM THE WIND! 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. && $$
Nearby
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.