Alert archive / Georgia / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind warning at Mar 29, 2014, 8:06 PM EDT for 9 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2014, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 00:10 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 00:00Z, 0.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435 WWUS72 KFFC 300006 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 806 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 GAZ005>009-013>016-302200- /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0001.140330T0006Z-140330T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.140330T1500Z-140330T2200Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 806 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ABOVE 1500 FT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE WIND ADVISORY. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE MODERATE TO LARGE SIZED BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS TREES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE WINTER STORMS THIS PAST WINTER. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THESE WINDS. 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. 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. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. && $$ GAZ001>004-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-302200- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.140330T0006Z-140330T2200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE... MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN... LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 806 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SMALL TO MODERATE- SIZED BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS A FEW TREES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE WINTER STORMS THIS PAST WINTER. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THESE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. && $$
2 follow-up statements
862 WWUS72 KFFC 300602 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 202 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 GAZ005>009-013>016-301500- /O.CON.KFFC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140330T1500Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.140330T1500Z-140330T2200Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 202 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ABOVE 1500 FT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MORNING FOR THE HIGH WIND WARNING THEN THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE WIND ADVISORY. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE MODERATE TO LARGE SIZED BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS TREES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE WINTER STORMS THIS PAST WINTER. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THESE WINDS. 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. 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. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. && $$ GAZ001>004-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-301500- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140330T2200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE... MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN... LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 202 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SMALL TO MODERATE- SIZED BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS A FEW TREES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE WINTER STORMS THIS PAST WINTER. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THESE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. && $$
230 WWUS72 KFFC 301510 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 GAZ005>009-013>016-302200- /O.EXP.KFFC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140330T1500Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140330T2200Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1110 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ABOVE 1500 FT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SMALL TO MODERATE-SIZED BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS A FEW TREES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE PAST WINTER STORMS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THESE GUSTY WINDS. 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. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. && $$ GAZ001>004-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-302200- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140330T2200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE... MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN... LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA 1110 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SMALL TO MODERATE-SIZED BRANCHES TO FALL...AS WELL AS A FEW TREES THAT HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE PAST WINTER STORMS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THESE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:07 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 36 more | 18 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014
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.