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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 14, 201419 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2014, 12:17 AM EDT for 19 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2014, 12:17 AM EDT (04:17 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee 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, Polk 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 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 2014-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 00:00Z on 2014-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 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.

446 
WWUS72 KFFC 140417
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1217 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-141200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.141014T0417Z-141014T1200Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE
1217 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...AREAS NORTH OF A CEDARTOWN TO CLEVELAND LINE...
  MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF SQUALL LINE 10 TO 20
  MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TREES MAY BLOWN DOWN ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS
  CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 

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
519 
WWUS72 KFFC 140833
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
433 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-141200-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-141014T1200Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE
433 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...AREAS NORTH OF A CEDARTOWN TO CLEVELAND LINE... 
  MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TREES MAY BLOWN DOWN ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS 
  CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 

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
Oct 14, 3:23 AM EDTFlood WatchFFCDawson, Lumpkin, White23 min
Oct 14, 3:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens49 min
Oct 14, 3:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Douglas, Harris, Heard, Troup60 min
Oct 14, 4:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart55 min
Oct 14, 4:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDade7 hr
Oct 14, 4:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster52 min
Oct 14, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether and 4 more42 min
Oct 14, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton29 min
Oct 14, 5:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon, Murray25 min
Oct 14, 5:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 1 more46 min
Oct 14, 5:32 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Fulton28 min
Oct 14, 5:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray32 min
Oct 14, 5:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett29 min
Oct 14, 5:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 1 more25 min
Oct 14, 6:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Oct 14, 6:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Union and 1 more47 min
Oct 14, 6:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Newton31 min
Oct 14, 6:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens48 min
Oct 14, 6:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Newton, Oconee and 3 more46 min
Oct 14, 7:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Wilkinson30 min
Oct 14, 7:10 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee35 min
Oct 14, 7:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and 1 more48 min
Oct 14, 8:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox23 min
Oct 14, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington44 min
Oct 14, 10:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDade6 hr
Oct 14, 1:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth7 days
Oct 14, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb32 min
Oct 14, 2:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade17 hr
Oct 14, 5:24 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton39 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.