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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 17, 2014, 2:45 PM EST for 15 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 18, 2014, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2014, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2014, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2014, 8:09 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin 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), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951 WWUS42 KFFC 171945 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 245 PM EST FRI JAN 17 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-181500- /O.NEW.KFFC.WC.Y.0003.140118T0500Z-140118T1500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 245 PM EST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA MAINLY ABOVE 1500 FT. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL READINGS...ZERO TO 5 BELOW. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * WINDS...WEST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TEENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE OR HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
3 follow-up statements
830 WWUS42 KFFC 180114 AAA WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 814 PM EST FRI JAN 17 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-180915- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0003.140118T0500Z-140118T1500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 814 PM EST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FT. * HAZARD TYPES...WIND CHILLS THAT COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. * WIND CHILL READINGS...ZERO TO 8 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE OR HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN ABOUT AN HOUR ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN...ESPECIALLY YOUR NOSE...EARS AND FINGERS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO IN DRESS LAYERS. COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR WARM LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. BE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND MITTENS. MITTENS ARE BETTER AT PROTECTING YOUR FINGERS FROM THE COLD. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR YOUR ANIMALS AS WELL. && $$
309 WWUS42 KFFC 180756 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 256 AM EST SAT JAN 18 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-181500- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140118T1500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 256 AM EST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FT. * HAZARD TYPES...WIND CHILLS THAT COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. * WIND CHILL READINGS...ZERO TO 8 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE OR HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN ABOUT AN HOUR ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN...ESPECIALLY YOUR NOSE...EARS AND FINGERS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO IN DRESS LAYERS. COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR WARM LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. BE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND MITTENS. MITTENS ARE BETTER AT PROTECTING YOUR FINGERS FROM THE COLD. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR YOUR ANIMALS AS WELL. && $$
969 WWUS42 KFFC 181309 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 809 AM EST SAT JAN 18 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-181415- /O.CAN.KFFC.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140118T1500Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 809 AM EST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FOR MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA. WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AND WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA ARE NOW ABOVE ZERO. THEREFORE... THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
Nearby
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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.