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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 30, 201515 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2015, 4:01 AM EST for 15 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2015, 4:01 AM EST (09:01 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2015, 6:00 PM EST
In force
14 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 09:04 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, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2015-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 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.

966 
WWUS72 KFFC 300901
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
401 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF NORTH GEORGIA TODAY...

GAZ001>009-011>016-301715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.150130T0901Z-150130T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
401 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...ABOVE 1500 FT.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND
  LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO BRING
  DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS.

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
106 
WWUS72 KFFC 301630
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-302300-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150130T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
1130 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...ABOVE 1500 FT.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH 
  CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. THESE WINDS COULD 
  ALSO BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS.

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.

&&

$$
548 
WWUS72 KFFC 302255
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
555 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015


GAZ001>009-011>016-310000-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150130T2300Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
555 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WIND ADVISORY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.