Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 14, 2015, 10:06 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2015, 10:06 PM EST (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Fannin County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 2310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616 WWUS72 KFFC 150306 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1006 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-151115- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.150215T0306Z-150215T1200Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1006 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35MPH AND 40MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
540 WWUS72 KFFC 150931 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 431 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-151200- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 431 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 MPH AND 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
886 WWUS72 KFFC 151139 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 639 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-151500- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150215T1500Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 639 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 MPH AND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. * 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. && $$
849 WWUS72 KFFC 151459 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 959 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 GAZ006-008-009-015-016-151600- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150215T1500Z/ FANNIN-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 959 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BUT SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP OFF. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 11:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Coweta, Fayette, Greene, Hancock, Harris and 17 more | 115 min |
| Feb 15, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | Banks, Catoosa, Cherokee, Clarke, Dade, Dawson and 15 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 26 more | 45 hr |
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.