Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Nov 1, 2015, 12:11 AM EDT for Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2015, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
316 WWUS72 KFFC 010411 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1211 AM EDT SUN NOV 1 2015 GAZ001-002-011-011200- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0009.151101T0411Z-151101T1200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CHATTOOGA- 1211 AM EDT SUN NOV 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 1500 FEET ACROSS DADE...WALKER AND CHATOOGA COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 5:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 24 hr |
| Nov 1, 6:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 3 days |
| Nov 1, 2:44 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 62 more | 27 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.