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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind warning at Mar 24, 2016, 7:41 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 25, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2016, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 7:52 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Henry County, GA, Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 1332 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
697 WWUS72 KFFC 242341 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 741 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 GAZ033-034-044>046-053>055-057-250745- /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0002.160325T2300Z-160326T0300Z/ NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 741 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 11 PM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 11 PM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 11 PM * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PUSH OVER TREES...SOME POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
815 WWUS72 KFFC 242352 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 752 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 GAZ033-034-044>046-053>055-057-250300- /O.CAN.KFFC.HW.W.0002.160325T2300Z-160326T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0003.160324T2352Z-160325T0300Z/ NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 752 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 11 PM * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY PUSH OVER TREES...SOME POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE COULD TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 49 min |
| Mar 24, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 7:52 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett and 2 more | 94 min |
| Mar 24, 7:59 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Lamar, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 10 more | 87 min |
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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.