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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 24, 20168 counties in Georgia

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-24Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart45 min
Mar 24, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster41 min
Mar 24, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter49 min
Mar 24, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly43 min
Mar 24, 7:52 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett and 2 more94 min
Mar 24, 7:59 PM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Lamar, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 10 more87 min

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.