Alert archive / Georgia / High Wind Watches in 2016
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind watch at Nov 27, 2016, 1:59 PM EST for 12 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 28, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2016, 1:59 PM EST (18:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2016, 3:34 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
159 WWUS72 KFFC 271859 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 159 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2016 GAZ001-002-005>009-011-013>016-280300- /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.A.0001.161128T2100Z-161129T1200Z/ DADE-WALKER-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-CHATTOOGA-PICKENS- DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 159 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH GEORGIA COUNTIES WITH ELEVATIONS GREATER THAN 1500 FT...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...BETWEEN 4 PM MONDAY AND 7 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TREES...ESPECIALLY THOSE WEAKENED BY FIRES AND THE DROUGHT...COULD COME DOWN ALONG WITH LARGE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR ANY VEHICLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
355 WWUS72 KFFC 280834 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 334 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 GAZ001-002-005>009-011-013>016-282100- /O.UPG.KFFC.HW.A.0001.161128T2100Z-161129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0004.161128T2100Z-161129T1200Z/ DADE-WALKER-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-CHATTOOGA-PICKENS- DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 334 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH GEORGIA COUNTIES WITH ELEVATIONS GREATER THAN 1500 FT...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE THROUGH DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH. * TIMING...BETWEEN 4 PM MONDAY AND 7 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TREES...ESPECIALLY THOSE WEAKENED BY FIRES AND THE DROUGHT...COULD BE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH LARGE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR ANY VEHICLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ GAZ003-004-012-019-020-030-041-282100- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0016.161128T2100Z-161129T1200Z/ CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-GORDON-FLOYD-BARTOW-POLK-HARALSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 334 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA NOT COVERED BY A HIGH WIND WARNING. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY FROM BUCHANAN THROUGH ROME AND RINGGOLD TO CARTERSVILLE. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...BETWEEN 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 7 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES...ESPECIALLY THOSE WEAKENED BY FIRES AND DROUGHT...COULD HAVE LIMBS BREAK OFF WHICH MAY EFFECT POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 16
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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.