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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Dec 14, 2016, 2:51 PM EST for 13 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 15, 2016, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2016, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2016, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa 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, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
583 WWUS72 KFFC 141951 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 251 PM EST WED DEC 14 2016 GAZ001>009-013>016-150900- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.161215T0800Z-161215T2200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 251 PM EST WED DEC 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTH GEORGIA COUNTIES WITH ELEVATIONS GREATER THAN 2000 FT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...3 AM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
154 WWUS72 KFFC 150751 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 251 AM EST THU DEC 15 2016 GAZ001>009-013>016-152200- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0018.161215T0800Z-161215T2200Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 251 AM EST THU DEC 15 2016 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTH GEORGIA COUNTIES WITH ELEVATIONS GREATER THAN 2000 FT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...3 AM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 8:25 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Clarke, Clayton and 37 more | 10 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.