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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 18, 201633 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Dec 18, 2016, 2:36 AM EST for 33 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 2016, 2:36 AM EST (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 33 counties

Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 00:00Z on 2016-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 438 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
438 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
468 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

903 
WWUS72 KFFC 180736
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
236 AM EST SUN DEC 18 2016


GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>035-041>045-181500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0019.161218T0736Z-161218T1500Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR
236 AM EST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...NORTH GEORGIA...ALONG AND NORTH OF A CARROLLTON...TO
  ATLANTA...TO DANIELSVILLE LINE.

* WINDS...MAINLY SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH
  QUICKLY SHIFTING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST.

* TIMING...UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND DOWN WEAKER
  TREES. LIGHT UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 4:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker33 min
Dec 18, 5:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa24 min
Dec 18, 7:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow27 min
Dec 18, 8:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding25 min
Dec 18, 8:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb34 min
Dec 18, 9:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson34 min
Dec 18, 10:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow29 min
Dec 18, 10:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison26 min
Dec 18, 10:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee35 min
Dec 18, 11:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee24 min
Dec 18, 11:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee29 min
Dec 18, 11:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe28 min
Dec 18, 12:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam30 min
Dec 18, 12:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro29 min
Dec 18, 12:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Taylor33 min
Dec 18, 12:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Taylor23 min
Dec 18, 1:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter26 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.