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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 2:49 PM EST for 15 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon 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), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
081 WWUS72 KFFC 021949 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 249 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-030400- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.160203T0000Z-160203T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 249 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CHATTOOGAVILLE TO DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES MAY BE DOWNED DUE TO THE WET SOILS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
706 WWUS72 KFFC 030302 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1002 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-031115- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 1002 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CHATTOOGAVILLE TO DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... MAINLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES MAY BE DOWNED DUE TO THE WET SOILS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
551 WWUS72 KFFC 030903 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 403 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-031400- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 403 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CHATTOOGAVILLE TO DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... MAINLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TREES MAY BE DOWNED DUE TO THE WET SOILS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 9:03 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 12 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.