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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 7, 201648 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2016, 4:09 AM EDT for 48 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2016, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 48 counties

Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2016-04-07Temperature 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 2016-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

409 
WWUS72 KFFC 070809
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
409 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

GAZ006>009-015-016-071615-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.160407T1500Z-160408T0000Z/
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
409 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...11 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW TREES.
  MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN
  TRAVELING. 

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
720 
WWUS72 KFFC 071400
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1000 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016


GAZ001>005-011>014-019>025-027-030>039-041>055-057-072200-
/O.EXA.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.160407T1500Z-160408T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-
DAWSON-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-
POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-
ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
1000 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...NORTH GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A FRANKLIN
  TO MCDONOUGH TO WASHINGTON LINE. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.

* TIMING...IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW TREES. 
  MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN 
  TRAVELING.

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.

&&

$$

GAZ006>009-015-016-072200-
/O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.160407T1500Z-160408T0000Z/
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND
1000 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY STRONGER IN THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW TREES. 
  MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN 
  TRAVELING.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield37 min
Apr 6, 8:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk40 min
Apr 6, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd50 min
Apr 6, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk44 min
Apr 6, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson39 min
Apr 6, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee48 min
Apr 6, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk44 min
Apr 6, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Walker53 min
Apr 6, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett44 min
Apr 6, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding45 min
Apr 6, 10:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk40 min
Apr 6, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens48 min
Apr 6, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens43 min
Apr 6, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton46 min
Apr 6, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee35 min
Apr 6, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 4 more49 min
Apr 6, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot39 min
Apr 7, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and 1 more51 min
Apr 7, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall45 min
Apr 7, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Butts, Clarke, Gwinnett, Henry, Jackson and 6 more48 min
Apr 7, 12:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding and 1 more47 min
Apr 7, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor35 min
Apr 7, 1:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more42 min
Apr 7, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Talbot, Taylor45 min
Apr 7, 1:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones52 min
Apr 7, 1:49 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMarion, Stewart, Webster27 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.