Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens | 43 min |
| Apr 6, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 4 more | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 39 min |
| Apr 7, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and 1 more | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Gwinnett, Henry, Jackson and 6 more | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Talbot, Taylor | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 1:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 1:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 27 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.