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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 18, 2016, 2:47 PM EST for 9 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 19, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2016, 2:47 PM EST (19:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
618 WWUS42 KFFC 181947 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 247 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016 GAZ005>009-013>016-190400- /O.NEW.KFFC.WC.Y.0001.160119T0600Z-160119T1500Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 247 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 5 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS...AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WITH HIGHER GUST. * TIMING...1 AM TO 10 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...LOW WIND CHILL VALUES CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OR 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUST TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...8 DEGREES TO 13 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
080 WWUS42 KFFC 190128 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 828 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016 GAZ005>009-015-016-190930- /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0001.160120T0900Z-160121T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0001.160119T0600Z-160119T1500Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 828 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DALTON TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. * TIMING...1 AM TO 10 AM TUESDAY FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM THURSDAY FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 5 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS...AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WITH HIGHER GUST. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OR 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUST TO 15 MPH. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...LOW WIND CHILL VALUES CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. BE SURE TO BUY NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING DURING THIS PERIOD. IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS...DO SO BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE WARNING! && $$ GAZ013-014-190930- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0001.160119T0600Z-160119T1500Z/ PICKENS-DAWSON- 828 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 5 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS...AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WITH HIGHER GUST. * TIMING...1 AM TO 10 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...LOW WIND CHILL VALUES CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OR 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUST TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...8 DEGREES TO 13 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ GAZ004-190930- /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0001.160120T0900Z-160121T0600Z/ WHITFIELD- 828 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DALTON TO ELLIJAY TO CLEVELAND. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM THURSDAY * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. BE SURE TO BUY NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING DURING THIS PERIOD. IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS...DO SO BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE WARNING! && $$
803 WWUS42 KFFC 191011 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 511 AM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 GAZ005>009-015-016-191815- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0001.160120T0900Z-160121T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.160120T0900Z-160121T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160119T1500Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND 511 AM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...FOR ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE...TO DAWSONVILLE...TO HELEN. * TIMING...1 AM TO 10 AM TUESDAY FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM THURSDAY FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 5 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS...AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OR 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUST TO 15 MPH. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...LOW WIND CHILL VALUES CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GAZ004-191815- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0001.160120T0900Z-160121T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.160120T0900Z-160121T0600Z/ WHITFIELD- 511 AM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE...TO DAWSONVILLE...TO HELEN. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM THURSDAY * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GAZ013-014-191815- /O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.160120T0900Z-160121T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160119T1500Z/ PICKENS-DAWSON- 511 AM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 5 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS...AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WITH HIGHER GUST. * TIMING...1 AM TO 10 AM TUESDAY FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM THURSDAY FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * IMPACTS...LOW WIND CHILL VALUES CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OR 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUST TO 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GAZ001>003-011-012-191815- /O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.160120T0900Z-160121T0600Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-CHATTOOGA-GORDON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CALHOUN 511 AM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE...TO DAWSONVILLE...TO HELEN. * HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM THURSDAY * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
Nearby
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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.