Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Oct 8, 2017, 11:08 AM EDT for 19 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 8, 2017, 12:06 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2017, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2017, 12:06 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 9:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray 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 Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:07 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
620 WWUS72 KFFC 081508 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1108 AM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-082315- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.171008T1508Z-171009T0400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Polk- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, and Cartersville 1108 AM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until midnight EDT tonight. * Locations...Much of north Georgia generally along and north of a line from Carrollton to Canton to Homer. * Winds...Southeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph with higher gusts possible in the higher elevations. * Timing...through midnight tonight. * Impacts...Strong winds will bring down large tree limbs and some weaker trees, especially with the wet soils. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
021 WWUS72 KFFC 081606 CCA NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1206 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-082315- /O.COR.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.171008T1606Z-171009T0400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Polk- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, and Cartersville 1206 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until midnight EDT tonight. * Locations...Much of north Georgia generally along and north of a line from Cedartown to Canton to Helen. * Winds...Southeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph with higher gusts possible in the higher elevations. * Timing...through midnight tonight. * Impacts...Strong winds will bring down large tree limbs and some weaker trees, especially with the wet soils. Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
835 WWUS72 KFFC 081935 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 335 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-090400- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-171009T0400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Polk- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, and Cartersville 335 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * Locations...Much of north Georgia generally along and north of a line from Cedartown to Canton to Helen. * Winds...Southeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph with higher gusts possible in the higher elevations. * Timing...through midnight tonight. * Impacts...Strong winds will bring down large tree limbs and some weaker trees, especially with the wet soils. 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. && $$
771 WWUS72 KFFC 090125 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 925 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-090230- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-171009T0400Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Polk- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, and Cartersville 925 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has cancelled the Wind Advisory. The remaining winds over north Georgia are below wind advisory criteria. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 10:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 44 min |
| Oct 8, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 40 min |
| Oct 8, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Oct 8, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Pickens | 46 min |
| Oct 8, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin | 52 min |
| Oct 8, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilcox | 38 min |
| Oct 8, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Hall, Lumpkin, Union | 49 min |
| Oct 8, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 44 min |
| Oct 8, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall, Towns, White | 42 min |
| Oct 8, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 16 min |
| Oct 8, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Oct 8, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Oct 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Oct 8, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Oct 8, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 22 min |
| Oct 8, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Oct 8, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 27 min |
| Oct 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Johnson, Warren | 32 min |
| Oct 8, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Wilkes | 31 min |
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.