Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2018, 3:43 AM EST for 64 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 1, 2018, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2018, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2018, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2018, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 64 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
124 WWUS72 KFFC 010843 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 343 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 GAZ027-036>039-046>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-012300- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.180301T1500Z-180301T2300Z/ Madison-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Rockdale-Walton-Newton- Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding- Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike- Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson- Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson- Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston- Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Athens, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 343 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 10 AM this morning to 6 PM EST this evening. * Locations...Portions of the southern metro and central Georgia. * Winds...Sustained winds up to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * Timing...Mid morning through afternoon. * Impacts...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Trees and tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. 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 28, 8:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 9:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Walker | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 11:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 55 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 11:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 11:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 56 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Pickens | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 4:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 25 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Polk | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 10:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 2 more | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 11:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 11:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 2 more | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 12:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Gwinnett and 6 more | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 1:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 2:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 2:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Upson | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 2:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 3:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 3:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Marion, Peach | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 3:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 3:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 4:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 25 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.