Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at May 28, 2018, 5:01 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 28, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2018, 5:01 AM EDT (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2018, 7:38 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Troup County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
314 WWUS72 KFFC 280901 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 501 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018 GAZ052-066-078-089-090-102-103-281715- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.180529T0000Z-180529T1200Z/ Heard-Troup-Harris-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Stewart-Webster- Including the cities of Columbus and Lumpkin 501 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 8 PM this evening to 8 AM EDT Tuesday. * Locations...Parts of west central Georgia * Winds...15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph * Timing...Tonight * Impacts...With saturated soils, trees and power lines may fall. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
001 WWUS72 KFFC 281934 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 334 PM EDT Mon May 28 2018 GAZ052-066-078-089-090-102-103-290345- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.180529T0000Z-180529T1200Z/ Heard-Troup-Harris-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Stewart-Webster- Including the cities of Columbus and Lumpkin 334 PM EDT Mon May 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... * Locations...Parts of west central Georgia * Winds...15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph * Timing...Tonight through early Tuesday morning * Impacts...With saturated soils, trees and power lines may fall. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of at least 20 mph...or gusts to 35 mph or stronger are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
805 WWUS72 KFFC 290119 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 919 PM EDT Mon May 28 2018 GAZ052-066-078-089-090-102-103-291200- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-180529T1200Z/ Heard-Troup-Harris-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Stewart-Webster- Including the cities of Columbus and Lumpkin 919 PM EDT Mon May 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... * Locations...Parts of west central Georgia. * Winds...15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * Timing...Through early Tuesday morning. * Impacts...With saturated soils, trees and power lines may fall. 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. && $$
478 WWUS72 KFFC 291138 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 738 AM EDT Tue May 29 2018 GAZ052-066-078-089-090-102-103-291245- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-180529T1200Z/ Heard-Troup-Harris-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Stewart-Webster- Including the cities of Columbus and Lumpkin 738 AM EDT Tue May 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Although winds are not expected to meet Wind Advisory criteria, conditions will still be breezy through this morning. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| May 28, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 24 min |
| May 28, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 47 min |
| May 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Wheeler | 24 min |
| May 28, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 24 min |
| May 28, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 37 min |
| May 28, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 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.