Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Oct 28, 2018, 3:14 AM EDT for 9 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 28, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2018, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 07:13 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, 7.2 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
627 WWUS72 KFFC 280714 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 314 AM EDT Sun Oct 28 2018 GAZ005>009-013>016-281515- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.181028T2000Z-181029T0400Z/ Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 314 AM EDT Sun Oct 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to midnight EDT tonight. * Winds...20 to 25 mph with wind gusts above 35 mph * Timing...4 pm to midnight tonight. * Impacts...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Trees and tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * Locations...Higher elevations above 2500 feet. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
373 WWUS72 KFFC 281635 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1235 PM EDT Sun Oct 28 2018 GAZ005>009-013>016-290400- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.181028T2000Z-181029T0400Z/ Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 1235 PM EDT Sun Oct 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * Winds...20 to 25 mph with wind gusts above 35 mph * Timing...4 pm to midnight tonight. * Impacts...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Trees and tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * Locations...Higher elevations above 2500 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of at least 20 mph...or gusts to 35 mph or stronger are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
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.