Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2018, 9:57 AM EDT for 18 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 21, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2018, 9:57 AM EDT (13:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
439 WWUS72 KTAE 211357 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 957 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... GAZ122>131-144>148-159>161-220000- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0003.180321T1600Z-180322T0000Z/ Randolph-Calhoun-Terrell-Dougherty-Lee-Worth-Turner-Tift-Ben Hill- Irwin-Baker-Mitchell-Colquitt-Cook-Berrien-Brooks-Lowndes-Lanier- Including the cities of Benevolence, Coles, Cuthbert, Peterson Hill, Shivers Mill, Springvale, Springvale Station, Arlington, Commissary Hill, Cordrays Mill, Dickey, Morgan, Williamsburg, Edison, Clarks Mill, Dawson, Dawson Municipal A/P, Doverel, Graves, Herod, Yeomans, Albany, East Albany, Lockett Crossing, Pretoria, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, Turner City, Walker, Forrester, Leesburg, Palmyra, Alfords, Gammage, Gordy, Isabella, Red Rock, Sylvester, Sylvester Airport, Ashburn, Hobby, Worth, Chula, Harding, Sunsweet, Tifton, Ashton, Bowens Mill, Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Queensland, Westwood, Waterloo, Abba, Irwinville, Ocilla, Elmodel Wma, Hawkinstown, Hoggard Mill, Newton, Red Store Crossroads, Iveys Mill, Milford, Branchville, Camilla, Mitchell Co A/P, Cotton, Pelham, Moultrie, Moultrie Municipal A/P, Spence Airport, Adel, Cook Co A/P, Greggs, Pine Valley, Barneyville, Laconte, Massee, Berrien Co A/P, Cottle, Nashville, Weber, Bannockburn, Blue Springs, Brooks Co A/P, Dixie, Empress, Nankin, Quitman, Grooverville, Valdosta, Valdosta Regional Airport, Courthouse, Lakeland, and Teeterville 957 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * TIMING...This afternoon and evening. * WINDS...Around 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Minor damage to trees. Driving becomes difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 26 to 39 mph or gusts of 40 to 57 mph 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.