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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 21, 201818 counties in Georgia

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2018-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2018-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -240 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

&&

$$

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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.