Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2019
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2019, 11:54 PM EST for 16 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2019, 11:54 PM EST (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2019, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 834 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
191 WWUS72 KFFC 200454 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1154 PM EST Tue Feb 19 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-201200- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.190220T0454Z-190220T1200Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, and Rome 1154 PM EST Tue Feb 19 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 7 AM EST Wednesday. * WINDS...Southeast 15 to 25 mph with gusts 35 to 40 mph. * TIMING...Through 7 AM Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs, and even whole trees weakened by the recent rains, 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
315 WWUS72 KFFC 201141 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 641 AM EST Wed Feb 20 2019 GAZ019-201245- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-190220T1200Z/ Floyd- Including the city of Rome 641 AM EST Wed Feb 20 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Wind speeds have diminished across Floyd county and therefore the Wind Advisory has been cancelled. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-201500- /O.EXT.KFFC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-190220T1500Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, and Cleveland 641 AM EST Wed Feb 20 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...Southeast 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 30 to 40 mph, mainly in the higher elevations and on ridge lines. * TIMING...Through 10 AM Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs, and even whole trees weakened by the recent rains, 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 19, 8:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 11 days |
| Feb 19, 8:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 14 days |
| Feb 19, 8:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 29 min |
| Feb 19, 8:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 9 days |
| Feb 20, 12:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 18 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 7 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 3 days |
| Feb 20, 9:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 7 days |
| Feb 20, 9:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 21 days |
| Feb 20, 11:37 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 6 days |
| Feb 20, 12:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 30 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 4:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 23 min |
| Feb 20, 4:58 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 8 days |
| Feb 20, 5:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 5:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 25 min |
| Feb 20, 5:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 6:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 6:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Heard | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 6:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette | 51 min |
| Feb 20, 6:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 41 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.