Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2019
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2019, 2:42 PM EST for 90 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 23, 2019, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2019, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 90 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 513 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 603 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
154 WWUS72 KFFC 231942 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 242 PM EST Sat Feb 23 2019 GAZ001>009-011-241000- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.190224T0000Z-190225T0000Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga- 242 PM EST Sat Feb 23 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 7 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Sunday. * WINDS...Southeast 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. By Sunday morning, winds become west 15 to 25 mph with gusts 35 to 40 mph, especially over ridgetops. * LOCATIONS...mainly the higher elevations, above 1500 feet, of extreme north Georgia. * TIMING...Tonight through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Trees will be more prone to being knocked down or uprooted due to the saturated grounds. 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. && $$ GAZ012>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>049-052>059-066>068-070-241000- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.190224T1200Z-190225T0000Z/ Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth- Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton- Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Haralson-Carroll-Douglas- South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Heard-Coweta- Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Troup-Meriwether-Pike- Lamar- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 242 PM EST Sat Feb 23 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 7 AM to 7 PM EST Sunday. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * LOCATIONS...Much of west-central and north Georgia. * TIMING...7 AM through 7 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Trees may be more prone to being knocked down or uprooted due to the saturated grounds. A few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of at least 20 mph...or gusts to 35 mph or stronger are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
3 follow-up statements
041 WWUS72 KFFC 240741 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 241 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 GAZ001>009-011-241800- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-190225T0000Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga- 241 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * LOCATIONS...north Georgia, generally along and north of a line from Summerville to Ellijay to Hiawassee. * TIMING...through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs 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. && $$ GAZ012>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>049-052>059-066>068-070-241800- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.190224T1200Z-190225T0000Z/ Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth- Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton- Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Haralson-Carroll-Douglas- South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Heard-Coweta- Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Troup-Meriwether-Pike- Lamar- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 241 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...West to northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * LOCATIONS...Much of west-central and north Georgia, generally along and north of a line from Lagrange to Jackson to Athens. * TIMING...7 AM through 7 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of at least 20 mph...or gusts to 35 mph or stronger are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
206 WWUS72 KFFC 241313 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 813 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 GAZ038-039-050-051-060>062-069-071>076-078>085-089>097-102>109- 242115- /O.EXA.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-190225T0000Z/ Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Greene-Taliaferro-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Upson- Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot- Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Muscogee- Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens- Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge- Including the cities of Milledgeville, Macon, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, and Cordele 813 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 7 PM EST this evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * LOCATIONS...North and portions of central Georgia. * TIMING...7 AM through 7 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs 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. && $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>049-052>059-066>068- 070-242115- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-190225T0000Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Haralson-Carroll- Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Heard- Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Lamar- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 813 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * LOCATIONS...North and portions of central Georgia. * TIMING...7 AM through 7 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of at least 20 mph...or gusts to 35 mph or stronger are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
752 WWUS72 KFFC 241852 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 152 PM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>085- 089>097-102>109-250000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-190225T0000Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon- Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp- Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, and Cordele 152 PM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * LOCATIONS...North and portions of central Georgia. * TIMING...7 AM through 7 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs 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 22, 8:09 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 7:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 3 hr |
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.