Alert archive / Georgia / High Wind Warnings in 2020
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this high wind warning at Jan 11, 2020, 10:28 AM EST for 16 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 11 hr. 30 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2020, 10:28 AM EST (15:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 9:56 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:21 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Garland, GA | A LARGE PINE TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ALONG MOUNTAIN RIDGE DR NEAR GARLAND COUNTY. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 3:21 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Young Harris, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG MORGAN COURT IN YOUNG HARRIS. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 3:21 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Garland, GA | A LARGE PINE TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ALONG MOUNTAIN RIDGE DR NEAR GARLAND COUNTY. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 3:21 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Young Harris, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG MORGAN COURT IN YOUNG HARRIS. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 3:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Cooper Heights, GA | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOG JOWL ROAD AND COVE ROAD. |
| Jan 11, 3:31 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Cloudland Canyon, GA | LARGE TREE SNAPPED AND TOPPLED BEHIND GLASS FARM NURSERY IN THE COMMUNITY OF RISING FAWN. |
| Jan 11, 3:36 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Stephensville, GA | TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG THE 9500TH BLOCK OF SAND MOUNTAIN HWY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OWENBY RD NEAR STEPHENSVILLE GA. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 3:36 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Trenton, GA | TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DANIEL AND MCKAIG RD NEAR TRENTON GA. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 4:22 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Blackwood, GA | POST STORM SURVEY CAME BACK WITH AN ESTIMATE OF 40-50 TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. SURVEY WAS COUNDUCTED BY COUNTY EM AND TIME IS INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 4:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Shannon, GA | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN ON A TREE FARM NEAR ROME GA. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 4:41 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Tails Creek, GA | TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROGERS CREEK RD AND SETH HYATT RD, PARTIALLY BLOCKING ROAD. |
| Jan 11, 4:42 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Mountaintown, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON SHAKERAG RD BETWEEN STILLHOUSE CREEK RD AND GATES CHAPEL RD. |
| Jan 11, 4:43 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Tails Creek, GA | TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT GAP CIR AND TAILS CREEK RD. |
| Jan 11, 4:49 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Talona, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GA-382 AND SUNLIGHT RD. |
| Jan 11, 4:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Ellijay, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PENLAND ST AND DALTON ST. |
| Jan 11, 4:57 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Cherry Log, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUSHYHEAD RD AND BOARDTOWN RD. |
| Jan 11, 5:01 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Talking Rock, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON TROUT FARM RD BETWEEN PIONEER TRAIL AND JONES MOUNTAIN RD. |
| Jan 11, 5:03 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Cartecay, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROY RD AND SIMMONS DR. |
| Jan 11, 5:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Talmadge, GA | A LARGE PINE TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON THE 5200 BLOCK OF HENDERSON MOUNTAIN RD. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 5:17 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Jasper, GA | TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 12 IN JASPER GA. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 5:18 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Margret, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND A DAMAGED ANTENNA AT A NEARBY FIREHOUSE DAMAGED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 60 AND COOPERS CREEK ROAD. |
| Jan 11, 5:24 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Sse Margret, GA | AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 100 MPH BEGAN NEAR DEEP HOLE CAMPGROUND SOUTH OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 60 AND TRAVELED ENE FOR 3.4 MILES. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE PATH, AND AT LEAST FOUR HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES. |
| Jan 11, 5:34 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Blairsville, GA | PARKED PLANE OVERTURNED AT BLAIRSVILLE AIRPORT. |
| Jan 11, 5:35 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 61 | Blairsville, GA | |
| Jan 11, 5:44 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Auraria, GA | TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AURARIA AND BLACKBURN RD. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 5:52 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Qualatchee Lake, GA | *** 1 INJ *** TREE FELL ONTO VEHICLE ALONG ALBERT REID RD. OCCUPANT HAD MINOR INJURIES. |
| Jan 11, 5:52 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Hollis Lathem Reser, GA | A TREE FELL DOWN ON A TRANSFORMER SPARKING A FIRE ON KELLY BRIDGE RD. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 5:59 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Leaf, GA | TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE ALONG THE 400 BLOCK OF PLESS ROAD |
| Jan 11, 5:59 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Helen, GA | DAMAGE REPORTED TO NUMEROUS BUSINESS SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY OF HELEN. |
| Jan 11, 6:24 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Sse Margret, GA | AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 100 MPH BEGAN NEAR DEEP HOLE CAMPGROUND SOUTH OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 60 AND TRAVELED ENE FOR 3.4 MILES. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE PATH, AND AT LEAST FOUR HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
158 WWUS72 KFFC 111528 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1028 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-112330- /O.UPG.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-200112T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.HW.W.0001.200111T1528Z-200112T0300Z/ 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 1028 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 to 55 MPH. Locally higher gusts possible. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast and northwest Georgia. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ GAZ020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 112330- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-200112T0300Z/ Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding- Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 1028 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 with gusts to around 35 mph. * WHERE...All of north and central Georgia. * WHEN...Until 10 PM this evening. * IMPACTS...With the saturated soils, winds could uproot trees across the area which could then down powerlines. Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
2 follow-up statements
798 WWUS72 KFFC 111951 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 251 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-120300- /O.CON.KFFC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200112T0300Z/ 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 251 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 to 55 MPH. Locally higher gusts possible. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast and northwest Georgia. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ GAZ020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 120300- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-200112T0300Z/ Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding- Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 251 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 with gusts to around 35 mph. * WHERE...All of north and central Georgia. * WHEN...Until 10 PM this evening. * IMPACTS...With the saturated soils, winds could uproot trees across the area which could then down powerlines. Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
994 WWUS72 KFFC 120256 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 956 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019-120400- /O.CAN.KFFC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200112T0300Z/ 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 956 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The winds across northern Georgia have dropped below warning criteria so the high wind warning has been cancelled. Gusty winds may continue over the next few hours, but should remain below high wind warning and wind advisory criteria. $$ GAZ020>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113- 120400- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-200112T0300Z/ Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding- Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 956 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The winds across portions of northern and central Georgia have dropped below advisory criteria so the wind advisory has been cancelled. Gusty winds may continue over the next few hours, but should remain below advisory criteria. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Polk | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee and 2 more | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Douglas and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 5 more | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Talbot | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor, Upson | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Walton | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 6:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 6:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 6:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs | 47 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.