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Dense Fog Advisory 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 17, 202162 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this dense fog advisory at Dec 17, 2021, 9:27 PM EST for 62 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 17, 2021, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2021, 9:27 PM EST (02:27 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2021, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 18, 2021, 10:00 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 62 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock 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, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

642 
WWUS72 KFFC 180227
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
927 PM EST Fri Dec 17 2021

GAZ008-009-015-016-023>025-027-035>039-046>051-056>062-068>076-
079>086-091>098-103>113-181500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FG.Y.0021.211218T0300Z-211218T1500Z/
Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Barrow-
Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-
Greene-Taliaferro-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-
Warren-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-
Jefferson-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-
Emanuel-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-
Treutlen-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-
Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs-
Including the cities of Dahlonega, Cleveland, Gainesville, 
Athens, Conyers, Covington, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, 
Swainsboro, Warner Robins, Dublin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia
927 PM EST Fri Dec 17 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, 
  northeast, southeast and west central Georgia.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
718 
WWUS72 KFFC 180850
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
350 AM EST Sat Dec 18 2021

GAZ008-009-015-016-023>025-027-035>039-046>051-056>062-068>076-
079>086-091>098-103>113-181500-
/O.CON.KFFC.FG.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-211218T1500Z/
Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Barrow-
Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-
Greene-Taliaferro-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-
Warren-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-
Jefferson-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-
Emanuel-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-
Treutlen-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-
Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs-
Including the cities of Dahlonega, Cleveland, Gainesville, 
Athens, Conyers, Covington, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, 
Swainsboro, Warner Robins, Dublin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia
350 AM EST Sat Dec 18 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, 
  northeast, southeast and west central Georgia.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

$$
905 
WWUS72 KFFC 181503
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1003 AM EST Sat Dec 18 2021

GAZ008-009-015-016-023>025-027-035>039-046>051-056>062-068>076-
079>086-091>098-103>113-181615-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FG.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-211218T1500Z/
Union-Towns-Lumpkin-White-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Barrow-
Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-
Greene-Taliaferro-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-
Warren-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-
Jefferson-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-
Emanuel-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-
Treutlen-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-
Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs-
Including the cities of Dahlonega, Cleveland, Gainesville, 
Athens, Conyers, Covington, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, 
Swainsboro, Warner Robins, Dublin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia
1003 AM EST Sat Dec 18 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Visibilities continue to improve across the area as fog continues
to lift or burn off. The Dense Fog Advisory has been allowed to
expire as a result.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 5:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart24 min
Dec 18, 5:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup29 min
Dec 18, 5:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster37 min
Dec 18, 6:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson26 min

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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.