Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Jul 7, 2021, 12:19 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2021, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
770 WWUS72 KTAE 071619 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1219 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 GAZ129>131-146>148-158-080600- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0005.210707T1619Z-210708T0600Z/ Tift-Ben Hill-Irwin-Colquitt-Cook-Berrien-Thomas- Including the cities of Chula, Harding, Sunsweet, Tifton, Ashton, Bowens Mill, Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Queensland, Westwood, Waterloo, Abba, Irwinville, Ocilla, 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, Dillon, Metcalf, Pasco, and Thomasville 1219 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sustained winds of 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 to 40 mph. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Georgia. * WHEN...Through tonight. * IMPACTS...Lose objects may be displaced. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
1 follow-up statement
018 WWUS72 KTAE 072130 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 530 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 GAZ146-158-072230- /O.CAN.KTAE.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0600Z/ Colquitt-Thomas- Including the cities of Moultrie, Moultrie Municipal A/P, Spence Airport, Dillon, Metcalf, Pasco, and Thomasville 530 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The wind advisory has been cancelled for Thomas and Colquitt Counties. $$ GAZ129>131-147-148-080600- /O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0600Z/ Tift-Ben Hill-Irwin-Cook-Berrien- Including the cities of Chula, Harding, Sunsweet, Tifton, Ashton, Bowens Mill, Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Queensland, Westwood, Waterloo, Abba, Irwinville, Ocilla, Adel, Cook Co A/P, Greggs, Pine Valley, Barneyville, Laconte, Massee, Berrien Co A/P, Cottle, Nashville, Weber, and Bannockburn 530 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sustained winds of 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 to 40 mph. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Georgia. * WHEN...Through tonight. * IMPACTS...Lose objects may be displaced. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 40 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 10:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 80 min |
| Jul 7, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lee, Turner, Worth | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Quitman | 88 min |
| Jul 7, 1:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 6 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.