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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at May 6, 2022, 2:32 PM EDT for 96 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2022, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2022, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 96 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, Emanuel 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, Montgomery 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, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen 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, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
396 WWUS72 KFFC 061832 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 232 PM EDT Fri May 6 2022 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-070100- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.220506T1832Z-220507T0100Z/ 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-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 Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, 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 232 PM EDT Fri May 6 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, southeast and west central Georgia. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While damaging winds are possible in any strong thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, gusty non- thunderstorm winds will remain a concern outside of and away from storms. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
1 follow-up statement
377 WWUS72 KFFC 070057 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 857 PM EDT Fri May 6 2022 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-070200- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-220507T0100Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, Griffin, Milledgeville, Macon, Swainsboro, Columbus, Warner Robins, Dublin, Lumpkin, Americus, Cordele, and Vidalia 857 PM EDT Fri May 6 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... Wind gusts across the area have generally fallen below advisory criteria. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee | 35 min |
| May 6, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 23 min |
| May 6, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 42 min |
| May 6, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 24 min |
| May 6, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 46 min |
| May 6, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 25 min |
| May 6, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 38 min |
| May 6, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 23 min |
| May 6, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| May 6, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 38 min |
| May 6, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 35 min |
| May 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 9 min |
| May 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 26 min |
| May 6, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 6, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 32 min |
| May 6, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| May 6, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 24 min |
| May 6, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 33 min |
| May 6, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 32 min |
| May 6, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen, Washington | 38 min |
| May 6, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 31 min |
| May 6, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 31 min |
| May 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 15 min |
| May 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 26 min |
| May 6, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 37 min |
| May 6, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 26 min |
| May 6, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 43 min |
| May 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| May 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 24 min |
| May 6, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 17 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.