Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2023
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2023, 2:42 PM EDT for 15 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 25, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2023, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin 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
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
894 WWUS72 KFFC 241842 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 242 PM EDT Fri Mar 24 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-250900- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.230325T0600Z-230326T0000Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, and Cleveland 242 PM EDT Fri Mar 24 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of north Georgia. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
1 follow-up statement
526 WWUS72 KFFC 250829 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 429 AM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-252000- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-230326T0000Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, and Cleveland 429 AM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 to 40 mph. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast and northwest Georgia. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
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.