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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Nov 21, 2024, 2:48 PM EST for 37 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 2024, 2:48 PM EST (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2024, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 37 counties
Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
685 WWUS72 KFFC 211948 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 248 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 GAZ001>005-007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>057-066>069-078- 079-089-090-212300- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0016.241121T1948Z-241121T2300Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Gilmer-Chattooga-Gordon- Pickens-Floyd-Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb- Rockdale-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Harris-Talbot-Muscogee-Chattahoochee- Including the cities of Stockbridge, Griffin, Jasper, Cumming, Decatur, Columbus, Peachtree City, East Point, Douglasville, Cedartown, Riverdale, Pine Mountain, Newnan, Dallas, Rome, Manchester, Thomaston, LaFayette, Calhoun, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Cartersville, Carrollton, Conyers, Bremen, Woodstock, Trenton, Atlanta, Summerville, Fort Moore, Fort Oglethorpe, Chatsworth, Franklin, Zebulon, Dalton, Talbotton, Ellijay, and West Point 248 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts near 35 mph. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northwest, and west central Georgia. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
1 follow-up statement
327 WWUS72 KFFC 212301 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 601 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 GAZ001>005-007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>057-066>069-078- 079-089-090-220015- /O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-241121T2300Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Gilmer-Chattooga-Gordon- Pickens-Floyd-Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb- Rockdale-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Harris-Talbot-Muscogee-Chattahoochee- Including the cities of Calhoun, Griffin, Fort Moore, Zebulon, Douglasville, Stockbridge, West Point, Peachtree City, Chatsworth, Rome, Newnan, Atlanta, Summerville, Dalton, Bremen, Cartersville, LaFayette, Cumming, Columbus, Carrollton, Ellijay, Riverdale, Pine Mountain, Talbotton, Franklin, Decatur, Manchester, Jasper, Dallas, Conyers, Trenton, Marietta, East Point, Woodstock, Fort Oglethorpe, Cedartown, Lawrenceville, and Thomaston 601 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Wind speeds and gusts have diminished below criteria. $$
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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.