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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 21, 202437 counties in Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2024-11-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2024-11-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -108 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.