Alert archive / Georgia / Wind Advisories in 2024
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2024, 2:29 PM EST for 57 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 12, 2024, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2024, 2:29 PM EST (19:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2024, 12:15 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 57 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas 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, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -315 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
312 WWUS72 KFFC 121929 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 229 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-130500- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.240213T0000Z-240213T0900Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Including the cities of Calhoun and Rome 229 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Chattooga, Gordon and Floyd Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 4 AM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-130500- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.240213T0300Z-240213T1800Z/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 229 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM TUESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph expected. A few gusts to 50 mph are possible on ridgetops. * WHERE...Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin and White Counties. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 PM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. $$ GAZ020>025-027-030>039-041>062-074>076-130500- /O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.240213T0300Z-240213T1200Z/ 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-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson- Including the cities of Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 229 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 AM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. $$
4 follow-up statements
033 WWUS72 KFFC 130459 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1159 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024 GAZ001>005-011-012-019-130900- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240213T0900Z/ Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd- Including the cities of Calhoun and Rome 1159 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Chattooga, Gordon and Floyd Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 4 AM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ GAZ006>009-013>016-131400- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240213T1800Z/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 1159 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph expected. A few gusts to 50 mph are possible on ridgetops. * WHERE...Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin and White Counties. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 PM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ GAZ020>025-027-030>039-041>062-074>076-131200- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240213T1200Z/ Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding- Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson- Including the cities of Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 1159 PM EST Mon Feb 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 AM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
101 WWUS72 KFFC 131124 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 624 AM EST Tue Feb 13 2024 GAZ006>009-013>016-131800- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240213T1800Z/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 624 AM EST Tue Feb 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph expected. A few gusts to 50 mph are possible on ridgetops. * WHERE...Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin and White Counties. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 PM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ GAZ020>025-027-030>039-041>062-074>076-131230- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240213T1200Z/ Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding- Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson- Including the cities of Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Covington, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin 624 AM EST Tue Feb 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 AM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
767 WWUS72 KFFC 131237 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 737 AM EST Tue Feb 13 2024 GAZ006>009-013>016-131800- /O.CON.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240213T1800Z/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 737 AM EST Tue Feb 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin, and White Counties. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 PM Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Due to the recent heavy rains, a few trees with weakened root systems may be downed. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. $$
759 WWUS72 KFFC 131715 NPWFFC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1215 PM EST Tue Feb 13 2024 GAZ006>009-013>016-131815- /O.CAN.KFFC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-240213T1800Z/ Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White- Including the cities of Dahlonega and Cleveland 1215 PM EST Tue Feb 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds will continue to diminish through the afternoon hours. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 3 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 29 min |
| Feb 12, 12:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 32 min |
| Feb 12, 1:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 23 min |
| Feb 12, 3:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Meriwether and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Talbot and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Twiggs | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 48 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 64 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 7 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Feb 12, 8:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 61 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 55 min |
| Feb 12, 8:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 36 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 4 more | 60 min |
| Feb 12, 9:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 3 days |
| Feb 12, 10:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 16 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 55 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 43 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 52 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 21 days |
| Feb 12, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 3 days |
| Feb 12, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 7 days |
| Feb 12, 10:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 33 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 22 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 21 days |
| Feb 12, 11:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 18 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Heard | 20 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 41 min |
| Feb 12, 6:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 28 min |
| Feb 12, 6:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Feb 12, 6:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk | 45 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.