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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 16, 202553 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2025, 11:56 AM EST for 53 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2025, 11:56 AM EST (16:56 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 53 counties

Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Catoosa 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, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette 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, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson 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, 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), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2025-02-16Temperature 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 2025-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -188 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
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
99 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

058 
WWUS72 KFFC 161656
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1156 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

GAZ001>009-012>016-020>025-027-031>039-043>051-053>062-074>076-085-
086-162300-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250216T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.WI.Y.0003.250216T1700Z-250216T2300Z/
Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-
Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-
Banks-Jackson-Madison-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-
Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-
Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Coweta-Fayette-
Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-
Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Johnson-Emanuel-
Including the cities of Marietta, Jasper, Douglasville,
Swainsboro, Comer, Riverdale, Ellijay, Fort Oglethorpe, Decatur,
Madison, Cleveland, Dallas, Peachtree City, Crawford,
Watkinsville, Homer, Warrenton, Louisville, East Point,
Covington, Jackson, Trenton, Dawsonville, Monticello, Blue Ridge,
Cumming, Dahlonega, Athens, Washington, Winder, Commerce,
Eatonton, Blairsville, Monroe, Woodstock, Wrightsville, Conyers,
Hiawassee, Lawrenceville, Crawfordville, Calhoun, Gainesville,
Griffin, Chatsworth, Cartersville, LaFayette, Dalton, Newnan,
GIbson, Sparta, Atlanta, Greensboro, Sandersville, and
Stockbridge
1156 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, 
  northeast, 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.

Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

GAZ011-019-030-041-042-052-066>073-078>084-089>098-102>113-161800-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250216T1700Z/
Chattooga-Floyd-Polk-Haralson-Carroll-Heard-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-
Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-
Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-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 Rome, Vienna, West Point, Preston, Warner
Robins, Mount Vernon, Eastman, Cochran, Franklin, Summerville,
Montezuma, Abbeville, Hawkinsville, Fort Valley, Toomsboro,
Americus, Manchester, Soperton, Buena Vista, Cordele,
Barnesville, Fort Moore, Milledgeville, Jeffersonville,
Thomaston, Lumpkin, Dublin, Butler, Roberts, Talbotton, Columbus,
Cedartown, Mcrae, Pine Mountain, Ellaville, Bremen, Zebulon,
Macon, Alamo, Forsyth, Vidalia, Gray, and Carrollton
1156 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY...

Wind gusts to 30 mph remain possible through the rest of the 
afternoon.

$$

SEC
1 follow-up statement
959 
WWUS72 KFFC 162308
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
608 PM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

GAZ001>009-012>016-020>025-027-031>039-043>051-053>062-074>076-085-
086-170015-
/O.EXP.KFFC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-250216T2300Z/
Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-
Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-
Banks-Jackson-Madison-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-
Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-
Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Coweta-Fayette-
Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-
Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Johnson-Emanuel-
Including the cities of East Point, Chatsworth, Fort Oglethorpe,
Dahlonega, Crawford, LaFayette, Covington, Louisville, Jasper,
Cleveland, Wrightsville, Stockbridge, Athens, Peachtree City,
Woodstock, Blairsville, Winder, Dawsonville, Warrenton,
Crawfordville, Monticello, Trenton, Riverdale, Monroe, GIbson,
Dallas, Washington, Ellijay, Sparta, Eatonton, Sandersville,
Comer, Jackson, Blue Ridge, Marietta, Conyers, Commerce, Decatur,
Greensboro, Newnan, Dalton, Griffin, Madison, Calhoun,
Douglasville, Swainsboro, Cumming, Atlanta, Lawrenceville,
Cartersville, Watkinsville, Homer, Hiawassee, and Gainesville
608 PM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

The threat has ended. Widespread wind gusts over 30 mph have 
subsided.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 11:29 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton and 25 more6 hr
Feb 15, 11:33 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee41 hr
Feb 16, 2:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more48 min
Feb 16, 2:45 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCDade, Walker30 min
Feb 16, 2:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 4 more46 min
Feb 16, 3:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk39 min
Feb 16, 3:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer and 6 more53 min
Feb 16, 3:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup44 min
Feb 16, 3:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard and 1 more49 min
Feb 16, 4:02 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Troup43 min
Feb 16, 4:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Lumpkin, Pickens34 min
Feb 16, 4:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot49 min
Feb 16, 4:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 6 more50 min
Feb 16, 4:25 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding, Troup35 min
Feb 16, 4:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 6 more43 min
Feb 16, 4:40 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot35 min
Feb 16, 4:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Butts, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and 9 more42 min
Feb 16, 4:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison25 min
Feb 16, 4:52 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton and 2 more23 min
Feb 16, 5:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFFCChattahoochee, Crawford, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 8 more58 min
Feb 16, 5:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Henry, Jasper and 8 more55 min
Feb 16, 5:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster53 min
Feb 16, 5:07 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton38 min
Feb 16, 5:11 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Putnam49 min
Feb 16, 5:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Clarke, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper and 9 more44 min
Feb 16, 5:27 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam33 min
Feb 16, 5:39 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Wilkinson39 min
Feb 16, 5:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more52 min
Feb 16, 5:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston and 9 more65 min
Feb 16, 5:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Glascock, Hancock, Houston and 10 more61 min
Feb 16, 6:34 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd10 hr
Feb 16, 6:47 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler43 min
Feb 16, 6:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 4 more66 min
Feb 16, 6:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 3 more63 min
Feb 16, 7:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon12 hr
Feb 16, 7:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs27 min
Feb 16, 8:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJeff Davis30 min
Feb 16, 8:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler14 min
Feb 16, 8:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs15 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.