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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 26, 2011Hall County, Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2011, 6:21 PM EDT for Hall County, Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2011, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

904 
WWUS82 KFFC 262221
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

GAZ008-009-015-016-023-262300-
621 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN WHITE...
UNION...TOWNS...LUMPKIN AND HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAHLONEGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE 
STORMS. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM 
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...DOORS...AND WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE 
PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3494 8357 3488 8365 3480 8367 3475 8362
      3465 8365 3454 8362 3451 8367 3443 8361
      3436 8367 3430 8362 3410 8388 3417 8406
      3422 8396 3428 8393 3438 8398 3444 8394
      3442 8400 3445 8408 3455 8416 3500 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 220DEG 11KT 3453 8402

$$



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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 2:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker	47 min
May 26, 3:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more	43 min
May 26, 5:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	44 min
May 26, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	52 min
May 26, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	25 min
May 26, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	38 min
May 26, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray	52 min
May 26, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	34 min
May 26, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray	52 min
May 26, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	37 min
May 26, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens	32 min
May 26, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	44 min
May 26, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Union	44 min
May 26, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	33 min
May 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	31 min
May 26, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Pickens	39 min
May 26, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	23 min
May 26, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	47 min
May 26, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd	40 min
May 26, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon, Murray	38 min
May 26, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray	50 min
May 26, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	45 min
May 26, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	25 min
May 26, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Gordon	38 min
May 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	31 min
May 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union	61 min
May 26, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fulton	46 min
May 26, 4:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Union	32 min
May 26, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart	34 min
May 26, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens	45 min
May 26, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	24 min
May 26, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	28 min
May 26, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens	30 min
May 26, 5:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Towns	38 min
May 26, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Rockdale	35 min
May 26, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	49 min
May 26, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	28 min
May 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	25 min
May 26, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, Union, White	22 min
May 26, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	37 min
May 26, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	33 min
May 26, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more	40 min
May 26, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	37 min
May 26, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Upson	34 min
May 26, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette	29 min
May 26, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall, Lumpkin, White	35 min
May 26, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, DeKalb, Henry, Monroe, Rockdale	34 min
May 26, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	30 min
May 26, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Walton	42 min
May 26, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Newton	39 min
May 26, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	36 min
May 26, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones	41 min
May 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	24 min
May 26, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall	22 min
May 26, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	32 min
May 26, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 4 more	41 min
May 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	31 min
May 26, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene	50 min
May 26, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	50 min
May 26, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Wilkes	33 min
May 26, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	24 min
May 26, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	32 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.