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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 2011Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2011, 10:44 AM EDT for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 16, 2011, 10:44 AM EDT (14:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 16, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 5:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:45 AM EDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
945 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

GAZ066-067-078-079-161430-
945 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH
WINDS IN TROUP...TALBOT...MERIWETHER AND HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 1030
AM EDT...

AT 938 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND STOVALL TO PINE MOUNTAIN AND
SHILOH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS TROUP...TALBOT...MERIWETHER AND HARRIS COUNTIES THROUGH
1030 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
SHILOH...FLINT HILL...RALEIGH...DURAND...WARM SPRINGS...MANCHESTER...
PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...WOODLAND...
PLEASANT HILL...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...TALBOTTON...HAMILTON...
PO BIDDY CROSSROADS AND OLIVE BRANCH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3298 8498 3298 8479 3291 8452 3267 8443
      3263 8472 3280 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1344Z 312DEG 19KT 3292 8489 3283 8485
          3278 8468

Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:51 AM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
951 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N BREWTON             32.67N 82.80W
06/15/2011                   LAURENS            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 REPORTS SEVERAL TREES AND SEVERAL POWERLINES DOWN
            ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

&&

DEESE

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:44 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1044 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

GAZ078-079-161530-
1044 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN TALBOT AND HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM EDT...

AT 1037 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAVERLY HALL AND SHILOH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
TALBOT AND HARRIS COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WAVERLY HALL...BAUGHVILLE...WOODLAND...
OLIVE BRANCH AND TALBOTTON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3281 8457 3277 8448 3266 8451 3257 8462
      3272 8479 3281 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 303DEG 9KT 3274 8470

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Oglethorpe	44 min
Jun 15, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin	24 min
Jun 15, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	31 min
Jun 15, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee	35 min
Jun 15, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	13 min
Jun 15, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	24 min
Jun 15, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Walton	53 min
Jun 15, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	35 min
Jun 15, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	29 min
Jun 15, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	51 min
Jun 15, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	28 min
Jun 15, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	17 min
Jun 15, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	26 min
Jun 15, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	45 min
Jun 15, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	44 min
Jun 15, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton	24 min
Jun 15, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	42 min
Jun 15, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Newton	53 min
Jun 15, 10:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	51 min
Jun 15, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 1 more	28 min
Jun 15, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	36 min
Jun 15, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Jun 15, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	57 min
Jun 15, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	38 min
Jun 15, 10:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	33 min
Jun 15, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding	31 min
Jun 15, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	43 min
Jun 15, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	33 min
Jun 15, 11:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	2 hr
Jun 15, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Dooly, Harris, Peach, Talbot, Taylor	26 min
Jun 15, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding	41 min
Jun 15, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 5 more	50 min
Jun 15, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	47 min
Jun 15, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	40 min
Jun 15, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	22 min
Jun 15, 11:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Treutlen	44 min
Jun 15, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston, Pulaski	15 min
Jun 15, 11:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley	38 min
Jun 15, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster	20 min
Jun 16, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	25 min
Jun 16, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	50 min
Jun 16, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	39 min
Jun 16, 12:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	22 min
Jun 16, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Talbot	40 min
Jun 16, 1:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley, Stewart	40 min
Jun 16, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	37 min
Jun 16, 9:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	33 min
Jun 16, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	45 min
Jun 16, 9:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Talbot	46 min
Jun 16, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	43 min
Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Marion	41 min
Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	45 min
Jun 16, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley, Sumter	50 min
Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	42 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	18 min
Jun 16, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wilcox	43 min
Jun 16, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	51 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	18 min
Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	27 min
Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	35 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair	46 min
Jun 16, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	48 min
Jun 16, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	26 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.