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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 2011Harris County, Meriwether County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2011, 4:02 PM EDT for Harris County, Meriwether County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 17, 2011, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

011 
WWUS82 KFFC 172002
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
402 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

GAZ067-078-079-089-172045-
402 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN TALBOT...
MUSCOGEE...MERIWETHER AND HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF LONE OAK TO PINE MOUNTAIN AND 
GOAT ROCK LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS TALBOT...MUSCOGEE...MERIWETHER AND HARRIS COUNTIES THROUGH 445
PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GOAT ROCK
LAKE...LAKE HARDING...MOUNTAIN HILL...MULBERRY GROVE...PINE
MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...SAINT MARKS...STOVALL...LONE OAK...GREEN
ISLAND HILLS...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...MULBERRY GROVE...F.D. ROOSEVELT
STATE PARK...HAMILTON...ODESSADALE AND LAUREL HILLS. 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 3287 8486 3322 8486 3323 8466 3322 8465
      3322 8450 3308 8454 3292 8453 3248 8474
      3252 8501 3264 8511 3267 8510 3269 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 281DEG 25KT 3321 8486 3305 8487
          3284 8489 3262 8505

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston46 min
Jun 16, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair47 min
Jun 16, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge44 min
Jun 16, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair55 min
Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard, Polk46 min
Jun 17, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster41 min
Jun 17, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson50 min
Jun 17, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley36 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding43 min
Jun 17, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup51 min
Jun 17, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler25 min
Jun 17, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton37 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart47 min
Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler30 min
Jun 17, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Pike and 2 more44 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee32 min
Jun 17, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion34 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Macon48 min
Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Monroe, Peach and 1 more20 min
Jun 17, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Peach, Putnam and 1 more50 min
Jun 17, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton30 min
Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs26 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs35 min
Jun 17, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson30 min
Jun 17, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Putnam24 min
Jun 17, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson25 min
Jun 17, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wilkinson43 min
Jun 17, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison44 min
Jun 17, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro and 3 more25 min
Jun 17, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes43 min

Nearby

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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.