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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 2011Baldwin County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2011, 6:21 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 118 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.

337 
WWUS82 KFFC 172221
SPSFFC

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

GAZ060-061-072-073-172245-
621 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN PUTNAM...JONES...
BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
OUTFLOW OF STRONG WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. THIS GUST OF WINDS 
STRETCHED FROM NEAR EATONTON TO NEAR COOPERS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 
MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE OUTFLOW OF STRONG WINDS 
MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF PUTNAM...JONES...BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES 
THROUGH 645 PM EDT. 

&&

LAT...LON 3303 8314 3291 8342 3310 8345 3336 8345
      3345 8326 3340 8324 3340 8322 3338 8322
      3339 8319 3336 8316 3336 8315 3322 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 259DEG 24KT 3334 8335 3312 8333
          3296 8331

$$

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, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Meriwether, Muscogee43 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, 6:35 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

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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.