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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 27, 2011Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2011, 7:44 PM EDT for Wilkes 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 27, 2011, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 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.

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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 27, 7:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
511 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

GAZ012-013-020-021-272200-
511 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN PICKENS...
BARTOW...CHEROKEE AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HINTON TO CASSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS PICKENS...BARTOW...CHEROKEE AND GORDON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CASSVILLE...
PINE LOG...FUNKHOUSER...FAIRMOUNT...HINTON...WHITE...BLAINE...SALACOA
VALLEY...TALMADGE...TALKING ROCK...RED TOP MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...LAKE
ARROWHEAD...WALESKA...JASPER AND GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER STATE PARK.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

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 3455 8439 3446 8437 3443 8442 3435 8444
      3428 8455 3412 8466 3423 8489 3438 8482
      3441 8476 3455 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 283DEG 12KT 3446 8461 3439 8464
          3436 8470 3431 8473 3426 8481

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:32 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
732 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

GAZ102-280015-
732 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OMAHA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
STEWART COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE OMAHA...LOUVALE...CHARLES...WESTVILLE...PROVIDENCE
CANYON STATE PARK...FLORENCE MARINA STATE PARK AND LUMPKIN. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

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 3198 8505 3214 8506 3219 8501 3220 8498
      3221 8498 3223 8497 3224 8492 3224 8482
      3222 8481 3223 8480 3223 8472 3204 8468
      3197 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 349DEG 5KT 3217 8495

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

GAZ039-280030-
744 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WILKES COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DELHI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WILKES COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE DELHI...MALLORYSVILLE...NORMAN...TIGNALL...DANBURG...
FLORAL HILL AND METASVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

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 3370 8252 3370 8269 3391 8285 3399 8271
      3399 8265 3398 8264 3388 8260 3387 8256
      3382 8259 3371 8252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 307DEG 12KT 3391 8265

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	23 min
Jun 26, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam	36 min
Jun 26, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Oglethorpe	31 min
Jun 26, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	26 min
Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Putnam	50 min
Jun 26, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	31 min
Jun 26, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Peach	25 min
Jun 26, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe	39 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	35 min
Jun 26, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	34 min
Jun 26, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe	62 min
Jun 26, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs	27 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	24 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Hancock, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 3 more	62 min
Jun 26, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	36 min
Jun 26, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	46 min
Jun 26, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	29 min
Jun 26, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	27 min
Jun 26, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	28 min
Jun 26, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	31 min
Jun 26, 10:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	27 min
Jun 26, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more	49 min
Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	51 min
Jun 27, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	45 min
Jun 27, 9:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	26 min
Jun 27, 10:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	21 min
Jun 27, 10:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	23 min
Jun 27, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot	41 min
Jun 27, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	27 min
Jun 27, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot	32 min
Jun 27, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas, Paulding	52 min
Jun 27, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	37 min
Jun 27, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	25 min
Jun 27, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	49 min
Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	28 min
Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette	30 min
Jun 27, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	51 min
Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	24 min
Jun 27, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	33 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	29 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	31 min
Jun 27, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	35 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Pickens	49 min
Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	38 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	26 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	46 min
Jun 27, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	43 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.