Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 1, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS82 KFFC 011949
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
349 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011
GAZ074-085-012015-
349 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WASHINGTON AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OCONEE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
10 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WASHINGTON AND JOHNSON COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OCONEE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3281 8273 3270 8282 3272 8286 3271 8295
3272 8296 3275 8294 3277 8296 3280 8296
3286 8300 3294 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 046DEG 10KT 3281 8288
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 34 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.