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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 2, 2011Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2011, 10:13 PM EDT for Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 2, 2011, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Macon County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1555 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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.

682 
WWUS82 KFFC 030213
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1013 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

GAZ093>095-030245-
1013 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN PEACH...MACON AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT...

AT 1010 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRY...MOVING 
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
PEACH...MACON AND HOUSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MOSS OAK...MEADOWDALE AND
SAINT LOUIS. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3237 8374 3231 8386 3237 8398 3249 8391
      3248 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 006DEG 14KT 3242 8386

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Spalding24 min
Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Spalding23 min
Jul 2, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup37 min
Jul 2, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette27 min
Jul 2, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding24 min
Jul 3, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether29 min
Jul 3, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale41 min
Jul 3, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan49 min
Jul 3, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan25 min
Jul 3, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Jul 3, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley30 min
Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene29 min
Jul 3, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup41 min
Jul 3, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar37 min
Jul 3, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion31 min
Jul 3, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Spalding13 min
Jul 3, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene53 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter29 min
Jul 3, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster27 min
Jul 3, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes24 min
Jul 3, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee36 min
Jul 3, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam30 min
Jul 3, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes32 min
Jul 3, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion36 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones28 min
Jul 3, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTerrell29 min
Jul 3, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb30 min
Jul 3, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones23 min
Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington34 min
Jul 3, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb26 min
Jul 3, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson34 min
Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson31 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.