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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2011, 10:43 AM EDT for Stewart 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 4, 2011, 10:43 AM EDT (14:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2011, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Stewart County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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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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 Jul 4, 7:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 7:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 9:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 941 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051345- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 941 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... INTERACTIONS BETWEEN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MEANDERING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL PROVIDE A PLACE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE QUARTER SIZE HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE BEST PLACE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF MID AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE TO THE WEST CONTINUES TO PROVIDE AN ACTIVE NORTHERLY FLOW PATTERN...WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRAVERSING THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. A SURFACE TROUGH MEANDERING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. MARGINALLY FAVORABLE CAPE IN THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE ALLOWS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED OR LARGER HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:43 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1043 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 GAZ102-041515- 1043 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM EDT... AT 1041 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS STEWART COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND CHARLES...LUMPKIN...WESTVILLE...TROUTMAN AND RICHLAND. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. && LAT...LON 3216 8466 3194 8466 3194 8487 3212 8491 TIME...MOT...LOC 1444Z 255DEG 8KT 3202 8481
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Butts, Hancock, Jones, Lamar, Monroe and 3 more | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Paulding | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Lumpkin, White | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, White | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon, Paulding | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 45 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.