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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2011, 8:21 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2011, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Eatonton, GA | A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY...ONE ON GLADES ROAD NEAR THE 4H CAMP IN THE NORTHWEST PART AND ANOTHER ON PHOENIX ROAD IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 090021
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
821 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
GAZ049-060-090100-
821 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 TO 45 MPH WINDS AND EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN NORTHERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN MORGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN GODFREY AND SHADY DALE...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES
NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD
REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...DOORS...AND
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. LAND-LINE TELEPHONES SHOULD
ONLY BE USED IN AN EMERGENCY.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
THESE WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES AND IMPACT A FEW POWER
LINES. LOOSE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT.
&&
LAT...LON 3325 8326 3333 8354 3344 8353 3350 8365
3354 8365 3361 8335 3355 8330 3354 8327
3349 8328 3340 8324 3340 8322 3338 8322
3338 8321 3329 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 273DEG 12KT 3345 8355
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Hancock | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 4:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.