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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 2011Coweta County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2011, 2:39 PM EDT for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 6, 2011, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Coweta County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1302 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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.

001 
WWUS82 KFFC 061839
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
239 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

GAZ053-061915-
239 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN WEST AND 
CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PLANT YATES TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEWNAN...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE 
ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT. SOME 
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PLANT 
YATES...ARNCO-SARGENT...MADRAS...DUNAWAY GARDENS...ROSCOE...MORELAND 
AND NEWNAN. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3344 8495 3344 8492 3348 8489 3350 8485
      3349 8474 3328 8472 3329 8492 3339 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 270DEG 5KT 3351 8491 3340 8491
          3332 8487

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale, Walton27 min
Aug 5, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb31 min
Aug 6, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee32 min
Aug 6, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson30 min
Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot28 min
Aug 6, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor29 min
Aug 6, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup37 min
Aug 6, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock51 min
Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta34 min
Aug 6, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette33 min
Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette32 min
Aug 6, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding29 min
Aug 6, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Henry, Spalding26 min
Aug 6, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas25 min
Aug 6, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper37 min
Aug 6, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb27 min
Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 min
Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton31 min
Aug 6, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson35 min
Aug 6, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren, Washington23 min
Aug 6, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Washington43 min
Aug 6, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs34 min
Aug 6, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren35 min
Aug 6, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren36 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.