Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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, 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren, Washington | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.