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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 2011Glascock County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2011, 7:25 PM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Warren County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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°0°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.

972 
WWUS82 KFFC 062325
SPSFFC

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

GAZ062-075-076-070000-
725 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY 
RAIN IN WARREN...GLASCOCK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BEALL SPRINGS TO LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WARREN...GLASCOCK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GRANGE...
MITCHELL...EDGEHILL...MAYFIELD...JEWELL...BEALL SPRINGS...STAPLETONS
CROSSROADS...FIVE POINTS...STAPLETONS CROSSROADS...LOUISVILLE...
LOUISVILLE...GIBSON...WRENS...STAPLETON AND AVERA. BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8248 3318 8270 3333 8280 3336 8280
      3339 8283 3341 8282 3345 8258 3341 8254
      3336 8254 3334 8246 3319 8235 3312 8227
      3308 8228 3296 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 270DEG 7KT 3333 8274 3318 8261
          3301 8246

$$

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, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta36 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, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren36 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.