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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 19, 2011Cobb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2011, 8:55 PM EDT for Cobb 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 19, 2011, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Cobb County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 242 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

346 
WWUS82 KFFC 200055
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
855 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

GAZ021-032-033-045-200130-
855 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 35 MPH WINDS IN SOUTHERN 
CHEROKEE...NORTHEASTERN COBB...NORTHERN DEKALB AND NORTHERN AND 
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WOODSTOCK TO 
KENNESAW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THIS CLUSTER OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WHITFIELD AND 
WALKER COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING.

RESIDENTS IN THE NORTH ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED 
FOR GUSTY WINDS DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. THESE WIND GUSTS 
MAY BLOW DOWN WEAK OR SMALL TREES AND BLOW ABOUT LOOSE...UNSECURED 
OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3423 8442 3399 8419 3399 8420 3400 8423
      3398 8426 3397 8426 3396 8428 3391 8425
      3380 8438 3399 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 314DEG 10KT 3406 8451

$$



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite31 min
Aug 20, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette37 min
Aug 20, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler24 min
Aug 20, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry36 min
Aug 20, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes26 min
Aug 20, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett31 min
Aug 20, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta35 min
Aug 20, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee29 min
Aug 20, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe43 min
Aug 20, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin51 min
Aug 20, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson49 min
Aug 20, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Pulaski25 min
Aug 20, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb29 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.