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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 22, 2011Dodge County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2011, 7:07 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 22, 2011, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1908 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 22, 3:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 3:46 AM EDT, 15 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
346 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-231145-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
346 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A SERIES
OF UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH THE BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT... A DRIER
AIR MASS WILL SPREAD IN OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND HINDER THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THERE.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH MOST THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP TODAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE A FEW STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE... WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE GREATER
THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 10 PM AND MAINLY
EAST OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS TO MACON TO WARRENTON.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING
AFTERNOON HEATING...AND PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS A SERIES
OF UPPER DISTURBANCES TRAVERSE THE STATE. CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 2000
AND 2500 J/KG AND SOME MID LEVEL DRY AIR COULD COMBINE TO PRODUCE
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS AT TIMES. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
IS EXPECTED TO GREATLY DIMINISH BEFORE MIDNIGHT AS THE FRONT DRIFTS
FURTHER SOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THURSDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 1:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 1:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
555 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

GAZ105-106-222230-
555 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN CRISP AND DOOLY
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GEORGIA VETERANS MEMORIAL STATE PARK...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
CRISP AND DOOLY COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RICHWOOD...DRAYTON...GEORGIA VETERANS
MEMORIAL STATE PARK...CORDELE...RAINES...FORT EARLY...WENONA AND
ARABI. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8388 3184 8394 3190 8394 3193 8392
      3202 8395 3205 8398 3210 8398 3214 8384
      3184 8360 3180 8362 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 336DEG 12KT 3200 8387

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

GAZ110-111-222245-
606 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN WHEELER AND
TELFAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SCOTLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WHEELER AND TELFAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...ALAMO...
SCOTLAND...HELENA...MCRAE...SPRING HILL...TOWNS...JORDAN AND LUMBER
CITY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3207 8294 3218 8275 3196 8255 3193 8259
      3192 8261 3192 8267 3190 8269 3185 8275
      3185 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 326DEG 18KT 3203 8276

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 7:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
707 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

GAZ097-109>111-222345-
707 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND 40 MPH
WINDS IN WHEELER...TELFAIR...LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
EDT...

AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TOWNS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A
SECOND THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTMAN ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 40 MPH WINDS AS THEY MOVE
THROUGH WHEELER...TELFAIR...LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES. IN
ADDITION...LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS WHEELER...TELFAIR...LAURENS
AND DODGE COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE
PARK...SPRING HILL...JORDAN...ALAMO...WORKMORE...SCOTLAND...
HELENA...MCRAE...ACHORD ...TOWNS...LUMBER CITY AND HORSE CREEK WMA.
RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3222 8327 3230 8280 3196 8255 3192 8261
      3192 8267 3185 8275 3185 8277 3183 8279
      3178 8286 3177 8290 3178 8290 3178 8299
      3177 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 334DEG 14KT 3201 8276

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	52 min
Aug 21, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	32 min
Aug 21, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	26 min
Aug 21, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	36 min
Aug 21, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	49 min
Aug 21, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	31 min
Aug 21, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	41 min
Aug 21, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	30 min
Aug 21, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	32 min
Aug 21, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Pike	48 min
Aug 21, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	46 min
Aug 22, 12:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	45 min
Aug 22, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	40 min
Aug 22, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Warren	38 min
Aug 22, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	29 min
Aug 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	36 min
Aug 22, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	35 min
Aug 22, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	39 min
Aug 22, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen	40 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.