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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2011, 4:57 PM EDT for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Sep 5, 2011, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Crawford County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Sep 5, 4:16 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 4:16 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 450 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-060900- 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- 450 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN AND A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING....BUT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING NORTHEAST TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES NORTH GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO EATONTON TO WASHINGTON AND THE BEST CHANCES FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM CORDELE TO ATHENS. .DISCUSSION... THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA TODAY WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND MODERATE TO STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR. WITH THE TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE...RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. WITH THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER EXPERIENCED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS SUMMER MOST OF THE INITIAL HEAVY RAIN IS BEING ABSORBED BY THE DRY GROUND...HOWEVER ANY PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN INCREASING RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. INSTABILITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH...HOWEVER THE INCREASING LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL MAKE ISOLATED TORNADOES A POSSIBILITY BY THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...EXCEPT THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 59 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 12:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 20 min |
| Sep 5, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 20 min |
| Sep 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 18 min |
| Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Pickens | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 39 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.