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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 27, 2011, 2:39 PM EDT for Crawford 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
- Sep 27, 2011, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Crawford County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Sep 27, 1:51 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 1:51 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1130 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-281530- 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- 1130 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND SLOWLY MEANDER SOUTHWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. .DISCUSSION... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS PUSHED INTO THE PEACH STATE...LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM ATHENS TO LAGRANGE. BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITIES WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND MOST LIKELY AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO WARRENTON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THIS LINE...BUT GENERALLY SOUTH OF A ROME TO ATHENS LINE. WITH CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 J/KG ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES BETWEEN -2 AND -4...A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG...AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS...AND ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE 2 TO 3 INCHES OR MORE...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 10
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 235 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 GAZ091>093-104-105-271900- 235 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN SUMTER...SCHLEY...MARION...MACON AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WALLS CROSSING...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 SUMTER...SCHLEY...MARION...MACON AND DOOLY COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WALLS CROSSING...PUTNAM...DOYLE...FRIENDSHIP...SHILOH...CONCORD... ELLAVILLE...MURRAYS CROSSROADS...LA CROSSE...BUMPHEAD...PENNINGTON... ANDERSONVILLE...CLEARVIEW...WHITEWATER STATE PARK AND ANDERSONVILLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3237 8405 3215 8401 3211 8443 3229 8446 TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 261DEG 18KT 3222 8433 16
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 2:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 239 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 GAZ069-079>081-271915- 239 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN TALBOT...UPSON...TAYLOR AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CARSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 TALBOT...UPSON...TAYLOR AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WESLEY CHURCH... CARSONVILLE...PRATTSBURG...SALEM...FICKLING MILL...HORNS...MUSELLA... KNOXVILLE AND ROBERTA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3278 8440 3285 8398 3263 8395 3260 8437 TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 262DEG 19KT 3270 8428 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 27 min |
| Sep 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 48 min |
| Sep 27, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Sep 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 22 min |
| Sep 27, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 36 min |
Nearby
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.