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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2011, 4:49 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2011, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gibson, GA | 10-15 LARGE TREES REPORTED DOWNED COUNTYWIDE INCLUDING ONE THAT FELL ONTO A POWER LINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS82 KFFC 132049
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
449 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
GAZ083-084-096-097-132115-
449 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN TWIGGS...LAURENS...WILKINSON AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM
EDT...
AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CARY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS TWIGGS...
LAURENS...WILKINSON AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PAULK...GOLDSBORO...
REBIE...ROYAL...PORTER...COLEY STATION...CARY...COCHRAN...
ALLENTOWN...DISTRICT PATH...TARVERSVILLE...DANVILLE...DUDLEY...DEXTER
AND MONTROSE.
&&
LAT...LON 3260 8351 3282 8301 3275 8294 3271 8296
3271 8290 3250 8270 3240 8313 3242 8313
3245 8318 3238 8326 3234 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 247DEG 74KT 3253 8327
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Talbot, Upson | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Webster | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 42 min |
| Oct 13, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 47 min |
| Oct 13, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.