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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 16, 20114 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Nov 16, 2011, 4:13 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
Nov 16, 2011, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2011, 4:45 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 12:00Z on 2011-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

652 
WWUS82 KFFC 162113
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
413 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

GAZ080-081-092-093-104-162145-
413 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN SUMTER...
SCHLEY...MACON...TAYLOR AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EST...

AT 403 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND WESLEY CHURCH THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF CROXTON 
CROSSROADS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS SUMTER...
SCHLEY...MACON...TAYLOR AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EST.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CONCORD...CROXTON
CROSSROADS...PLAINS...FOUNTAINVILLE...IDEAL...BUMPHEAD...LA CROSSE...
WALLS CROSSING...MURRAYS CROSSROADS...ELLAVILLE...WESLEY CHURCH...
RUPERT...CHARING...BUTLER AND SHILOH.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER 
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR 
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3194 8443 3268 8433 3271 8404 3257 8398
      3251 8402 3249 8388 3244 8384 3238 8386
      3229 8385 3229 8390 3225 8396 3216 8404
      3209 8398 3205 8398 3192 8392 3191 8433
      3188 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 253DEG 23KT 3264 8423 3232 8413
          3194 8431 3166 8471

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 11:23 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade67 min
Nov 16, 12:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Polk41 min
Nov 16, 12:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas38 min
Nov 16, 12:46 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Paulding29 min
Nov 16, 1:06 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton39 min
Nov 16, 1:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Troup49 min
Nov 16, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton35 min
Nov 16, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth47 min
Nov 16, 1:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Murray48 min
Nov 16, 1:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett26 min
Nov 16, 1:52 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson38 min
Nov 16, 1:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union31 min
Nov 16, 2:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall26 min
Nov 16, 2:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee47 min
Nov 16, 2:24 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson36 min
Nov 16, 2:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray53 min
Nov 16, 2:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion24 min
Nov 16, 2:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Lamar, Monroe34 min
Nov 16, 3:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster45 min
Nov 16, 3:08 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam39 min
Nov 16, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson40 min
Nov 16, 3:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington58 min
Nov 16, 3:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster37 min
Nov 16, 3:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam46 min
Nov 16, 3:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington46 min
Nov 16, 3:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs36 min
Nov 16, 4:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson42 min
Nov 16, 4:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson43 min
Nov 16, 4:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly39 min
Nov 16, 4:23 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson, Washington37 min
Nov 16, 4:50 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens40 min
Nov 16, 5:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp30 min
Nov 16, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson45 min
Nov 16, 5:06 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson39 min
Nov 16, 5:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Pulaski, Wilcox24 min
Nov 16, 5:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel48 min
Nov 16, 5:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox49 min
Nov 16, 5:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox51 min
Nov 16, 6:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler37 min
Nov 16, 6:51 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.