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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 16, 2011Crisp County, Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Nov 16, 2011, 5:21 PM EST for Crisp County, Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 5:21 PM EST (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2011, 5:45 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Crisp County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

917 
WWUS82 KFFC 162221
SPSFFC

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

GAZ105>108-162245-
521 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WILCOX...
PULASKI...CRISP AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EST...

AT 518 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF TIPPETTVILLE THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF 
ARABI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS WILCOX...
PULASKI...CRISP AND DOOLY COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EST. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CORDELE...EAST CRISP...ARABI...
PLEASANT VIEW...MOCK SPRINGS...TREMONT...TIPPETTVILLE...OWENSBORO...
SEVILLE...HATLEY...DOUBLE RUN...BROWNING...POPE CITY...PINEVIEW AND
PITTS.

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 3181 8381 3219 8377 3229 8336 3227 8335
      3225 8337 3218 8330 3215 8332 3213 8331
      3210 8333 3207 8330 3201 8330 3200 8328
      3198 8329 3192 8321 3185 8318 3185 8360
      3180 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 239DEG 47KT 3216 8366 3176 8373
          3170 8396

$$

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, 4:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter, Taylor32 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, 5:27 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.