Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2012, 3:08 AM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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
- Mar 24, 2012, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742
WWUS82 KFFC 240708
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
308 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
GAZ012-019-020-240800-
308 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN BARTOW...FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EDT...
AT 300 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PINSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS BARTOW...FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SHANNON...PINSON...
PLAINVILLE...OOSTANAULA...ADAIRSVILLE...CALHOUN...NICKELSVILLE...
SONORAVILLE...REDBUD...AUDUBON...FAIRMOUNT...OAKMAN AND RANGER. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3445 8516 3461 8486 3461 8476 3461 8475
3462 8475 3451 8465 3446 8464 3445 8465
3429 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 251DEG 21KT 3440 8504
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 38 min |
| Mar 24, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 2:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 4:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.