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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2012, 4:51 AM EDT for Towns County, Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 4:51 AM EDT (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Towns County, GA, Union County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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.
- 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.
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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 Mar 24, 4:19 AM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 4:19 AM EDT, 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 821 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-241200- 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- 821 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY TONIGHT AS THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW LIFTS NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM TONIGHT WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW AND THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES OVERNIGHT. WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AND WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 1:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 128 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 GAZ001>004-240615- 128 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD...WALKER...CATOOSA AND DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM EDT... AT 120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CEDAR GROVE...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 WHITFIELD...WALKER...CATOOSA AND DADE COUNTIES THROUGH 215 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CEDAR GROVE...COOPER HEIGHTS...LAFAYETTE...LINWOOD...NAOMI...CHICKAMAUGA... NOBLE...ROCK SPRING...BLUE SPRING...BEAUMONT...BOYNTON...WOOD STATION...INDIAN SPRINGS...MILL CREEK AND RINGGOLD. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3499 8513 3472 8498 3463 8540 3479 8547 TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 251DEG 21KT 3473 8535
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 2:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 222 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 GAZ002-004-005-240715- 222 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD...WALKER AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM EDT... AT 216 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SUTTLES MILL...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 WHITFIELD...WALKER AND MURRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SUTTLES MILL... NAOMI...VILLANOW...MILL CREEK...TILTON...ROCKY FACE...DALTON...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...DAWNVILLE...RAMHURST AND CHATSWORTH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3468 8469 3460 8519 3472 8527 3490 8482 TIME...MOT...LOC 0623Z 251DEG 21KT 3467 8512
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 2:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>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, 3:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 48 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.