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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2012, 7:51 AM EDT for Chattahoochee 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
- Mar 31, 2012, 7:51 AM EDT (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Chattahoochee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
899
WWUS82 KFFC 311151 CCA
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
751 AM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
GAZ090-091-311215-
751 AM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN IN MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM EDT...
AT 747 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING AREAS AROUND FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD...
ZELLOBEE...CHRISTOPHER...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING...EELBECK/WEST
FORT BENNING...MANTA AND CUSSETA. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY
INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED
UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3223 8463 3222 8481 3223 8482 3223 8492
3227 8490 3232 8500 3235 8501 3238 8498
3237 8495 3241 8488 3241 8479 3244 8475
3247 8458 3221 8449 3221 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 269DEG 18KT 3230 8494
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 7:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 34 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.