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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2012, 1:13 PM EDT for Cherokee County, 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
- Apr 3, 2012, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134
WWUS82 KFFC 031713
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
113 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
GAZ021-031745-
113 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN CHEROKEE COUNTY
UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE HOLLY SPRINGS...CANTON...WALESKA...BRIDGEMILL...
HICKORY FLAT...BUFFINGTON...FREE HOME...BALL GROUND...REAVIS
MOUNTAIN...HOLBROOK...LATHEMTOWN AND UNION HILL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3437 8440 3438 8439 3438 8426 3419 8426
3419 8433 3418 8434 3417 8455 3435 8458
3438 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 261DEG 5KT 3427 8446
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and 2 more | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, White | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 16 min |
| Apr 3, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 21 min |
| Apr 3, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.