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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2012, 7:23 PM EDT for Barrow County, Clarke County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
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WWUS82 KFFC 032323
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
723 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
GAZ025-035>037-040000-
723 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN OCONEE...
BARROW...CLARKE AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BOGART...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS OCONEE...BARROW...CLARKE AND JACKSON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND EASTVILLE...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...
BOGART...FORT YARGO STATE PARK...WINDER...STATHAM...RUSSELL...
BETHLEHEM...BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR...WESTGATE PARK...BEECHWOOD HILLS...
OCONEE HEIGHTS...WATKINSVILLE...CENTER AND JAMES HOLLAND YOUTH SPORTS
COMPLEX. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3405 8339 3401 8330 3387 8326 3386 8327
3382 8353 3385 8357 3388 8359 3389 8362
3391 8364 3391 8371 3401 8379 3411 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 267DEG 13KT 3392 8352
$$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, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 32 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 |
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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.