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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2012, 11:42 PM EDT for Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 5, 2012, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2012, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
934
WWUS82 KFFC 060342
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1142 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
GAZ014-022-023-025-060430-
1142 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN DAWSON...
FORSYTH...HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT...
AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LUMPKIN TO PENDERGRASS...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS DAWSON...FORSYTH...HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LUMPKIN...
CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN...ROAD ATLANTA-LANIER SPEEDWAY...OAKWOOD...
OSCARVILLE...CHESTATEE...DOUGHERTY...DAWSONVILLE...WAR HILL PARK...
PENDERGRASS...TALMO...CANDLER...JEFFERSON...GAINESVILLE AND
MURRAYVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3424 8362 3415 8336 3413 8336 3410 8368
3421 8398 3443 8420 3444 8403 3442 8397
3445 8393 3446 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 263DEG 12KT 3437 8402 3422 8387
3415 8367
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 27 min |
| Apr 6, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 33 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.