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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 27, 2012Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 27, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Chattooga County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2012-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 540 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2012-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
540 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

511 
WWUS82 KFFC 272011
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
411 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012

GAZ002-011-019-272045-
411 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WALKER...CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 409 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MENLO TO TIDINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WALKER...CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SUMMERVILLE...MENLO...
TRION...CLOUDLAND...CENTER POST...SUBLIGNA...LYERLY...BERRYTON...
EVERETT SPRINGS...LAKE MARVIN...JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK AND
TIDINGS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3463 8554 3465 8551 3464 8528 3459 8506
      3459 8507 3455 8506 3454 8509 3447 8509
      3446 8511 3443 8509 3438 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 274DEG 18KT 3448 8553 3447 8527

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns37 min
Apr 27, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga25 min
Apr 27, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga34 min
Apr 27, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd35 min
Apr 27, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga30 min
Apr 27, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb30 min
Apr 27, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth36 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett30 min
Apr 27, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke28 min
Apr 27, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson25 min
Apr 27, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison38 min
Apr 27, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall, Jackson33 min
Apr 27, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison14 min
Apr 27, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison36 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.