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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 17, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 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: May 17, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 16, 7:11 PM EDT, 20 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:11 PM EDT, 20 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
711 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO CLEAR THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A 500 MB LOW...CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ON WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY...WILL PROGRESS EAST INTO GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. MUCAPE
VALUES REACHING 3000 J/KG OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA LEND
ENOUGH SUPPORT TO THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH 0-6
KM BULK SHEAR AND 0-1 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE LACKING TO SUPPORT
SEVERE WEATHER. AS THE 500 MB LOW EASES INTO THE CAROLINAS...
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
DRIER AIR SHOULD ENTER THE REGION ON FRIDAY.

GENERALLY WENT SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN A BLEND OF MODEL GUIDANCE. MAV
WAS COOLER THAN THE MET. CONTINUING CLOUD COVER SHOULD AID IN
MODERATING BOTH MIN AND MAX TEMPS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM.

10

LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HAVE MADE SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO POPS ON FRIDAY TO DELAY ONSET OF
PRECIPITATION IN THE MOUNTAINS...AS OROGRAPHIC UPLIFT LOOKS TO NOT
BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. CAD HIGH CENTERS OVER THE
MID ATLANTIC STATES ON SATURDAY BUT WITH DRY ONSET DO NOT REALLY
EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF SENSIBLE WEATHER IMPACTS. OTHERWISE NO
CHANGES PLANNED TO THE EXTENDED. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION INCLUDED
BELOW.

TDP

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 505 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012/
EXTENDED PROGS SIMILAR WITH THE AXIS OF THE UPPER TROF LINGERING
OVER THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT APPEARS TO
SHIFT OUT OF THE AREA FRIDAY AS UPPER RIDGING STRENGTHENS TO OUR
WEST AND NORTHWEST. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WEDGING DOWN THE APPALACHIANS FRIDAY AND REMAINING OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS HINTING AT THE HIGH WEAKENING AND
BEGINNING TO SHIFT OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST MONDAY-TUESDAY TIME
FRAME AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY. HAVE CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EXTREME NORTH AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY WITH UPPER TROF
STILL HAVING SOME INFLUENCE. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MAINLY SOUTHEAST
COUNTIES SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH MODELS SHOWING A WEAK UPPER LOW
MEANDERING NEAR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOW POPS MUCH OF THE AREA
MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING.

49

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MCN WILL DIMINISH NEXT HOUR OR TWO. OTHERWISE
VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. SURFACE WINDS BECOMING CALM OR LIGHT/VARIABLE
EXCEPT NNW 5-6 KTS AT ATL. WIND SHIFT TO THE EAST SIDE FOR ATL
AROUND 12Z PLUS OR MINUS 2 HOURS. BDL

//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          61  87  61  80 /   5  20   5  10
ATLANTA         64  85  62  80 /   5  20   5  10
BLAIRSVILLE     55  79  56  77 /   5  20  10  20
CARTERSVILLE    55  87  59  82 /   5  20   5  20
COLUMBUS        64  88  62  82 /   5  10   5  10
GAINESVILLE     62  84  61  79 /  10  20  10  10
MACON           62  87  62  82 /  10  20  10  10
ROME            57  89  58  85 /   5  10   5  20
PEACHTREE CITY  56  85  59  80 /   5  10  10  10
VIDALIA         65  85  65  82 /  20  30  20  40

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...LYNN
LONG TERM....DEESE
AVIATION...LYNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	41 min
May 16, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	50 min
May 16, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	49 min
May 16, 8:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski	61 min
May 16, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	53 min
May 16, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	59 min
May 16, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	41 min
May 16, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	48 min
May 17, 11:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Twiggs	31 min
May 17, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	50 min
May 17, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston, Macon	46 min
May 17, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	61 min
May 17, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	43 min
May 17, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	47 min
May 17, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	45 min
May 17, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	67 min
May 17, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkes	26 min
May 17, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Madison and 3 more	25 min
May 17, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Jefferson, Johnson, Wilkinson	53 min
May 17, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones	41 min
May 17, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	46 min
May 17, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Walton	51 min
May 17, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen and 1 more	44 min
May 17, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	41 min
May 17, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	45 min
May 17, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall	40 min
May 17, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	46 min
May 17, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	37 min
May 17, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	48 min
May 17, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Stewart, Sumter, Webster	44 min
May 17, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.