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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2012, 7:21 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2012, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bartow County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Sse Chatsworth, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL-SIZED HAIL ON GA HWY 282. START TIME OF 1930 EDT...LASTING 10 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 192321
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
GAZ005>007-012-020-200000-
721 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN MURRAY...
BARTOW...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CARTERS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS MURRAY...BARTOW...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES
THROUGH 800 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE FAIRMOUNT...RANGER...OAKMAN...EAST ELLIJAY...ELLIJAY...TAILS
CREEK...ROUNDTOP...TALONA...MOUNTAINTOWN...CARTERS...RAMHURST...FORT
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...ETON...CHATSWORTH AND NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8414 3455 8440 3456 8451 3454 8465
3411 8466 3407 8468 3408 8476 3429 8502
3439 8501 3439 8503 3462 8505 3462 8493
3464 8491 3468 8494 3468 8489 3471 8494
3472 8485 3479 8487 3500 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 081DEG 7KT 3463 8474
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 14 min |
| May 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 35 min |
| May 19, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 28 min |
| May 19, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.