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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 22, 2012Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 2:21 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 22, 2012, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Toombs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 398 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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.

804 
WWUS82 KFFC 221821
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
221 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

GAZ111>113-221845-
221 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHEELER...TOOMBS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHARLOTTEVILLE TO LUMBER CITY...MOVING 
EAST AT 25 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 WHEELER...TOOMBS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE UVALDA...
CHARLOTTEVILLE...MCNATT FALLS...CEDAR CROSSING...ROCK SPRINGS...
TOOMBS CENTRAL...NEW BRANCH...JOHNSON CORNER...GRAYS LANDING AND
ENGLISH EDDY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3193 8265 3196 8270 3205 8263 3211 8219
      3209 8219 3193 8231 3196 8244 3196 8248
      3194 8249 3195 8256 3193 8259 3191 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 260DEG 23KT 3199 8258 3189 8265

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison44 min
May 21, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson27 min
May 21, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton50 min
May 21, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow31 min
May 21, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe28 min
May 22, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker37 min
May 22, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen31 min
May 22, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens26 min
May 22, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth25 min
May 22, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs20 min
May 22, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall33 min
May 22, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Toombs38 min
May 22, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield36 min
May 22, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs33 min
May 22, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Pickens32 min
May 22, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel18 min
May 22, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield30 min
May 22, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens32 min
May 22, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield37 min
May 22, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Walker and 1 more33 min
May 22, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more32 min
May 22, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Dawson, Gordon, Pickens32 min
May 22, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett31 min
May 22, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton31 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.