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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 31, 2012Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2012, 8:39 PM EDT for Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 31, 2012, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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.

572 
WWUS82 KFFC 010039
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
839 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

GAZ074-083>085-097-010115-
839 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WASHINGTON...TWIGGS...LAURENS...JOHNSON AND WILKINSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WASHINGTON...TWIGGS...LAURENS...JOHNSON AND WILKINSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 915 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
MONTROSE...DUDLEY...ALLENTOWN...DANVILLE...NICKLESVILLE...CHAPPELLS
MILL...TUCKERS CROSSROAD AND TOOMSBORO. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 8299 3244 8313 3249 8318 3258 8322
      3257 8326 3265 8334 3290 8305 3269 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 224DEG 14KT 3257 8313

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro32 min
May 31, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro38 min
May 31, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin44 min
May 31, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam48 min
May 31, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson32 min
May 31, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren39 min
May 31, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington27 min
May 31, 10:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more51 min
May 31, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Walton43 min
May 31, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson49 min
May 31, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Towns, Union, White64 min
May 31, 11:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Towns, Union, White44 min
May 31, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Towns, Union, White36 min
Jun 1, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen44 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.