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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2012, 3:08 AM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 4, 2012, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS82 KFFC 040708
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
308 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
GAZ011-019-040745-
308 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 35 MPH WINDS IN CHATTOOGA AND
FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EDT...
AT 306 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM TRION TO CHATTOOGAVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CHATTOOGAVILLE...
LYERLY...BERRYTON...MENLO...CLOUDLAND...JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK...
SUMMERVILLE...TRION...HOLLAND...COOSA...TIDINGS...CAVE SPRING...
SUBLIGNA...ARMUCHEE AND EVERETT SPRINGS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3459 8508 3455 8506 3454 8509 3447 8509
3446 8511 3443 8509 3442 8511 3439 8501
3421 8503 3421 8505 3410 8504 3408 8516
3410 8516 3410 8525 3408 8526 3408 8542
3459 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 284DEG 30KT 3457 8535 3445 8535
3435 8543
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon, Pickens | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 1:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Gordon, Hall, Pickens | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 2:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 2:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 2:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 2:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 3:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 9:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 10:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart, Webster | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 25 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.