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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 2012Jasper County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT for Jasper County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 5, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Jasper County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2120 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

587 
WWUS82 KFFC 052005
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012

GAZ048-058-059-071-072-052030-
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 35 MPH WINDS IN NEWTON...
MONROE...JONES...BUTTS AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM FINCHERVILLE TO PLANT SCHERER...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS NEWTON...
MONROE...JONES...BUTTS AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STARK...WORTHVILLE...
INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK...FINCHERVILLE...FLOVILLA...TURTLE COVE...
PLANT SCHERER...BERNER...NORTH ALCOVY...STEWART...JULIETTE...
MCELHENEYS CROSSROADS...NORTH ALCOVY...CALVIN AND EUDORA.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3333 8392 3341 8397 3345 8393 3347 8393
      3353 8368 3344 8353 3318 8355 3317 8350
      3307 8353 3304 8396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 264DEG 25KT 3345 8391 3336 8382
          3307 8387

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 5:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade24 min
Jun 5, 5:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker35 min
Jun 5, 5:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker48 min
Jun 5, 6:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker35 min
Jun 5, 7:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson24 min
Jun 5, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Monroe31 min
Jun 5, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs25 min
Jun 5, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford34 min
Jun 5, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Jones, Laurens and 2 more39 min
Jun 5, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen35 min
Jun 5, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
Jun 5, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler42 min
Jun 5, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion51 min
Jun 5, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Twiggs, Wilkinson46 min
Jun 5, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Twiggs25 min
Jun 5, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler46 min
Jun 5, 1:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCToombs24 min
Jun 5, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup43 min
Jun 5, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox38 min
Jun 5, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Heard, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup46 min
Jun 5, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox42 min
Jun 5, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Montgomery31 min
Jun 5, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Sumter, Webster45 min
Jun 5, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens52 min
Jun 5, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor34 min
Jun 5, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor25 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether32 min
Jun 5, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair28 min
Jun 5, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair47 min
Jun 5, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor44 min
Jun 5, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly35 min
Jun 5, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more32 min
Jun 5, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski, Wilcox49 min
Jun 5, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs44 min
Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and 1 more33 min
Jun 5, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson52 min
Jun 5, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox34 min
Jun 5, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Clayton, Henry, Lamar, Monroe31 min
Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson45 min
Jun 5, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair23 min
Jun 5, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen39 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion24 min
Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.