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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 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 10, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
912
WWUS82 KFFC 102011
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
GAZ066-078-102115-
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN ENHANCED RISK OF BRIEF
TORNADOES AND 45 MPH WINDS IN TROUP AND HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM
EDT...
AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF WEST POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED WEAK ROTATION...BUT NOTHING STRONG ENOUGH
TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A TORNADO AT 408 PM EDT. STILL...THE
ENVIRONMENT NEAR THIS STORM SUGGESTS AN ENHANCED RISK OF A BRIEF...
GENERALLY WEAK...TORNADO FORMING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE AS THE LINE MOVES ACROSS TROUP AND HARRIS COUNTIES THROUGH
515 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WHITESVILLE-PINE
LAKE...WEST POINT...JONES CROSSROADS...LONG CANE...PIEDMONT
HEIGHTS...STATE LINE PARK...SMITHS CROSSROAD...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...
ABBOTTSFORD...CANNONVILLE...LAGRANGE...BIG SPRINGS...MOUNTVILLE...
WARES CROSSROADS AND LOUISE.
EVERYONE IN THIS AREA IS URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS AND BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE AND WEAK TORNADOES THAT FORM AND
DISSIPATE RAPIDLY.
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 3316 8513 3319 8510 3317 8508 3322 8495
3322 8487 3287 8486 3274 8499 3274 8513
3275 8515 3278 8513 3281 8517 3284 8516
3287 8519 3313 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 210DEG 43KT 3266 8531
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Meriwether, Upson | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Webster | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Talbot | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Douglas | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Monroe and 3 more | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Toombs, Treutlen | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 48 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.