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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 10, 2012Troup County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel29 min
Jun 10, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly38 min
Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart40 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach51 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart57 min
Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Meriwether, Upson65 min
Jun 10, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs38 min
Jun 10, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Webster42 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones37 min
Jun 10, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam36 min
Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Talbot43 min
Jun 10, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Morgan, Putnam35 min
Jun 10, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Clayton, Douglas43 min
Jun 10, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Monroe and 3 more57 min
Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge48 min
Jun 10, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding29 min
Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski and 1 more47 min
Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe45 min
Jun 10, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee, Walton36 min
Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Paulding, Polk46 min
Jun 10, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes42 min
Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs37 min
Jun 10, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Toombs, Treutlen50 min
Jun 10, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler59 min
Jun 10, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington59 min
Jun 10, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington48 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.