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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 13, 2012Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2012, 10:13 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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 13, 2012, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Emanuel County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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.

980 
WWUS82 KFFC 140213
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1013 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

GAZ074-076-085-086-140315-
1013 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WASHINGTON...JOHNSON...EMANUEL AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1115
PM EDT...

AT 1008 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF THREE POINTS...MOVING WEST
AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS
WASHINGTON...JOHNSON...EMANUEL AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE THREE POINTS...
CANOOCHEE...COLEMANS LAKE...SUMMERTOWN...MODOC...WADLEY...DELLWOOD...
SWAINSBORO...BARTOW...BLUNDALE...NORRISTOWN JUNCTION...NEW HOME...
KITE...PRINGLE AND HARRISON.

&&

LAT...LON 3246 8241 3284 8276 3293 8227 3291 8227
      3284 8231 3283 8226 3281 8222 3282 8215
      3281 8213 3272 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 069DEG 18KT 3285 8215

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette39 min
Jun 13, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton44 min
Jun 13, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin55 min
Jun 13, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fulton58 min
Jun 13, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton48 min
Jun 13, 8:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fulton6 hr
Jun 13, 9:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton6 hr
Jun 13, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb24 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb80 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton44 min
Jun 14, 1:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter25 min
Jun 14, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton34 min
Jun 14, 4:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns31 min
Jun 14, 7:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks25 min
Jun 14, 8:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson41 min
Jun 14, 8:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison40 min
Jun 14, 9:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow34 min
Jun 14, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard39 min
Jun 14, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard67 min
Jun 14, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee54 min
Jun 14, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee52 min
Jun 14, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk50 min
Jun 14, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart43 min
Jun 14, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup49 min
Jun 14, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot34 min
Jun 14, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Jun 14, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Webster47 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster51 min
Jun 14, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart28 min
Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris42 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart40 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley35 min
Jun 14, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee33 min
Jun 14, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Sumter49 min
Jun 14, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Pulaski47 min
Jun 14, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon, Peach41 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.