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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2012Baldwin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 3:13 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2012, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Baldwin County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 3:40 PM EDTHAIL 12 Sse Milledgeville, GA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2785 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 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
2785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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.

956 
WWUS82 KFFC 011913
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
313 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

GAZ073-084-011945-
313 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN WILKINSON AND BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCOTTSBORO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY 
STATIONARY.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WILKINSON AND BALDWIN COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HARDWICK...SCOTTSBORO...PANCRAS...
COOPERS AND MILLEDGEVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3303 8307 3299 8305 3295 8308 3292 8306
      3288 8308 3298 8330 3315 8322 3312 8311
      3308 8312 3305 8310 3308 8305 3307 8304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 291DEG 1KT 3303 8316

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington25 min
Jul 1, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock30 min
Jul 1, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin38 min
Jul 1, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington30 min
Jul 1, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Jul 1, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard32 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock40 min
Jul 1, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin33 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris31 min
Jul 1, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington26 min
Jul 1, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren39 min
Jul 1, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren46 min
Jul 1, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones24 min
Jul 1, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk23 min
Jul 1, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren50 min
Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard28 min
Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin37 min
Jul 1, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam34 min
Jul 1, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren46 min
Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan25 min
Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes32 min
Jul 1, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris37 min
Jul 1, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam34 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones31 min
Jul 1, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Houston25 min
Jul 1, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Putnam35 min
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly33 min
Jul 1, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes32 min
Jul 1, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion29 min
Jul 1, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach33 min
Jul 1, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot31 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup42 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Newton27 min
Jul 1, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe24 min
Jul 1, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding51 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding27 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Putnam28 min
Jul 1, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe35 min
Jul 1, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford34 min
Jul 1, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach24 min
Jul 1, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts23 min
Jul 1, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry29 min
Jul 1, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar30 min
Jul 1, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.