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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 8:07 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Dodge County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Toombs Central, GA | TOOMBS COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF SEVERAL DOWNED TREES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME OF 2046 EDT TO 2100 EDT. |
| Jul 1, 8:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Uvalda, GA | TOOMBS COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF SEVERAL DOWNED TREES IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME OF 2046 EDT TO 2055 EDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 4879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
197
WWUS82 KFFC 020007
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
807 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
GAZ109>113-020045-
807 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WHEELER...
TOOMBS...TELFAIR...MONTGOMERY AND DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM NEAR EASTMAN TO
NEAR NORMANTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
WHEELER...TOOMBS...TELFAIR...MONTGOMERY AND DODGE COUNTIES THROUGH
845 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
NORMANTOWN...KIBBEE...TARRYTOWN...LANDSBURG...EASTMAN...HIGGSTON...
GLENWOOD...VIDALIA...AILEY...ALAMO... JAY BIRD SPRINGS...
GODWINSVILLE... MOUNT VERNON...UNION AND LYONS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS
COULD ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8314 3198 8329 3207 8330 3210 8333
3218 8330 3225 8337 3228 8306 3215 8299
3219 8286 3231 8272 3229 8267 3235 8242
3229 8235 3232 8223 3213 8218 3191 8222
3196 8248 3192 8267 3178 8286 3177 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 336DEG 19KT 3219 8322 3218 8275
3228 8236
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 18 min |
| Jul 1, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 12:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 1:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 1:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 2:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 2:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 3:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 3:52 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Dade | 11 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 7:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 46 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.