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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 2, 2012Chattahoochee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2012, 12:13 AM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 2, 2012, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Chattahoochee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1719 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
1719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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.

706 
WWUS82 KFFC 020413
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1213 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

GAZ089-090-020445-
1213 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN MUSCOGEE AND
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT...

AT 1210 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SAND HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTH MUSCOGEE 
AND CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT. SOME 
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FORT BENNING... SAINT 
MARYS HILLS... BENNING PARK...BENNING HILLS...CARTER ACRES...BATTLE 
PARK...CUSTER ROAD TERRACE...SAND HILL...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT 
BENNING...CUSSETA...CHRISTOPHER AND MANTA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL 
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3223 8482 3223 8492 3225 8492 3227 8490
      3232 8501 3244 8497 3247 8495 3242 8466
      3223 8466 3223 8480 3222 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 294DEG 10KT 3236 8485

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler38 min
Jul 1, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler18 min
Jul 1, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox29 min
Jul 1, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair24 min
Jul 1, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox41 min
Jul 1, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite27 min
Jul 1, 11:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns23 min
Jul 1, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach32 min
Jul 2, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe26 min
Jul 2, 12:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Pulaski41 min
Jul 2, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene24 min
Jul 2, 12:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Morgan, Putnam34 min
Jul 2, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley44 min
Jul 2, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns30 min
Jul 2, 1:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs42 min
Jul 2, 1:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White25 min
Jul 2, 1:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union43 min
Jul 2, 2:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer46 min
Jul 2, 2:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon, Murray42 min
Jul 2, 3:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd43 min
Jul 2, 3:52 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCDade11 hr
Jul 2, 6:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll48 min
Jul 2, 7:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup39 min
Jul 2, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade46 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.