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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 3, 2012Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2012, 11:23 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 3, 2012, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Emanuel County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2012-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2526 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 2012-07-04The 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
2526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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.

920 
WWUS82 KFFC 040323
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1123 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

GAZ086-040400-
1123 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN EMANUEL COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GEORGE L SMITH STATE PARK...MOVING WEST AT
15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
EMANUEL COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE GARFIELD...GEORGE L SMITH STATE PARK...TWIN
CITY...CANOOCHEE...STILLMORE...NORRISTOWN JUNCTION...NORRISTOWN...
MODOC...LEXSY...DELLWOOD...COVENA...BLUNDALE...NUNEZ AND SWAINSBORO.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3254 8203 3255 8208 3251 8215 3244 8218
      3241 8239 3244 8238 3250 8249 3250 8255
      3256 8260 3264 8251 3265 8247 3269 8250
      3277 8241 3267 8207 3260 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 096DEG 12KT 3256 8210

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray36 min
Jul 3, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Pickens33 min
Jul 3, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Pickens32 min
Jul 4, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker36 min
Jul 4, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker, Whitfield30 min
Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield29 min
Jul 4, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon37 min
Jul 4, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield30 min
Jul 4, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk36 min
Jul 4, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb40 min
Jul 4, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Polk34 min
Jul 4, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson47 min
Jul 4, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding27 min
Jul 4, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton28 min
Jul 4, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb25 min
Jul 4, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton48 min
Jul 4, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot30 min
Jul 4, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan35 min
Jul 4, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette34 min
Jul 4, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette44 min
Jul 4, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton33 min
Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite25 min
Jul 4, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Spalding38 min
Jul 4, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry26 min
Jul 4, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Spalding49 min
Jul 4, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite28 min
Jul 4, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes26 min
Jul 4, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether38 min
Jul 4, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding30 min
Jul 4, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette15 min
Jul 4, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan37 min
Jul 4, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether47 min
Jul 4, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan27 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.