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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 7, 2012Barrow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 5:29 PM EDT for Barrow County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 7, 2012, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Barrow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2012-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2012-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

530 
WWUS82 KFFC 072129
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
529 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

GAZ034-035-047-072200-
529 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WALTON...BARROW
AND GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BOLD SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WALTON...BARROW AND GWINNETT COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WINDSOR... 
NICHOLASVILLE...BOLD SPRINGS...FORT YARGO STATE PARK...RUSSELL... 
BETHLEHEM...CARL...HARBIN...AUBURN...HOG MOUNTAIN...LAWRENCEVILLE... 
GRAYSON AND DACULA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3389 8406 3409 8396 3398 8368 3381 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 112DEG 6KT 3393 8383

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd24 min
Jul 6, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding23 min
Jul 6, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd44 min
Jul 6, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta41 min
Jul 6, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb25 min
Jul 6, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford41 min
Jul 6, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk34 min
Jul 6, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether42 min
Jul 6, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard52 min
Jul 6, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup39 min
Jul 6, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup52 min
Jul 6, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee38 min
Jul 7, 2:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon36 min
Jul 7, 2:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley52 min
Jul 7, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett32 min
Jul 7, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee34 min
Jul 7, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd24 min
Jul 7, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens30 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.