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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2012Fannin County, Gilmer County, Murray County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2012, 1:28 AM EDT for Fannin County, Gilmer County, Murray 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 10, 2012, 1:28 AM EDT (05:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Murray County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2012-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 745 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

372 
WWUS82 KFFC 100528
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
128 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

GAZ005>007-012-100600-
128 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN MURRAY...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM EDT...

AT 124 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BLUE RIDGE TO NICKELSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS MURRAY...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE EAST
ELLIJAY...ELLIJAY...TAILS CREEK...PISGAH...CHERRY LOG...
MOUNTAINTOWN...COHUTTA WILDERNESS...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...
CHATSWORTH...ETON...CRANDALL...NICKELSVILLE...BLUE RIDGE...HIGDON AND
COLWELL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8420 3470 8427 3467 8450 3454 8494
      3474 8484 3500 8466 3500 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 224DEG 14KT 3485 8437 3487 8467
          3459 8489

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas26 min
Jul 9, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale25 min
Jul 9, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb31 min
Jul 9, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike26 min
Jul 9, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett41 min
Jul 9, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll38 min
Jul 9, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll32 min
Jul 9, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar30 min
Jul 9, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson32 min
Jul 9, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson30 min
Jul 9, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson27 min
Jul 9, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb32 min
Jul 9, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding34 min
Jul 9, 10:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Monroe35 min
Jul 9, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow29 min
Jul 9, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll26 min
Jul 9, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton33 min
Jul 9, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb31 min
Jul 9, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton49 min
Jul 9, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs32 min
Jul 9, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow38 min
Jul 9, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow23 min
Jul 10, 12:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro34 min
Jul 10, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray42 min
Jul 10, 1:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee36 min
Jul 10, 1:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer28 min
Jul 10, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Union30 min
Jul 10, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker24 min
Jul 10, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin24 min
Jul 10, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga32 min
Jul 10, 12:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker33 min
Jul 10, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin28 min
Jul 10, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd33 min
Jul 10, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker20 min
Jul 10, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite34 min
Jul 10, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield34 min
Jul 10, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin34 min
Jul 10, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker29 min
Jul 10, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite19 min
Jul 10, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Fannin, Murray, Union, Walker and 1 more31 min
Jul 10, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union31 min
Jul 10, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks22 min
Jul 10, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens17 min
Jul 10, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion20 min
Jul 10, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union24 min
Jul 10, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns32 min
Jul 10, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union31 min
Jul 10, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee23 min
Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion33 min
Jul 10, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee24 min
Jul 10, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall35 min
Jul 10, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin31 min
Jul 10, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth33 min
Jul 10, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin32 min
Jul 10, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding45 min
Jul 10, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson29 min
Jul 10, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb26 min
Jul 10, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson23 min
Jul 10, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson51 min
Jul 10, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb50 min
Jul 10, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll31 min
Jul 10, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison36 min
Jul 10, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson32 min
Jul 10, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton28 min
Jul 10, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk48 min
Jul 10, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison46 min
Jul 10, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett30 min
Jul 10, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart39 min
Jul 10, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren36 min
Jul 10, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Spalding30 min
Jul 10, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb28 min
Jul 10, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett40 min
Jul 10, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton34 min
Jul 10, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson30 min
Jul 10, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee37 min
Jul 10, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes34 min
Jul 10, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk30 min
Jul 10, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee44 min
Jul 10, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale28 min
Jul 10, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Jackson33 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.