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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2012Gordon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2012, 8:13 PM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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 10, 2012, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Gordon County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 8:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGShannon, GATHE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED AT LEAST 30 TREES DOWN IN THE SHANNON AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2012-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 914 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
914 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

847 
WWUS82 KFFC 110013
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
813 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

GAZ012-019-110045-
813 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

AT 809 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SHANNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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
FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARMUCHEE...SHANNON...PINSON...
PLAINVILLE...EVERETT SPRINGS...OOSTANAULA...CALHOUN AND SUGAR VALLEY.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3461 8504 3448 8481 3439 8490 3440 8495
      3439 8497 3440 8498 3439 8498 3439 8501
      3435 8501 3432 8503 3426 8502 3420 8508
      3430 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 214DEG 18KT 3433 8510

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper43 min
Jul 10, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock39 min
Jul 10, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Wilcox51 min
Jul 10, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee31 min
Jul 10, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike51 min
Jul 10, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford43 min
Jul 10, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton39 min
Jul 10, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe37 min
Jul 10, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks36 min
Jul 10, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens42 min
Jul 10, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren38 min
Jul 10, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Douglas51 min
Jul 10, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam38 min
Jul 10, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas44 min
Jul 10, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Fulton57 min
Jul 10, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth42 min
Jul 10, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth50 min
Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson29 min
Jul 11, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson38 min
Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp33 min
Jul 11, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren24 min
Jul 11, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Sumter24 min
Jul 11, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson33 min
Jul 11, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock30 min
Jul 11, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts26 min
Jul 11, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts34 min
Jul 11, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts23 min
Jul 11, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson36 min
Jul 11, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar34 min
Jul 11, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge23 min
Jul 11, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson34 min
Jul 11, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes23 min
Jul 11, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler23 min
Jul 11, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens20 min
Jul 11, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more36 min
Jul 11, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley30 min
Jul 11, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler38 min
Jul 11, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston33 min
Jul 11, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley26 min
Jul 11, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston20 min
Jul 11, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen, Wheeler19 min
Jul 11, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs23 min
Jul 11, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford25 min
Jul 11, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Wheeler7 min
Jul 11, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair17 min
Jul 11, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen13 min
Jul 11, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen33 min
Jul 11, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Telfair7 min
Jul 11, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge30 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.