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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 13, 2012Douglas County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 6:21 PM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 13, 2012, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Douglas County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2012-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 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 2012-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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.

384 
WWUS82 KFFC 132221
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

GAZ042>044-132245-
621 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN CARROLL...DOUGLAS
AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CAMPBELLTON TO HANNAH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE 
ACROSS PARTS OF CARROLL...DOUGLAS AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM 
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE 
CAMPBELLTON... CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...HANNAH...BYERS 
CROSSROADS...FAIRPLAY...CHAPEL HILL...BILL ARP...TREASURE 
LAKE...WINSTON...DOUGLASVILLE...LAKE VAL-DO-MAR AND VILLA RICA. 
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3378 8493 3378 8490 3377 8489 3378 8480
      3365 8456 3351 8480 3351 8485 3361 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 139DEG 16KT 3369 8467 3364 8477
          3358 8489

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale28 min
Jul 12, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett, Rockdale33 min
Jul 12, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Monroe, Newton29 min
Jul 12, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Gwinnett31 min
Jul 12, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts26 min
Jul 12, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts55 min
Jul 13, 4:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison33 min
Jul 13, 5:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe56 min
Jul 13, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee48 min
Jul 13, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe35 min
Jul 13, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens, Treutlen32 min
Jul 13, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee45 min
Jul 13, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee23 min
Jul 13, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson24 min
Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett, Walton33 min
Jul 13, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee21 min
Jul 13, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette45 min
Jul 13, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee47 min
Jul 13, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes25 min
Jul 13, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fulton34 min
Jul 13, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta27 min
Jul 13, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel30 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton31 min
Jul 13, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Oconee29 min
Jul 13, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas22 min
Jul 13, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding25 min
Jul 13, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper25 min
Jul 13, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts32 min
Jul 13, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding24 min
Jul 13, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar36 min
Jul 13, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry25 min
Jul 13, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.