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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Monroe, Newton | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 21 min |
| Jul 13, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Oconee | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 22 min |
| Jul 13, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 26 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.