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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 7:21 PM EDT for Paulding 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, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 132321
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012
GAZ031-042-132345-
721 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN PAULDING AND
CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER UNION...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES
ACROSS PARTS OF PAULDING AND CARROLL COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE VILLA RICA...
TEMPLE...NEW GEORGIA...UNION AND YORKVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3382 8504 3390 8503 3391 8505 3395 8505
3395 8498 3397 8497 3397 8487 3373 8490
3373 8505 3379 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 175DEG 18KT 3381 8499
$$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, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 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, 7:24 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.