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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 16, 2012Banks County, Hall County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 16, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2012-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 835 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
835 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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.

258 
WWUS82 KFFC 161908
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
308 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

GAZ016-023-024-161945-
308 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH
WINDS IN WHITE...BANKS AND HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLEVELAND TO ALTO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS WHITE...BANKS AND HALL COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE HOLLINGSWORTH...LEAF...
MOSSY CREEK...QUALATCHEE LAKE...SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION AREA...
CAMP COLEMAN LAKE...ROBERTSTOWN...HELEN...CLEVELAND...PINEFIELD
CROSSROADS...LULA...CLERMONT...HOMER...MURRAYVILLE AND GILLSVILLE.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3472 8363 3465 8365 3454 8361 3450 8365
      3444 8362 3450 8353 3448 8343 3444 8338
      3426 8349 3425 8357 3429 8362 3422 8371
      3420 8397 3430 8393 3435 8398 3442 8398
      3450 8384 3465 8387 3477 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 004DEG 11KT 3458 8375 3443 8374
          3446 8359

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk27 min
Jul 16, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson32 min
Jul 16, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll32 min
Jul 16, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette24 min
Jul 16, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga27 min
Jul 16, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall23 min
Jul 16, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga34 min
Jul 16, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette15 min
Jul 16, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta34 min
Jul 16, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall, Lumpkin32 min
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro31 min
Jul 16, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson29 min
Jul 16, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, White20 min
Jul 16, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta25 min
Jul 16, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb29 min
Jul 16, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson23 min
Jul 16, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd32 min
Jul 16, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall35 min
Jul 16, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones36 min
Jul 16, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton34 min
Jul 16, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin15 min
Jul 16, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall37 min
Jul 16, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow35 min
Jul 16, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee32 min
Jul 16, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington25 min
Jul 16, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan35 min
Jul 16, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade33 min
Jul 16, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth31 min
Jul 16, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett22 min
Jul 16, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones33 min
Jul 16, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fulton28 min
Jul 16, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Gwinnett37 min
Jul 16, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan35 min
Jul 16, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones33 min
Jul 16, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton, Walton48 min
Jul 16, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene31 min
Jul 16, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe26 min
Jul 16, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon37 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam31 min
Jul 16, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton28 min
Jul 16, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker25 min
Jul 16, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene36 min
Jul 16, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts24 min
Jul 16, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones, Putnam37 min
Jul 16, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton25 min
Jul 16, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot23 min
Jul 16, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe29 min
Jul 16, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson35 min
Jul 16, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot27 min
Jul 16, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper26 min
Jul 16, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Whitfield31 min
Jul 16, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock28 min
Jul 16, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley28 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.