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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 1, 2012Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 9:48 PM EDT for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 1, 2012, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2012, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2012-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1449 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 00:00Z on 2012-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

144 
WWUS82 KFFC 020148
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
948 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

GAZ003>005-020245-
948 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN WHITFIELD...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT...

AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BEAVERDALE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
GRAYSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WHITFIELD...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CISCO...GREGORY...
INDIAN SPRINGS...GRAYSVILLE...BEAVERDALE...COHUTTA...SALEM...SUMAC...
RINGGOLD...CRANDALL...ETON...VARNELL...TUNNEL HILL...ROCKY FACE AND
DAWNVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3482 8464 3481 8483 3480 8505 3498 8519
      3499 8518 3499 8475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 324DEG 17KT 3496 8487 3501 8501
          3505 8515

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp37 min
Aug 1, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin44 min
Aug 1, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray44 min
Aug 1, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Murray, Whitfield41 min
Aug 1, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin49 min
Aug 1, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade60 min
Aug 1, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield52 min
Aug 1, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow49 min
Aug 1, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga39 min
Aug 2, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly31 min
Aug 2, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 min
Aug 2, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen50 min
Aug 2, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter30 min
Aug 2, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson48 min
Aug 2, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston47 min
Aug 2, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox46 min
Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair45 min
Aug 2, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler43 min
Aug 2, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Wilcox41 min
Aug 2, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJenkins49 min
Aug 2, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 min
Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot46 min
Aug 2, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler51 min
Aug 2, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson51 min
Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington43 min
Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Taylor27 min
Aug 2, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor39 min
Aug 2, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson38 min
Aug 2, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens50 min
Aug 2, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens16 min
Aug 2, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley24 min
Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster35 min
Aug 2, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Stewart38 min
Aug 2, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding43 min
Aug 2, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton32 min
Aug 2, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Spalding42 min
Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton37 min
Aug 2, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb49 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.