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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 11:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jenkins | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Taylor | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 16 min |
| Aug 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Stewart | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.