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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 2, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 2:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 2, 2012, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Laurens County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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.

722 
WWUS82 KFFC 021839
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
239 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAZ097-109>113-021930-
239 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHEELER...TOOMBS...TELFAIR...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS AND DODGE
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM RENTZ TO NEW BRANCH...MOVING SOUTH AT 5
MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS WHEELER...TOOMBS...TELFAIR...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS AND
DODGE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS INCLUDE ROCK SPRINGS...OHOOPEE...SOUTH THOMPSON...TOOMBS
CENTRAL...NEW BRANCH...JOHNSON CORNER...CEDAR CROSSING...SANTA
CLAUS...UVALDA...ALSTON...JORDAN...ALAMO...CADWELL...CENTER AND
RENTZ. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 8309 3180 8314 3183 8316 3255 8304
      3246 8286 3216 8269 3218 8218 3191 8222
      3196 8248 3194 8249 3195 8256 3192 8261
      3192 8267 3178 8286 3177 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 347DEG 4KT 3239 8296 3213 8289
          3203 8270 3201 8224

$$

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, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	57 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, 2:54 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.