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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2012, 7:36 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2012, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Fayette County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Fayetteville, GA | NUMEROUS POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 85 IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. |
| Aug 3, 7:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Fayetteville, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS SEVERAL ROOFS OFF BUSINESSES AT 1583 NORTH HIGHWAY 85. |
| Aug 3, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fayetteville, GA | ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF 3 TO 4 BUSINESS ON THE NORTH END OF FAYETTEVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 85. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
337
WWUS82 KFFC 032336
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
736 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
GAZ054-055-057-040015-
736 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN FAYETTE...HENRY AND CLAYTON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
FAYETTE...HENRY AND CLAYTON COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FAYETTEVILLE...SANDY
CREEK...INMAN...WOOLSEY...KENWOOD...JW SMITH RESERVOIR...IRONDALE...
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY...JONESBORO...BONANZA...HAMPTON...LOVEJOY...
EAGLES LANDING...STOCKBRIDGE AND LAKE SPIVEY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3359 8420 3337 8419 3335 8435 3335 8439
3334 8439 3333 8453 3350 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 257DEG 15KT 3343 8445
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.