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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2012, 8:46 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 3, 2012, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
502 WWUS82 KFFC 040046 SPSFFC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 846 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 GAZ023-025-040130- 846 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FLOWERY BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE AQUALAND PARK...FLOWERY BRANCH... OAKWOOD...TALMO...CANDLER...CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN...ROAD ATLANTA-LANIER SPEEDWAY AND GAINESVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3437 8382 3419 8362 3413 8390 3420 8398 TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 240DEG 4KT 3418 8391 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 33 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.