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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 5, 2012Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2012, 6:57 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 5, 2012, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

109 
WWUS82 KFFC 052257
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
657 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

GAZ003>005-052345-
657 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITFIELD...MURRAY
AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAWNVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WHITFIELD...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
SALEM...SUMAC...TUNNEL HILL...BEAVERDALE...VARNELL...COHUTTA...
RINGGOLD...ROCKY FACE...DAWNVILLE...ETON...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...
RAMHURST...CHATSWORTH...TILTON AND MILL CREEK. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT
TO MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3468 8473 3463 8505 3472 8505 3472 8511
      3499 8517 3499 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 345DEG 4KT 3484 8492

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas39 min
Aug 4, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup38 min
Aug 5, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 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.