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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 2012Baldwin County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 6, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2012-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 90 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 2012-08-06The 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
90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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.

872 
WWUS82 KFFC 062215
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
615 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

GAZ073-074-084-062245-
615 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WASHINGTON...
WILKINSON AND BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MCINTYRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS WASHINGTON... 
WILKINSON AND BALDWIN COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN 
THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MCINTYRE...IVEY...GORDON... 
IRWINTON...COOPERS...ALLENWOOD...HARDWICK...SCOTTSBORO...PANCRAS AND 
MILLEDGEVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3265 8320 3269 8329 3286 8338 3311 8328
      3302 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 205DEG 10KT 3289 8324

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes34 min
Aug 6, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes30 min
Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen32 min
Aug 6, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen60 min
Aug 6, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach24 min
Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens31 min
Aug 6, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones27 min
Aug 6, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson57 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.