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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 4, 2012, 3:47 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Sep 4, 2012, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 4, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 4:28 AM EDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 428 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-050830- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 428 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... REMNANTS OF ISAAC WILL LINGER OVER THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS THROUGH TONIGHT...KEEPING TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS OVER GEORGIA. THE DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC WILL EXTEND FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AREA INTO MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WEAK VERTICAL SHEAR COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE TROPICAL AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 3:08 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
308 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012
GAZ067-041945-
308 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN MERIWETHER COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER ROCKY MOUNT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS...ACROSS MERIWETHER COUNTY...INCLUDING
AREAS AROUND ODESSADALE...HARRIS CITY...WOODBURY...LONE
OAK...GREENVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...WOOSTER...ALVATON...LUTHERSVILLE
AND GAY. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS
OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3322 8483 3322 8469 3319 8451 3311 8454
3289 8455 3291 8485 3315 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 226DEG 2KT 3315 8473Special weather statement, Sep 4, 3:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
347 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012
GAZ067-042030-
347 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN MERIWETHER COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROCKY MOUNT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...ACROSS MERIWETHER
COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND...HARRIS CITY...SAINT MARKS...LONE
OAK...GREENVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LUTHERSVILLE AND ALVATON.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER
OVER THE ROADWAY...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3323 8472 3323 8471 3322 8469 3323 8467
3323 8465 3322 8465 3322 8455 3300 8461
3288 8466 3289 8485 3322 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 209DEG 3KT 3317 8471The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 37 min |
| Sep 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Madison | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Madison | 25 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.