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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 20, 2012Coweta County, Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 20, 2012, 1:13 PM EST for Coweta County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 77 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
Dec 20, 2012, 1:13 PM EST (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Dec 20, 2012, 2:30 PM EST
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 2012-12-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-12-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 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.

989 
WWUS82 KFFC 201813
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
113 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012

GAZ053-067-201930-
113 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN MERIWETHER AND
COWETA COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EST...

AT 110 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM NEAR POWERS 
CROSSROADS TO ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STOVALL...AND MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF MERIWETHER AND COWETA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM 
EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE POWERS 
CROSSROADS... HANDY... SAINT MARKS... LONE OAK... GRANTVILLE... 
NEWNAN... STOVALL... DURAND... ARNCO-SARGENT... LUTHERSVILLE... 
MORELAND...HARRIS CITY...WARM SPRINGS...MANCHESTER AND MADRAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3351 8462 3350 8461 3348 8463 3340 8461
      3335 8457 3333 8452 3326 8450 3318 8450
      3304 8454 3288 8451 3285 8456 3287 8485
      3288 8486 3322 8486 3323 8494 3338 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 237DEG 59KT 3332 8487 3308 8490
          3293 8499

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 12:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup50 min
Dec 20, 1:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee38 min
Dec 20, 1:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart63 min
Dec 20, 1:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart61 min
Dec 20, 1:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee32 min
Dec 20, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette30 min
Dec 20, 2:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot45 min
Dec 20, 2:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike29 min
Dec 20, 2:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion38 min
Dec 20, 2:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster43 min
Dec 20, 2:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike, Upson34 min
Dec 20, 2:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter55 min
Dec 20, 2:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly47 min
Dec 20, 2:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor43 min
Dec 20, 3:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski, Wilcox31 min
Dec 20, 3:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp29 min
Dec 20, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp22 min
Dec 20, 3:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones33 min
Dec 20, 4:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 min
Dec 20, 4:10 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth7 hr

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.