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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 19, 2013Baldwin County, Hancock County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2013, 10:21 AM EDT for Baldwin County, Hancock County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
May 19, 2013, 10:21 AM EDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2013, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2013-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1352 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2013-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

116 
WWUS82 KFFC 191421
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1021 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

GAZ061-073-074-084-191445-
1021 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN
WASHINGTON...WILKINSON...BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM
EDT...

AT 1017 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEVEREUX TO ALLENWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WASHINGTON...WILKINSON...BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES THROUGH
1045 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ALLENWOOD...HARDWICK...UNDERWOOD...PANCRAS...BROWNS CROSSING...
MILLEDGEVILLE...BEULAH...LINTON...DEVEREUX...SCOTTSBORO...DEEPSTEP...
HEBRON...WARTHEN...TENNILLE AND SANDERSVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3286 8307 3304 8340 3308 8341 3319 8325
      3329 8320 3331 8315 3334 8314 3336 8316
      3337 8315 3317 8280 3294 8270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 304DEG 20KT 3324 8303 3309 8297
          3303 8324

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon45 min
May 18, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon47 min
May 19, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson49 min
May 19, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Gwinnett35 min
May 19, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson33 min
May 19, 2:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall47 min
May 19, 2:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson6 hr
May 19, 3:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett31 min
May 19, 3:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Hall6 hr
May 19, 4:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth38 min
May 19, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson48 min
May 19, 4:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Jackson6 hr
May 19, 4:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Jackson40 min
May 19, 5:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Walton47 min
May 19, 6:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more54 min
May 19, 6:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth89 min
May 19, 6:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett6 hr
May 19, 6:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan50 min
May 19, 7:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth4 hr
May 19, 7:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett4 hr
May 19, 7:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth18 hr
May 19, 7:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth19 hr
May 19, 7:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton46 hr
May 19, 7:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett24 hr
May 19, 7:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett4 hr
May 19, 7:38 AM EDTFlood WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 62 more12 hr
May 19, 8:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett13 hr
May 19, 8:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether29 min
May 19, 8:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCDawson6 hr
May 19, 8:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker6 hr
May 19, 8:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Putnam23 min
May 19, 8:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren35 min
May 19, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield48 min
May 19, 9:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow26 min
May 19, 9:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam29 min
May 19, 9:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker6 hr
May 19, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gordon30 min
May 19, 9:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee6 hr
May 19, 9:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Putnam24 min
May 19, 10:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Chattooga, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon42 min
May 19, 10:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd6 hr
May 19, 10:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk6 hr
May 19, 11:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding36 min
May 19, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding50 min
May 19, 11:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett5 hr
May 19, 11:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton5 hr
May 19, 11:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton65 min
May 19, 11:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson6 hr
May 19, 12:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton42 min
May 19, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga37 min
May 19, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Heard30 min
May 19, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Henry and 4 more39 min
May 19, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield24 min
May 19, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson49 min
May 19, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup27 min
May 19, 1:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield6 hr
May 19, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson37 min
May 19, 1:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton7 hr
May 19, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade49 min
May 19, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Marion, Peach and 3 more46 min
May 19, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker9 hr
May 19, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield6 hr
May 19, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Houston, Macon, Peach42 min
May 19, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade48 min
May 19, 3:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee6 hr
May 19, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Pulaski, Wilcox45 min
May 19, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker51 min
May 19, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd54 min
May 19, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding, Polk53 min
May 19, 5:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade13 hr
May 19, 6:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield6 days
May 19, 6:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga21 hr

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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.