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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 19, 2013Baldwin County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2013, 8:21 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Wilkinson 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
Jun 19, 2013, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2013, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1472 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1472 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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.

221 
WWUS82 KFFC 200021
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
821 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

GAZ073-084-200045-
821 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WILKINSON AND
BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SCOTTSBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WILKINSON AND BALDWIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND SCOTTSBORO...
PANCRAS...COOPERS...MCINTYRE...IVEY...GORDON AND IRWINTON.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3278 8308 3280 8335 3307 8330 3306 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 004DEG 9KT 3297 8320

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson34 min
Jun 19, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp38 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Pickens48 min
Jun 19, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns47 min
Jun 19, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns35 min
Jun 20, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin47 min
Jun 20, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin59 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.