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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 7, 2013Glascock County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2013, 11:10 PM EDT for Glascock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 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
Jul 7, 2013, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2013, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Glascock County, GA, Warren County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2013-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 523 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 00:00Z on 2013-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

465 
WWUS82 KFFC 080310
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1110 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

GAZ061-062-074-075-080415-
1110 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WASHINGTON...
WARREN...GLASCOCK AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT...

AT 1109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WARTHEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WASHINGTON...WARREN...GLASCOCK AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS
AROUND DOWNS...WARTHEN...EDGEHILL...HAMBURG STATE PARK...AGRICOLA...
MITCHELL...CULVERTON...SHOALS...GIBSON...JEWELL...FIVE POINTS...BEALL
SPRINGS...MAYFIELD...BASTONVILLE AND POWELTON. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT
TO MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3322 8251 3317 8259 3315 8257 3312 8261
      3312 8266 3310 8264 3303 8270 3310 8297
      3345 8288 3344 8285 3347 8287 3352 8282
      3351 8275 3355 8262 3341 8254 3336 8254
      3333 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 201DEG 18KT 3306 8283

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa39 hr
Jul 7, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin46 min
Jul 7, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington67 min
Jul 8, 5:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade16 hr
Jul 8, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd6 days
Jul 8, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson36 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.