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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 2015Harris County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 4:02 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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: Aug 6, 2015, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Harris County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

609 
WWUS82 KFFC 062002
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
402 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
 
GAZ078-062030-
HARRIS GA-
402 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARRIS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF RIVER VIEW...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
HAMILTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT 
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF 
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD 
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN 
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. 
           MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE 
           LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS 
           THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
HAMILTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...WAVERLY HALL...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY
GARDENS...GOAT ROCK LAKE...JONES CROSSROADS...MOUNTAIN HILL...
BARTLETTS FERRY DAM...MULBERRY GROVE...FORTSON...LAKE HARDING...PINE
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...ELLERSLIE...
WHITESVILLE-PINE LAKE AND CATAULA.

LAT...LON 3287 8510 3287 8475 3258 8475 3259 8491
      3261 8491 3261 8508 3263 8508 3264 8510
      3265 8510 3266 8509 3268 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 276DEG 24KT 3280 8501 

$$
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	23 min
Aug 6, 6:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker	24 min
Aug 6, 7:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more	25 min
Aug 6, 8:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	35 min
Aug 6, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	32 min
Aug 6, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart, Webster	38 min
Aug 6, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	31 min
Aug 6, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	23 min
Aug 6, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	30 min
Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	34 min
Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry	34 min
Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	47 min
Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	30 min
Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley	26 min
Aug 6, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	36 min
Aug 6, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	27 min
Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Butts, Gwinnett, Jackson, Jasper, Newton and 1 more	40 min
Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	40 min
Aug 6, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton	37 min
Aug 6, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	45 min
Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Talbot	26 min
Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	34 min
Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski	29 min
Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	28 min
Aug 6, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more	66 min
Aug 6, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	25 min
Aug 6, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	38 min
Aug 6, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe	52 min
Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	35 min
Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Wilkes	62 min
Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	29 min
Aug 6, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan and 4 more	42 min
Aug 6, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	26 min
Aug 6, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	25 min
Aug 6, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	23 min
Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Talbot	35 min
Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren	29 min
Aug 6, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs	34 min
Aug 6, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	32 min
Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	28 min
Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Warren	38 min
Aug 6, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	18 min
Aug 6, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson	41 min
Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	23 min
Aug 6, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Treutlen	36 min
Aug 6, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Washington	47 min
Aug 6, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	29 min
Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	48 min
Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	43 min
Aug 6, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	27 min
Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	31 min
Aug 6, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	30 min
Aug 6, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Candler	29 min
Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	46 min
Aug 6, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	28 min
Aug 6, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	33 min
Aug 6, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	48 min
Aug 6, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley	30 min
Aug 6, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	26 min
Aug 6, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee, Talbot	47 min
Aug 6, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	50 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.