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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 28, 2015, 6:44 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 28, 2015, 6:44 PM EST (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Dec 28, 2:58 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:58 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 613 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-292315- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 613 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...STRONG WINDS AND WET SOILS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING...WHILE AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TORNADO IS POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING... STRONG GRADIENT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM TUESDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FT. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY SATURATED SOILS WILL POSSIBLY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED ACCORDINGLY... SEE /ATLNPWFFC/ FOR MORE DETAILS. AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY WEST CENTRAL GA. THE MAIN RISK IS DAMAGING WINDS THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS GENERALLY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD PRODUCE MORE FLOODING. FOR THIS REASON A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HEAVY RAIN...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT /ATLFFAFFC/. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR MAINLY NORTH AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 28, 5:40 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Dec 28, 5:57 PM EST, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
557 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
GAZ066-067-078-282330-
HARRIS GA-TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
557 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HARRIS...SOUTHEASTERN
TROUP AND SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EST...
AT 556 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 8 MILES WEST OF
HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. 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 DONT DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
HAMILTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTAIN HILL...STOVALL...F.D. ROOSEVELT
STATE PARK AND WHITESVILLE-PINE LAKE.
LAT...LON 3298 8496 3296 8481 3286 8475 3265 8501
3276 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 214DEG 31KT 3274 8501Special weather statement, Dec 28, 6:44 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
644 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
GAZ053-054-066-067-078-089-090-290015-
MUSCOGEE GA-HARRIS GA-TROUP GA-COWETA GA-FAYETTE GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
MERIWETHER GA-
644 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MUSCOGEE...HARRIS...EASTERN
TROUP...COWETA...WESTERN FAYETTE...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND MERIWETHER
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EST...
AT 641 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
ALONG A NEWNAN TO COLUMBUS LINE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IN
ADDITION TO MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
OF UNSECURED OBJECTS...TREES MAY ALSO BE DOWNED DUE TO
SATURATED SOILS. ADDITONAL 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 DONT DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
COLUMBUS...NEWNAN...LAGRANGE...FAYETTEVILLE...HAMILTON...
GREENVILLE...CUSSETA...PEACHTREE CITY...TYRONE...MANCHESTER...
SENOIA...HOGANSVILLE...GRANTVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...
LUTHERSVILLE...WAVERLY HALL...WARM SPRINGS...MORELAND AND SHARPSBURG.
LAT...LON 3351 8475 3350 8461 3352 8460 3352 8446
3285 8461 3284 8470 3256 8469 3256 8467
3224 8474 3225 8492 3226 8489 3233 8501
3243 8496 3245 8500 3252 8501 3264 8511
3266 8509 3275 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 240DEG 31KT 3238 8488The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 16 days |
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 3 days |
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 42 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 67 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 3 days |
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 53 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin and 11 more | 110 min |
| Dec 28, 5:43 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 33 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.