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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 22, 2016Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 22, 2016, 3:12 PM EST for Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 22, 2016, 3:12 PM EST (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2016, 3:45 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2016-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 887 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
887 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
933 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

724 
WWUS82 KFFC 222012
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
312 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016
 
GAZ072-073-222045-
BALDWIN GA-JONES GA-
312 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN AND EASTERN
JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EST...

AT 312 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GRAY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO 
           GROUND LIGHTNING. 

  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. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
MILLEDGEVILLE...GRAY...MIDWAY-HARDWICK...MERIWETHER...CLINTON...
ALLENWOOD...BRADLEY...JAMES...HARDWICK...UNDERWOOD...BROWNS
CROSSING...HADDOCK AND BLOUNTSVILLE.

LAT...LON 3309 8316 3291 8355 3302 8364 3318 8341
      3318 8339 3317 8337 3318 8335 3317 8335
      3317 8332 3318 8332 3319 8329 3319 8326
      3316 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 231DEG 28KT 3302 8349 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 2:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Harris, Heard, Muscogee, Troup45 min
Jan 22, 3:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Troup33 min
Jan 22, 3:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart29 min
Jan 22, 4:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Fayette, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 5 more51 min
Jan 22, 5:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta, Crawford, DeKalb and 21 more40 min
Jan 22, 5:21 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton52 hr
Jan 22, 7:12 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth15 hr
Jan 22, 7:22 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb24 hr
Jan 22, 7:48 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 9 more5 hr
Jan 22, 7:48 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 31 more7 hr
Jan 22, 8:10 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton12 hr
Jan 22, 9:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington27 min
Jan 22, 10:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale24 hr
Jan 22, 10:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale33 hr
Jan 22, 10:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs5 days
Jan 22, 10:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson28 hr
Jan 22, 10:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee69 hr
Jan 22, 10:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCJohnson, Washington, Wilkinson6 days
Jan 22, 11:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Harris, Heard, Meriwether and 1 more53 min
Jan 22, 12:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Upson64 min
Jan 22, 1:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding47 min
Jan 22, 1:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe26 min
Jan 22, 1:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe36 min
Jan 22, 2:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper35 min
Jan 22, 2:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones46 min
Jan 22, 2:52 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more28 hr
Jan 22, 3:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam37 min
Jan 22, 3:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington37 min
Jan 22, 3:44 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett16 hr
Jan 22, 3:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington38 min
Jan 22, 4:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson42 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.