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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 24, 20164 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Feb 24, 2016, 7:06 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 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: Feb 24, 2016, 7:06 AM EST (12:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2016, 7:45 AM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Bartow County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 248 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Feb 24, 6:38 AM EST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 6:38 AM EST, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 6:53 AM EST, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 4:39 AM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
439 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-241115-
MURRAY GA-DADE GA-DAWSON GA-LUMPKIN GA-UNION GA-WHITFIELD GA-
PICKENS GA-FANNIN GA-JACKSON GA-FORSYTH GA-HALL GA-WALKER GA-
FLOYD GA-GILMER GA-GORDON GA-TOWNS GA-WHITE GA-CATOOSA GA-BANKS GA-
BARTOW GA-CHEROKEE GA-CHATTOOGA GA-
439 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MURRAY...DADE...DAWSON...
LUMPKIN...UNION...WHITFIELD...PICKENS...FANNIN...NORTHERN JACKSON...
NORTHERN FORSYTH...HALL...WALKER...FLOYD...GILMER...GORDON...TOWNS...
WHITE...CATOOSA...BANKS...BARTOW...CHEROKEE AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 AM EST...

AT 435 AM EST...SEVERAL LINES OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN TIER OF GEORGIA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE SHOWERS AND THE STRONG WINDS ALREADY
IN PLACE WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG DAMAGING GUSTS AT TIMES.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ROME...GAINESVILLE...DALTON...CANTON...CARTERSVILLE...CALHOUN...
LAFAYETTE...CUMMING...DAHLONEGA...SUMMERVILLE...CHATSWORTH...
JASPER...RINGGOLD...CLEVELAND...DAWSONVILLE...TRENTON...ELLIJAY...
BLUE RIDGE...HOMER AND HIAWASSEE.

LAT...LON 3499 8355 3480 8368 3476 8363 3465 8366
      3455 8362 3451 8367 3443 8361 3449 8354
      3446 8340 3432 8339 3427 8335 3415 8537
      3498 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 266DEG 43KT 3495 8448 3415 8461

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 4:50 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

GAZ110-241030-
TELFAIR GA-
450 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN TELFAIR COUNTY UNTIL
530 AM EST...

AT 449 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR JACKSONVILLE TO 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF PRIDGEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND AND ENHANCED RISK OF A BRIEF TORNADO.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WHILE
           WINDS SHOULD RESULT IN MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND
           BLOWING AROUND OF LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS...THE LEADING
           EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS ALSO EXHIBITED AREAS OF
           LOCALIZED ROTATION. A BRIEF TORNADO COULD QUICKLY FORM.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
LUMBER CITY...SCOTLAND...JACKSONVILLE...TOWNS...WORKMORE AND HORSE
CREEK WMA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3178 8303 3182 8311 3205 8282 3202 8278
      3201 8274 3192 8265 3192 8268 3190 8269
      3190 8270 3186 8276 3186 8278 3185 8279
      3184 8278 3181 8282 3182 8284 3178 8287
      3179 8298 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 242DEG 37KT 3180 8305 3176 8302

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 5:16 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 24, 5:39 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 24, 6:56 AM EST, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 24, 7:06 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 7:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	46 min
Feb 23, 10:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Troup	28 hr
Feb 24, 12:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	25 hr
Feb 24, 1:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	33 min
Feb 24, 1:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pulaski, Wilcox	29 min
Feb 24, 2:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	31 min
Feb 24, 2:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	40 min
Feb 24, 3:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dodge, Wilcox	25 min
Feb 24, 3:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more	50 min
Feb 24, 4:39 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 15 more	96 min
Feb 24, 4:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	40 min
Feb 24, 5:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	44 min
Feb 24, 5:39 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	36 min
Feb 24, 6:17 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattooga	30 hr
Feb 24, 6:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	59 hr
Feb 24, 6:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fayette	24 hr
Feb 24, 6:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	46 hr
Feb 24, 6:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	34 min
Feb 24, 7:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	29 min
Feb 24, 8:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall	27 min
Feb 24, 8:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	33 min
Feb 24, 10:46 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	23 hr
Feb 24, 1:17 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon	50 hr
Feb 24, 2:39 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	4 days
Feb 24, 2:39 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	5 days
Feb 24, 6:07 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	24 hr

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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.