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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 1, 20166 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2016, 1:49 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 41 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: Apr 1, 2016, 1:49 AM EDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2016, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Marion County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

784 
WWUS82 KFFC 010549
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
149 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
 
GAZ068>071-079>081-090-091-010630-
TALBOT GA-UPSON GA-MARION GA-TAYLOR GA-CRAWFORD GA-PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-
MONROE GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
149 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TALBOT...UPSON...MARION...
TAYLOR...NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN PIKE...LAMAR...WESTERN
MONROE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM EDT...

AT 148 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WOODBURY TO NEAR BIBB CITY TO NEAR UCHEE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
THOMASTON...BARNESVILLE...FORSYTH...BUENA VISTA...BUTLER...ZEBULON...
TALBOTTON...CUSSETA...MILNER...WOODLAND...MOLENA...YATESVILLE...MEANSVILLE...
JUNCTION CITY...CULLODEN...GENEVA...ALDORA...LINCOLN PARK...THE ROCK AND
SUNSET VILLAGE.

LAT...LON 3227 8490 3232 8498 3241 8484 3242 8477
      3248 8474 3251 8469 3285 8457 3288 8451
      3296 8453 3306 8450 3315 8391 3255 8418
      3239 8435 3240 8436 3243 8436 3243 8438
      3235 8439 3226 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 261DEG 35KT 3295 8465 3252 8490 3233 8528 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Meriwether, Troup	41 min
Mar 31, 11:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 7 more	64 min
Mar 31, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Gordon	40 min
Apr 1, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam	48 min
Apr 1, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Jackson	32 min
Apr 1, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Upson	43 min
Apr 1, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Talbot and 1 more	40 min
Apr 1, 2:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	33 min
Apr 1, 3:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	40 min
Apr 1, 4:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	42 min
Apr 1, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding	44 min
Apr 1, 4:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	24 min
Apr 1, 5:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup	44 min
Apr 1, 6:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe, Muscogee, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more	44 min
Apr 1, 6:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach, Taylor	46 min
Apr 1, 6:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crawford, Peach, Taylor	36 min
Apr 1, 7:30 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Houston, Peach, Twiggs	30 min
Apr 1, 7:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	32 min
Apr 1, 8:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	31 min
Apr 1, 8:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	41 min
Apr 1, 8:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	38 min
Apr 1, 9:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	4 days
Apr 1, 9:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Jones	25 hr
Apr 1, 9:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	29 min
Apr 1, 10:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	31 hr
Apr 1, 10:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	12 min
Apr 1, 10:40 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	35 min
Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel	15 min
Apr 1, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster	42 min
Apr 1, 12:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	35 min
Apr 1, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	28 min
Apr 1, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter, Webster	23 min
Apr 1, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	28 min
Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	5 days
Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	51 hr
Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Putnam	21 hr
Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	26 hr
Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	5 days
Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dooly, Macon, Sumter	42 hr
Apr 1, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	34 min
Apr 1, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Wheeler	47 min
Apr 1, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	25 min
Apr 1, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	47 min
Apr 1, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair, Wilcox	21 min
Apr 1, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox	49 min
Apr 1, 3:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Harris, Houston, Jones and 9 more	18 hr
Apr 1, 3:45 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	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.