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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT for Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 27, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Apr 27, 2:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 215 PM EDT WED APR 27 2016 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... NOT A REAL CLEAR CUT FORECAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. HI RES MODELS CANNOT SEEM TO AGREE ON A SOLUTION AND ARE QUITE DIVERGENT IN THEIR SOLUTIONS. THERE IS ONE COMMON THEME AND THAT IS MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH TONIGHT AND EXITING THURSDAY. WITH EACH RUN OF THE HI-RES MODELS THEY ARE FOCUSING ON A COUPLE WAVES OF CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT. WITH TSRA OVER SERN AL AND FL PANHANDLE MOVING NORTH...THIS SHOULD SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL GA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO NORTH GA TONIGHT AS WILL THE CONVECTION OVER MISSISSIPPI. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CATEGORICAL OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GA. THE DEEP MOISTURE WILL SHIFT INTO CENTRAL GA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST RISK OF THUNDER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS WELL AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER CANT RULE OUT TSRA AFTER MIDNIGHT. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. 17 .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO COME INTO NOTICEABLY BETTER AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. STILL INDICATING THE GENERAL TREND WILL BE FOR AN INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES BEGINNING SATURDAY AND CULMINATING LATE SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT MONDAY/TUESDAY. ALL OF THIS WAS REPRESENTED QUITE WELL IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST GRIDS AND I HAVE ELECTED TO MAKE ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE SEE THE PREVIOUS LONG TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION BELOW. 20 PREVIOUS LONG TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... GUIDANCE IN BETTER OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH MAIN INFLUENCING SYNOPTIC FEATURES OF THE MAJORITY OF FCST PERIOD. WE START OUT WITH DIMINISHING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL LATE THURSDAY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST FROM THE DEPARTING SYSTEM OF THE SHORT TERM. QUICK TRANSITION TO UPPER RIDGING AND DRY/WARM CONDITIONS ON TAP FOR FRIDAY. LOOKING TO HAVE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH MANY AREAS REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 80S FOR HIGHS /A GOOD 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMS/. WHILE UPPER TROUGH DIGS/AMPLIFIES INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS...STRONG GULF MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL KICK IN ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND AHEAD OF A WAVE OF ENERGY SET TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE CORE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AS IT EJECTS NEWD INTO THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAVE INCREASED POPS ACCORDINGLY WITH CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS/STORMS MAINLY NORTH GA SATURDAY...THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT AND RAISED TO LIKELY FOR THE NORTH. SHEAR/INSTABILITY PARAMETERS THROUGH THE PERIOD LOOK TO LINE UP BEST FOR SUNDAY IF ANY PERIOD WAS TO BE FAVORED FOR MORE OF STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. MORE QUESTION EXISTS TO CLOUD COVERAGE AND DESTABILIZATION POSSIBILITY THIS FAR OUT IN THE FORECAST SO WILL NEED TO KEEP MONITOR ON THREATS. OTHERWISE A FEW WEAKER DISTURBANCES COULD INFLUENCE THE AREA MONDAY AND LATE TUESDAY...SO HAVE KEPT LOW CHANCE TO SLIGHT POPS IN FCST BUT UNCERTAINTY INCREASES AS MODEL SOLUTIONS START TO DIVERGE. BAKER && AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA OVER SERN AL AND ALSO NW GA WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GA TONIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL GA THURSDAY. THE BEST RISK OF TSRA WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALTHOUGH CANT RULE OUT A TSRA AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. CIGS WILL REMAIN VFR AND THEN DROP TO IFR LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTH SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE FORECAST. THERE COULD BE A FEW GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... MEDIUM ON ALL ELEMENTS. 17 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 66 83 61 87 / 60 60 20 5 ATLANTA 66 81 63 84 / 60 60 20 5 BLAIRSVILLE 61 81 54 80 / 70 60 20 5 CARTERSVILLE 65 83 60 85 / 70 60 10 5 COLUMBUS 66 81 65 87 / 60 60 30 10 GAINESVILLE 65 82 61 84 / 60 60 20 5 MACON 66 82 63 88 / 40 50 30 10 ROME 64 83 58 85 / 80 50 10 5 PEACHTREE CITY 65 82 60 85 / 60 60 20 10 VIDALIA 67 84 66 88 / 30 40 30 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...17 LONG TERM....20 AVIATION...17
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 11:10 AM EDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 AM EDT WED APR 27 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-280930- 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- 1110 AM EDT WED APR 27 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. INSTABILITY WILL BE MODERATE AT BEST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE... HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD FOR THURSDAY ALONG WITH A MARGINAL RISK FOR ISLOATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG WINDS... HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH SEVERAL DISTURBANCES IMPACTING THE AREA. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT... HOWEVER THERE REMAINS A LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THESE SYSTEMS. PLEASE MONITOR UPDATES FOR ANY CHANGES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 5:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 PM EDT WED APR 27 2016
GAZ089-090-272230-
MUSCOGEE GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
545 PM EDT WED APR 27 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MUSCOGEE AND NORTHWESTERN
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 545 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS
COMPLEX...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF PHENIX CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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
COLUMBUS...BIBB CITY...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FLD...NORTH FORT
BENNING...EDGEWOOD...KENWOOD...VISTA TERRACE...GREEN ISLAND HILLS...
BENNING HILLS...FLAT ROCK...ROSE HILL...AVONDALE...SAND HILL...CARTER
ACRES...BENNING PARK...COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT...HIGHLAND PARK...
BATTLE PARK...CUSTER ROAD TERRACE AND MIDLAND.
LAT...LON 3261 8500 3261 8491 3258 8491 3258 8483
3250 8471 3232 8499 3233 8501 3235 8500
3238 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497 3241 8498
3242 8496 3244 8497 3245 8500 3250 8500
3255 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 218DEG 18KT 3234 8507The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 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.