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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 30, 2016Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 30, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 6:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBattle Hill Haven, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE AT 125 LAUREL AVENUE SW.
Apr 30, 6:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Westover Plantatio, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN BY ATLANTA FIRE AT INTERSECTION OF W. WESLEY RD AND MOORES MILL RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2016-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

057 
WWUS82 KFFC 302221
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016
 
GAZ032-033-043>045-302300-
DEKALB GA-COBB GA-NORTH FULTON GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-DOUGLAS GA-
621 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DEKALB...COBB...
NORTH FULTON...SOUTH FULTON AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL
700 PM EDT...

AT 621 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA TO 6 MILES NORTH OF UNION
CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ATLANTA...MARIETTA...DOUGLASVILLE...SANDY SPRINGS...SMYRNA...DUNWOODY...
EAST POINT...POWDER SPRINGS...AUSTELL...MIDTOWN...FAIR OAKS...GRANT
PARK-ZOO ATLANTA...LITHIA SPRINGS...NORTH ATLANTA...NORTH DRUID HILLS...
DRUID HILLS...SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...VININGS...JIM R MILLER PARK
AND TURNER FIELD.

LAT...LON 3400 8434 3391 8466 3365 8464 3371 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 185DEG 22KT 3371 8439 3367 8456 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 11:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa36 min
Apr 30, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow34 min
Apr 30, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon38 min
Apr 30, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb34 min
Apr 30, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon32 min
Apr 30, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson28 min
Apr 30, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee37 min
Apr 30, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks29 min
Apr 30, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford25 min
Apr 30, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks47 min
Apr 30, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb33 min
Apr 30, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer31 min
Apr 30, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts28 min
Apr 30, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow32 min
Apr 30, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin31 min
Apr 30, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson31 min
Apr 30, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion31 min
Apr 30, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike, Upson28 min
Apr 30, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox24 min
Apr 30, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs38 min
Apr 30, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston37 min
Apr 30, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb34 min
Apr 30, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray28 min
Apr 30, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Pulaski27 min
Apr 30, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett31 min
Apr 30, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs27 min
Apr 30, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield25 min
Apr 30, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley37 min
Apr 30, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth27 min
Apr 30, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray32 min
Apr 30, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth47 min
Apr 30, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton42 min
Apr 30, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 min
Apr 30, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin38 min
Apr 30, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin33 min
Apr 30, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton29 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta32 min
Apr 30, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett33 min
Apr 30, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether48 min
Apr 30, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon30 min
Apr 30, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Whitfield12 min
Apr 30, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee37 min
Apr 30, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow30 min
Apr 30, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton24 min
Apr 30, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton38 min
Apr 30, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox29 min
Apr 30, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale42 min
Apr 30, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.