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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 2, 2016Greene County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 3:49 PM EDT for Greene County, Georgia. It was in force for 11 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
May 2, 2016, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Greene County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2016-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 562 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

968 
WWUS82 KFFC 021949
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
349 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
 
GAZ049-022000-
MORGAN GA-
349 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM EDT...

AT 349 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BUCKHEAD...OR NEAR
GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 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
PARKS MILL AND SWORDS. 

LAT...LON 3352 8328 3348 8328 3348 8329 3354 8332
      3356 8330 3354 8329 3354 8328 3353 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 257DEG 9KT 3351 8328 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion30 min
May 2, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones25 min
May 2, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene12 min
May 2, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes49 min
May 2, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene29 min
May 2, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene11 min
May 2, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock24 min
May 2, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe32 min
May 2, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock31 min
May 2, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker28 min
May 2, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga31 min
May 2, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield47 min
May 2, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray27 min
May 2, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga32 min
May 2, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk29 min
May 2, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield33 min
May 2, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd27 min
May 2, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach35 min
May 2, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer32 min
May 2, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Pickens, Polk32 min
May 2, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach29 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.