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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 2, 2016Catoosa County, Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 6:13 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

196 
WWUS82 KFFC 022213
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
 
GAZ002>004-022300-
CATOOSA GA-WHITFIELD GA-WALKER GA-
613 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CATOOSA...WHITFIELD AND SOUTHERN
WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 612 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RINGGOLD TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF TRION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 
           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
DALTON...LAFAYETTE...RINGGOLD...VARNELL...TUNNEL HILL...COHUTTA...NAOMI...
BLUE SPRING...MILL CREEK...BEAVERDALE...VILLANOW...NOBLE...ROCKY FACE...
CENTER POST...BEAUMONT...ROCK SPRING...LINWOOD...WOOD STATION...RED CLAY
S.P. AND APISON.

LAT...LON 3499 8481 3497 8481 3492 8484 3490 8483
      3488 8483 3465 8512 3459 8542 3459 8553
      3477 8536 3488 8522 3499 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 239DEG 29KT 3486 8517 3476 8519 3462 8541 

$$

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, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene11 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, 6:18 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.