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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 3, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Jefferson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
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 May 3, 2:40 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:40 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 10:29 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1029 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-041200- 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- 1029 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN STORM THREATS TODAY WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SAG INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE... WITH THE GREATEST SEVERE STORM THREAT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO LOUISVILLE LINE... AND MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. OTHERWISE DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 3, 1:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
113 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E BELMONT 33.72N 84.16W
05/01/2016 DEKALB GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN BETWEEN BELMONT AND LITHONIA. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1600264
DJNSpecial weather statement, May 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
259 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
GAZ076-031930-
JEFFERSON GA-
259 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 259 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WRENS...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 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
WRENS...STELLAVILLE AND MATTHEWS.
LAT...LON 3321 8225 3315 8227 3311 8228 3306 8229
3305 8246 3314 8244 3323 8237 3326 8226
3323 8224 3323 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 263DEG 24KT 3318 8231The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 34 min |
| May 2, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 32 min |
| May 2, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 16 min |
| May 2, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 24 min |
| May 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 17 min |
| May 2, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 32 min |
| May 2, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 36 min |
| May 2, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 41 min |
| May 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 33 min |
| May 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 50 min |
| May 3, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 39 min |
Nearby
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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.