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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2016Jefferson County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 108 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 2016-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
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

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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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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

DJN
Special 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 8231

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Towns, Union34 min
May 2, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs32 min
May 2, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb16 min
May 2, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin24 min
May 2, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs17 min
May 2, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones32 min
May 2, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam36 min
May 2, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Warren41 min
May 3, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington29 min
May 3, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson34 min
May 3, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair33 min
May 3, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair40 min
May 3, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler50 min
May 3, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter39 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.