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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2016, 12:34 PM EDT for Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 17, 2016, 12:34 PM EDT (16:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
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 17, 7:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 7:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 5:40 AM EDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 540 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-181000- 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- 540 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR EAST GEORGIA ON SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 11:55 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1155 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016
GAZ085-086-097-098-171630-
JOHNSON GA-LAURENS GA-TREUTLEN GA-EMANUEL GA-
1155 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON...EASTERN
LAURENS...TREUTLEN AND WESTERN EMANUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...
AT 1155 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SOPERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...UP TO PENNY 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
SOPERTON...ADRIAN...GILLIS
SPRINGS...ORLAND...ROCKLEDGE...ORIANNA...MINTER...
BLACKVILLE...NORRISTOWN JUNCTION...SCOTT AND NORRISTOWN.
LAT...LON 3233 8274 3245 8285 3266 8265 3258 8248
3244 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 235DEG 29KT 3244 8273Special weather statement, May 17, 12:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1234 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016
GAZ086-098-112-171700-
MONTGOMERY GA-TREUTLEN GA-EMANUEL GA-
1234 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHEASTERN TREUTLEN AND SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM
EDT...
AT 1234 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TARRYTOWN...OR NEAR
SOPERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 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
OAK PARK...NUNEZ...LEXSY AND ZAIDEE.
LAT...LON 3233 8237 3234 8238 3234 8239 3235 8241
3232 8242 3231 8249 3238 8254 3250 8240
3249 8228 3235 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 233DEG 20KT 3237 8249The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 35 min |
| May 17, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 37 min |
| May 17, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 36 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.