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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2016, 1:21 PM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 12, 2016, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 979 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
262
WWUS82 KFFC 121721
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
121 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016
GAZ012-020-121745-
GORDON GA-BARTOW GA-
121 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GORDON AND NORTHEASTERN BARTOW
COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
AT 121 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CALHOUN...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN.
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. 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 THIS STORM INCLUDE
CALHOUN...WHITE...RESACA...FAIRMOUNT...RANGER...REDBUD...PINE LOG...
FUNKHOUSER...FOLSOM AND SONORAVILLE.
LAT...LON 3455 8465 3448 8465 3428 8474 3447 8501
3456 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 290DEG 9KT 3451 8494
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Jackson | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 40 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.