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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2016Gordon County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 979 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson31 min
Jun 12, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall36 min
Jun 12, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin49 min
Jun 12, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow32 min
Jun 12, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison28 min
Jun 12, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow22 min
Jun 12, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe48 min
Jun 12, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson48 min
Jun 12, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow43 min
Jun 12, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett37 min
Jun 12, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke49 min
Jun 12, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb45 min
Jun 12, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd41 min
Jun 12, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett47 min
Jun 12, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd43 min
Jun 12, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock38 min
Jun 12, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton48 min
Jun 12, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk39 min
Jun 12, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene47 min
Jun 12, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin37 min
Jun 12, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd42 min
Jun 12, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock40 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.