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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2016Bartow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2016, 2:47 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Bartow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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°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 2016-06-12The 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

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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 Jun 12, 2:34 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:34 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
234 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

.SHORT TERM /Tonight through Monday Night/...
The above normal trend in temperatures will continue Monday into
Tuesday.

Monday and Tuesday should be the hottest days of the week. High
temperatures outside of the higher terrain are expected to reach the
middle to upper 90s with dewpoints in the upper 60s and lower 70s
and should yield Heat Index values of at least 100 degrees. Will
have to monitor areas east of Interstate 80 and South of Interstate
20 for Monday and Tuesday afternoons for the possible issuance of a
Heat Advisory.

A backdoor front will move across the region today into tomorrow.
The airmass on the east/north side of this boundary will be a bit
drier...so there will be little, if any chance of precip in east
central Georgia. Across the mountains and across the western
CWFA...isold/sct convection will be possible.

Widespread severe weather is not expected this afternoon/evening or
tomorrow. However, in this summer-like airmass, any thunderstorm
that develops has the potential to become strong and produce
numerous lightning strikes. An isolated severe storm is also
possible, producing damaging wind gusts.

NListemaa

.LONG TERM /Tuesday through Sunday/...
Mainly only tweaks to the long term based on the latestguidance.

BDL

Previous Discussion...
The extended forecast starts off with the weak backdoor frontal
boundary situated across central portions of GA Monday night. This
boundary begins to move back east as a warm front Tues morning as
The upper ridging breaks down and upper trough moves east across
the MS river valley. With moist southerly flow setting up bringing
abundant low level moisture northward...precip chances begin to
increase Tuesday through the end of the work week. By Friday
night/Saturday...a longwave trough begins to dig along the east
coast...helping to usher in a pattern change. This change should
lead to near normal temps as a cooler/drier airmass moves in from
the eastern Great Lake states.

01

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z Update...
Have added a tempo group for thunderstorms to the afternoon TAF.
Activity currently to the north of ATL, if it holds together,
could impact ATL after 19z. Hi-res models keep the activity
isold/sct in nature. Monday is expected to be much like
today...and any timing on precip should be very similar. Winds may
go light overnight and Monday night...but should remain on the
west side.

//ATL Confidence...18Z Update...
Med confidence precip impacts/timing.
High confidence remaining elements.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          72  96  72  95 /  10  10  10  50
Atlanta         74  95  75  92 /  20  20  20  50
Blairsville     65  90  66  88 /  10  30  20  50
Cartersville    69  95  70  93 /  20  20  20  50
Columbus        74  96  75  94 /  20  20  20  60
Gainesville     72  93  72  92 /  10  20  20  50
Macon           73  97  73  96 /  20  20  10  50
Rome            70  96  70  92 /  20  20  20  60
Peachtree City  70  95  71  93 /  20  20  20  60
Vidalia         75  96  74  95 /  20  10  10  50

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...NListemaa
LONG TERM....BDL
AVIATION...NListemaa
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 1:49 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
149 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-131200-
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-
149 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
MONDAYS THROUGH SATURDAY.

HEAT INDICES MAY APPROACH 105 DEGREES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND
EAST OF INTERSTATE 85 MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS.

.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, Jun 12, 2:02 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
202 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RIVERLAND TERRACE       32.42N  84.96W
06/11/2016                   MUSCOGEE           GA   911 CALL CENTER

            1 TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON HAWTHRONE DRIVE

0415 PM     LIGHTNING        RIVERLAND TERRACE       32.42N  84.96W
06/11/2016                   MUSCOGEE           GA   911 CALL CENTER

            1 TREE STARTED ON FIRE FROM LIGHTNING ON HAWTHORNE
            DRIVE

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSW CUSSETA           32.25N  84.80W
06/11/2016                   CHATTAHOOCHEE      GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            5 TRESS WERE BLOWN DOWN ON RIVER BEND ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1600328 FFC1600329 FFC1600327

NLIST
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:02 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
202 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

GAZ027-038-121830-
MADISON GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
202 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN
OGLETHORPE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 202 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER DANIELSVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 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
COMER...CARLTON...PAOLI AND WATSON MILL BRIDGE STATE PARK.

LAT...LON 3415 8306 3412 8305 3411 8303 3410 8304
      3408 8301 3408 8300 3406 8299 3405 8299
      3392 8312 3409 8323 3417 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 308DEG 18KT 3412 8318
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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, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon24 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, 2:53 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

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.