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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2016, 1:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2016, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 15, 7:23 AM EDT, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 7:23 AM EDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:37 AM EDT, 8 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 437 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-160845- 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- 437 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN 2PM AND 10PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
125 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016
GAZ093-095-105>108-151815-
MACON GA-CRISP GA-WILCOX GA-HOUSTON GA-DOOLY GA-PULASKI GA-
125 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON...NORTHEASTERN
CRISP...WILCOX...HOUSTON...DOOLY AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM
EDT...
AT 124 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DOOLING TO NEAR CORDELE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
PERRY...CORDELE...HAWKINSVILLE...VIENNA...ABBEVILLE...UNADILLA...
MONTEZUMA...ROCHELLE...BYROMVILLE...PINEVIEW...PINEHURST...PITTS...
LILLY...DOOLING...ANTIOCH CHURCH...HARTFORD...PULASKI STATE
PRISON...CEDAR CREEK...RICHWOOD AND GROVANIA.
LAT...LON 3186 8372 3226 8410 3256 8357 3240 8349
3240 8350 3239 8348 3202 8329 3201 8330
3199 8328 3199 8329 3195 8326 3188 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 240DEG 25KT 3223 8400 3194 8373The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 22 min |
| Jun 15, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 63 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.