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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 25, 2016Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT for Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Sumter County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2016-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 706 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 2016-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 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.

057 
WWUS82 KFFC 251913
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
313 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
 
GAZ104-251945-
SUMTER GA-
313 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SUMTER COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 313 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ANDERSONVILLE...OR 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 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
AMERICUS...LESLIE...LAMAR...NEW ERA...METHVINS...HUNTINGTON AND
PENNINGTON.

LAT...LON 3199 8424 3214 8423 3219 8410 3218 8405
      3217 8403 3215 8403 3213 8401 3212 8401
      3209 8398 3207 8399 3206 8398 3205 8398
      3205 8397 3202 8395 3194 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 332DEG 6KT 3212 8410 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:34 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more18 hr
Jun 25, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter45 min
Jun 25, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter51 min
Jun 25, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley26 min
Jun 25, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley49 min
Jun 25, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter, Webster15 min
Jun 25, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter, Webster21 min
Jun 25, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster28 min
Jun 25, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Stewart, Webster51 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart34 min
Jun 25, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster30 min
Jun 25, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot24 min
Jun 25, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox27 min
Jun 25, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox23 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion33 min
Jun 25, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot47 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.