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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 28, 2016Dodge County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 6:39 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2016, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Dodge County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2016-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 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 2016-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

841 
WWUS82 KFFC 282239
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
639 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
 
GAZ107>109-282315-
DODGE GA-WILCOX GA-PULASKI GA-
639 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DODGE...NORTHERN
WILCOX AND SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 639 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES NORTH OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 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
EASTMAN...ABBEVILLE...CHAUNCEY...UNION...GODWINSVILLE...FIVE POINTS
AND OCMULGEE BANKS.

LAT...LON 3200 8332 3216 8341 3226 8316 3211 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 244DEG 14KT 3212 8330 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall28 min
Jun 28, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb31 min
Jun 28, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton30 min
Jun 28, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb26 min
Jun 28, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry31 min
Jun 28, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene27 min
Jun 28, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb25 min
Jun 28, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene31 min
Jun 28, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Putnam39 min
Jun 28, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette28 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington29 min
Jun 28, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin28 min
Jun 28, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Washington32 min
Jun 28, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Jun 28, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington40 min
Jun 28, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock25 min
Jun 28, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs37 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.