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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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 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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 37 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.