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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 29, 2016Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2016, 4:26 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 29, 2016, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 29, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:41 AM EDT, 12 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
341 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-300745-
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-
341 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL REMAIN
NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND GENERALLY SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE TO CEDARTOWN. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS BECOMES BETTER SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS A WEAK
SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES OUT OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
AND STALLS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:26 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
426 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

GAZ113-292115-
TOOMBS GA-
426 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY UNTIL 515
PM EDT...

AT 426 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE PARK TO NEAR ALSTON...AND
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 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 CEDAR
CROSSING...JOHNSON CORNER...TOOMBS CENTRAL...ROCK SPRINGS...SOUTH
THOMPSON...ENGLISH EDDY...NEW BRANCH...MCNATT FALLS AND GRAYS
LANDING.

LAT...LON 3192 8223 3191 8225 3193 8226 3194 8228
      3193 8230 3195 8231 3193 8231 3194 8238
      3196 8238 3195 8239 3196 8240 3195 8240
      3197 8243 3196 8246 3197 8248 3211 8246
      3218 8219 3191 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 351DEG 14KT 3211 8221 3205 8244

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Webster	29 min
Jun 29, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	24 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016 Every 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.