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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2016Clarke County, Morgan County, Oconee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2016, 6:13 PM EDT for Clarke County, Morgan County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2016, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Clarke County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 6:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPark View Homes, GASEVERAL 1-3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED BETWEEN BAXTER AND SANFORD STREETS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CAMPUS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2016-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2016-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

983 
WWUS82 KFFC 302213
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016
 
GAZ027-036>038-047-049-050-302245-
MADISON GA-MORGAN GA-OGLETHORPE GA-OCONEE GA-GREENE GA-CLARKE GA-
WALTON GA-
613 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...MORGAN...
NORTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE...OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN GREENE...CLARKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 612 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ATHENS
TO NEAR RUTLEDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT 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
MADISON...WATKINSVILLE...ATHENS...WINTERVILLE...RUTLEDGE...NORTH
HIGH SHOALS...BOSTWICK...ARNOLDSVILLE...BISHOP...HULL...ATHENS-
CLARKE COUNTY... WHITEHALL...BARNETT SHOALS...BEECHWOOD
HILLS...SANDY CREEK RECREATION AREA...HARD LABOR CREEK STATE
PARK...STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GA... APALACHEE...BARRETTS MILL AND
DUNLAP.

LAT...LON 3399 8319 3355 8341 3359 8367 3398 8350
      3401 8346 3403 8339 3404 8339 3404 8336
      3405 8338 3408 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 234DEG 10KT 3393 8338 3361 8356 

$$

DJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Walton35 min
Jun 29, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton27 min
Jun 29, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Oconee, Walton36 min
Jun 29, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee45 min
Jun 29, 11:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe41 min
Jun 30, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson39 min
Jun 30, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen34 min
Jun 30, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster47 min
Jun 30, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett30 min
Jun 30, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett28 min
Jun 30, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen49 min
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster30 min
Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly29 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam28 min
Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon34 min
Jun 30, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts26 min
Jun 30, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale31 min
Jun 30, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton29 min
Jun 30, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb28 min
Jun 30, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe39 min
Jun 30, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper29 min
Jun 30, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe31 min
Jun 30, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee33 min
Jun 30, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan32 min
Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Putnam30 min
Jun 30, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam37 min
Jun 30, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe33 min
Jun 30, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison29 min
Jun 30, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro26 min
Jun 30, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin22 min
Jun 30, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton29 min
Jun 30, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, White32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.