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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 3, 2016Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2016, 4:39 PM EDT for Floyd 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
Jul 3, 2016, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Floyd County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

306 
WWUS82 KFFC 032039
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
439 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2016
 
GAZ011-019-032115-
CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
439 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD
COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

AT 438 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EASTERN WEISS
LAKE...OR NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 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
ROME...SHANNON...LYERLY...JAMES H. FLOYD STATE
PARK...CHATTOOGAVILLE... COOSA...ARMUCHEE...TIDINGS AND HOLLAND.

LAT...LON 3452 8519 3429 8503 3410 8542 3437 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 240DEG 51KT 3422 8550 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson25 min
Jul 3, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett33 min
Jul 3, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett34 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.