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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2016, 3:24 PM EDT for Webster 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 11, 2016, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Webster County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jul 11, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:01 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 301 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-121915- 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- 301 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE...TO MACON....TO SWAINSBORO. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
324 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
GAZ102-103-112000-
WEBSTER GA-STEWART GA-
324 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEBSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN STEWART
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 323 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WESTON...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LUMPKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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
PRESTON...RICHLAND...WESTON...TROUTMAN...KIMBROUGH...CENTERPOINT...
LEVERETTS...DUMAS AND CHAMBLISS.
LAT...LON 3192 8467 3193 8468 3192 8469 3192 8479
3197 8482 3213 8466 3213 8443 3204 8443
3204 8444 3193 8444 3192 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 242DEG 19KT 3193 8471The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Paulding | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Floyd, Forsyth, Gordon and 3 more | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 27 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.