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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 2016Webster County, Georgia

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 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 2016-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
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

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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 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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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 8471

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster51 min
Jul 11, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris34 min
Jul 11, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup52 min
Jul 11, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup35 min
Jul 11, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup44 min
Jul 11, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton28 min
Jul 11, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb39 min
Jul 11, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Paulding48 min
Jul 11, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette32 min
Jul 11, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry29 min
Jul 11, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton29 min
Jul 11, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Floyd, Forsyth, Gordon and 3 more44 min
Jul 11, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton29 min
Jul 11, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens36 min
Jul 11, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Oconee, Walton27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016Every 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.