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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 12, 2016Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT for Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 12, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2016-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

688 
WWUS82 KFFC 122221
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016
 
GAZ067>069-079-122300-
TALBOT GA-UPSON GA-PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-
621 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TALBOT...NORTHERN
UPSON...SOUTHERN PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 700
PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WOODLAND...OR WEST OF
THOMASTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 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. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
           KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
           CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ELECTRICAL
           APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE THOMASTON...LINCOLN
PARK...SUNSET VILLAGE...HANNAHS MILL...CREST... PLEASANT HILL...
LIFSEY SPRINGS...REDBONE CROSSROADS...ATWATER...SUNNYSIDE AND
SPREWELL BLUFF STATE PARK.

LAT...LON 3276 8449 3287 8459 3309 8440 3290 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 227DEG 10KT 3285 8449 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison and 1 more44 min
Jul 11, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union, White40 min
Jul 12, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart49 min
Jul 12, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee39 min
Jul 12, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup49 min
Jul 12, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart42 min
Jul 12, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee51 min
Jul 12, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee43 min
Jul 12, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup47 min
Jul 12, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup41 min
Jul 12, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson41 min
Jul 12, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta41 min
Jul 12, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Troup52 min
Jul 12, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox42 min
Jul 12, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson27 min
Jul 12, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike, Upson45 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.