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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 15, 2016Towns County, Union County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 2:43 PM EDT for Towns County, Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 15, 2016, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Towns County, GA, Union County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 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 15, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 4:43 AM EDT, 10 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
443 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-160845-
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-
443 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR. ANY SEVERE STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AREA-WIDE. BY THURSDAY POTENTIAL SHOULD BE MORE
CONFINED TO CENTRAL GEORGIA. WHILE ISOLATED SEVERE CANNOT BE RULED
OUT...WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.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 15, 2:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
243 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

GAZ006-008-009-015-016-151930-
TOWNS GA-LUMPKIN GA-WHITE GA-UNION GA-FANNIN GA-
243 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOWNS...NORTHERN LUMPKIN...
NORTHERN WHITE...UNION AND SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...

AT 241 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
YOUNG HARRIS TO NEAR SUCHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
           AND HEAVY RAIN.

  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.
           LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
           IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE
           PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO
           HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD REMEMBER...TURN
           AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
HIAWASSEE...BLAIRSVILLE...YOUNG HARRIS...HELEN...SUCHES...UNICOI
STATE PARK...JONES CREEK...BRASSTOWN BALD...THE PLUM ORCHARD GAP
SHELTER...SAUTEE...THE SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION ARE...THE STOVER
CREEK SHELTER...TRACK ROCK... MACEDONIA...ALEXANDERS MILL...TURNERS
CORNER...MOUNTAIN SCENE...MARGRET...THE LOW GAP SHELTER AND TITUS.

LAT...LON 3499 8356 3494 8358 3494 8360 3492 8359
      3491 8363 3490 8363 3488 8366 3483 8366
      3482 8365 3480 8368 3479 8368 3477 8364
      3469 8364 3461 8419 3464 8420 3465 8421
      3499 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 231DEG 7KT 3498 8389 3472 8411

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	51 min
Jul 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	48 min
Jul 15, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	48 min
Jul 15, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter, Webster	39 min
Jul 15, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	46 min
Jul 15, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Laurens, Peach and 2 more	62 min
Jul 15, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	42 min
Jul 15, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson	37 min
Jul 15, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	46 min
Jul 15, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016 Every 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.