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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 15, 2016Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 4:12 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Crisp County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 1143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

481 
WWUS82 KFFC 152012
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
412 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
 
GAZ106-152100-
CRISP GA-
412 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CRISP COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 411 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ARABI...MOVING NORTH
AT 15 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
CORDELE...ARABI...HATLEY...WENONA...EAST CRISP AND RAINES. 

LAT...LON 3181 8382 3181 8383 3183 8384 3182 8385
      3184 8386 3184 8387 3200 8390 3199 8361
      3185 8361 3180 8362 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 181DEG 11KT 3181 8375 

$$

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, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, Union	47 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

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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.