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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 16, 2016Bibb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT for Bibb 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 16, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Bibb County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2016-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 405 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 2016-07-16The 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
405 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1031 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
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

104 
WWUS82 KFFC 162221
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016
 
GAZ072-082-083-162300-
TWIGGS GA-JONES GA-BIBB GA-
621 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS...
SOUTHEASTERN JONES AND BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MACON...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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
MACON...GRAY...PAYNE...PAYNE CITY...WESLEYAN...JAMES...DRY BRANCH...
SKIPPERTON...RUTLAND...FRANKLINTON...GRISWOLDVILLE...MOUNTAIN
SPRINGS...POSTELL...GREENBERRY CROSSROADS...CROSS KEYS...
ARKWRIGHT...MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT AND CLINTON.

LAT...LON 3276 8375 3300 8369 3299 8347 3281 8336
      3267 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 218DEG 11KT 3279 8364 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 11:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry29 min
Jul 16, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry25 min
Jul 16, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker26 min
Jul 16, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup29 min
Jul 16, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup37 min
Jul 16, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow51 min
Jul 16, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes42 min
Jul 16, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette28 min
Jul 16, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth32 min
Jul 16, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren31 min
Jul 16, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth28 min
Jul 16, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall27 min
Jul 16, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall31 min
Jul 16, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite27 min
Jul 16, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth25 min
Jul 16, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall50 min
Jul 16, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite56 min
Jul 16, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart38 min
Jul 16, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens42 min
Jul 16, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon46 min
Jul 16, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite63 min
Jul 16, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin46 min
Jul 16, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk52 min
Jul 16, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton32 min
Jul 16, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford48 min
Jul 16, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris44 min
Jul 16, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton23 min
Jul 16, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee50 min
Jul 16, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb43 min
Jul 16, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones41 min
Jul 16, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson47 min
Jul 16, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb24 min
Jul 16, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones41 min
Jul 16, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether51 min
Jul 16, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb46 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.