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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 17, 2016Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2016, 3:08 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 17, 2016, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Floyd County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2016-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 243 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 2016-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

306 
WWUS82 KFFC 171908
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
308 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016
 
GAZ019-030-171945-
POLK GA-FLOYD GA-
308 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK AND
SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 307 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH
OF CAVE SPRING TO FORNEY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...UP TO 35 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 LIKELY. 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
ROME...CAVE SPRING...COOSA AND LINDALE. 

LAT...LON 3429 8539 3430 8538 3431 8538 3431 8535
      3423 8520 3410 8520 3402 8541 3425 8545
      3427 8546 3428 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 118DEG 3KT 3422 8533 3407 8546 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Putnam and 1 more54 min
Jul 16, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro and 1 more64 min
Jul 16, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan, Taliaferro42 min
Jul 17, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon40 min
Jul 17, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker43 min
Jul 17, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield41 min
Jul 17, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin25 min
Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding31 min
Jul 17, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray41 min
Jul 17, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson38 min
Jul 17, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs33 min
Jul 17, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray51 min
Jul 17, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
Jul 17, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin44 min
Jul 17, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon45 min
Jul 17, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray29 min
Jul 17, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair33 min
Jul 17, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin31 min
Jul 17, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall28 min
Jul 17, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb31 min
Jul 17, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston43 min
Jul 17, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth42 min
Jul 17, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen32 min
Jul 17, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski50 min
Jul 17, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs47 min
Jul 17, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett33 min
Jul 17, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale36 min
Jul 17, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski40 min
Jul 17, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton22 min
Jul 17, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge50 min
Jul 17, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton43 min
Jul 17, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski40 min
Jul 17, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee38 min
Jul 17, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett34 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.