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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Putnam and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jul 16, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Taliaferro | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 22 min |
| Jul 17, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 34 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.