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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 18, 2016Towns County, Union County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT for Towns County, Union 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 18, 2016, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
39 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 22:22 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 176 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 2016-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 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 2016-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

825 
WWUS82 KFFC 182221
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
621 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
 
GAZ006>009-014>016-182300-
GILMER GA-DAWSON GA-TOWNS GA-LUMPKIN GA-WHITE GA-UNION GA-FANNIN GA-
621 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GILMER...
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON...TOWNS...LUMPKIN...NORTHERN WHITE...UNION AND
SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NORTHEAST OF HIAWASSEE TO EAST OF ELLIJAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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.  

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
HIAWASSEE...BLAIRSVILLE...YOUNG HARRIS...SUCHES...UNICOI STATE
PARK...JONES CREEK...BRASSTOWN BALD...THE PLUM ORCHARD GAP
SHELTER...AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...PISGAH...THE STOVER CREEK
SHELTER...TRACK ROCK...MACEDONIA...ALEXANDERS MILL...TURNERS
CORNER...MOUNTAIN SCENE...THE BLACK GAP SHELTER...THE LEN FOOTE HIKE
INN...MARGRET AND FAUSETT LAKE.

LAT...LON 3495 8355 3494 8360 3492 8359 3491 8363
      3490 8363 3488 8366 3483 8366 3482 8365
      3480 8368 3477 8365 3477 8363 3451 8415
      3453 8433 3471 8437 3498 8400 3499 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 330DEG 7KT 3499 8366 3469 8427 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns24 min
Jul 17, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton30 min
Jul 17, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens41 min
Jul 17, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox38 min
Jul 17, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Walton32 min
Jul 17, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly46 min
Jul 17, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette27 min
Jul 17, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts29 min
Jul 17, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Newton, Walton33 min
Jul 17, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Spalding26 min
Jul 18, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks37 min
Jul 18, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee38 min
Jul 18, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam50 min
Jul 18, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall48 min
Jul 18, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe47 min
Jul 18, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer44 min
Jul 18, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock38 min
Jul 18, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes37 min
Jul 18, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite35 min
Jul 18, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes47 min
Jul 18, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee25 min
Jul 18, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes38 min
Jul 18, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Walton44 min
Jul 18, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth40 min
Jul 18, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa40 min
Jul 18, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson37 min
Jul 18, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton50 min
Jul 18, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Lumpkin45 min
Jul 18, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb35 min
Jul 18, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox44 min
Jul 18, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton47 min
Jul 18, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson45 min
Jul 18, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington40 min
Jul 18, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb33 min
Jul 18, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns45 min
Jul 18, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer25 min
Jul 18, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens38 min
Jul 18, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson51 min
Jul 18, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski44 min
Jul 18, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski31 min
Jul 18, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens39 min
Jul 18, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, White31 min
Jul 18, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Laurens, Pulaski42 min
Jul 18, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd35 min
Jul 18, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly22 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach30 min
Jul 18, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee27 min
Jul 18, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Sumter35 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.