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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 2016Coweta County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2016, 12:08 PM EDT for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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 19, 2016, 12:08 PM EDT (16:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Coweta County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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: 1145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 19, 10:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 10:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 10:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1038 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-201000-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1038 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA... MAINLY BETWEEN 1PM AND 10PM. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 65 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN STORM THREATS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED AREAS OF DAMAGING
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA...OR ON TWITTER USING THE HANDLE AT
NWSATLANTA OR HASHTAG GAWX.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:51 AM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	24 min
Jul 18, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	37 min
Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	33 min
Jul 18, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	27 min
Jul 18, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	49 min
Jul 18, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	33 min
Jul 18, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	29 min
Jul 19, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	39 min
Jul 19, 12:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	31 min
Jul 19, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	40 min
Jul 19, 12:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike, Talbot, Upson	43 min
Jul 19, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	35 min
Jul 19, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	39 min
Jul 19, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	38 min
Jul 19, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	35 min
Jul 19, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	45 min
Jul 19, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	39 min
Jul 19, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	36 min
Jul 19, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	28 min
Jul 19, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	36 min
Jul 19, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	33 min
Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	26 min
Jul 19, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	25 min
Jul 19, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	39 min
Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	30 min
Jul 19, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	28 min
Jul 19, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	23 min
Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	29 min
Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox	34 min
Jul 19, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	24 min
Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Twiggs	26 min
Jul 19, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Jul 19, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	25 min
Jul 19, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	23 min
Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	36 min
Jul 19, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	33 min
Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens	30 min
Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	25 min
Jul 19, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Putnam	48 min
Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	28 min
Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	26 min
Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	30 min
Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	32 min
Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	31 min
Jul 19, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	28 min
Jul 19, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	27 min
Jul 19, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	38 min
Jul 19, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	36 min
Jul 19, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	36 min
Jul 19, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	35 min
Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	30 min
Jul 19, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	24 min
Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	23 min
Jul 19, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	36 min
Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Heard	44 min
Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	35 min
Jul 19, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	46 min
Jul 19, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	27 min
Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	37 min
Jul 19, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	36 min
Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	31 min
Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	30 min
Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Fulton	43 min
Jul 19, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	39 min
Jul 19, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	36 min
Jul 19, 6:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	6 hr
Jul 19, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	27 min
Jul 19, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	25 min
Jul 19, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	36 min
Jul 19, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette	28 min
Jul 19, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	25 min
Jul 19, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale	50 min
Jul 19, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	31 min
Jul 19, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	37 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.