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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2016, 8:24 PM EDT for Newton County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
274
WWUS82 KFFC 200024
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
824 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
GAZ047>049-200100-
MORGAN GA-NEWTON GA-WALTON GA-
824 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN...
NORTHEASTERN NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
AT 824 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MONROE...MOVING SOUTH
AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...UP TO PENNY 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
MONROE...COVINGTON...SOCIAL
CIRCLE...RUTLEDGE...NEWBORN...MANSFIELD...
BETWEEN...JERSEY...EBENEZER...STARRSVILLE...HARD LABOR CREEK STATE
PARK... BRICK STORE...PANNELL AND HERNDONVILLE.
LAT...LON 3351 8356 3351 8366 3353 8368 3351 8369
3352 8387 3381 8383 3382 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 008DEG 14KT 3375 8373
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 36 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.