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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 2016Newton County, Walton County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2016-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 153 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale36 min
Jul 20, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson25 min
Jul 20, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson26 min
Jul 20, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley27 min
Jul 20, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley32 min
Jul 20, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston24 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley32 min
Jul 20, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding31 min
Jul 20, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge27 min
Jul 20, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach36 min
Jul 20, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon24 min
Jul 20, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson31 min
Jul 20, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite30 min
Jul 20, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor27 min
Jul 20, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts35 min
Jul 20, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler36 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.