Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2016, 9:12 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 3, 2016, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
824
WWUS82 KFFC 040112
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
912 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2016
GAZ016-040145-
WHITE GA-
912 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHITE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT...
AT 911 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CLEVELAND...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND
BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO
HYDROPLANING. ALSO...THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY
STREET FLOODING OR ROAD PONDING IN SLOW DRAINAGE AREAS.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND
DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
CLEVELAND...HELEN...UNICOI STATE PARK...QUALATCHEE
LAKE...SAUTEE...WHITLEY GAP SHELTER...MOSSY CREEK...SMITHGALL WOODS
CONSERVATION ARE... ROBERTSTOWN...LEAF AND CAMP COLEMAN LAKE.
LAT...LON 3471 8364 3467 8364 3466 8366 3462 8364
3458 8364 3450 8371 3450 8378 3452 8378
3450 8379 3450 8384 3452 8384 3453 8383
3455 8386 3461 8386 3462 8388 3468 8387
3472 8386 3476 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 046DEG 13KT 3462 8377
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 7:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 37 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.