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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 3, 2016Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2016, 11:18 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 11:18 PM EDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2016-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2016-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

736 
WWUS82 KFFC 040318
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1118 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2016
 
GAZ023-040345-
HALL GA-
1118 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY UNTIL
1145 PM EDT...

AT 1118 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GAINESVILLE...MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 
           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. 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
GAINESVILLE...BUFORD...FLOWERY
BRANCH...OAKWOOD...GILLSVILLE...CANDLER... ROAD ATLANTA-LANIER
SPEEDWAY AND CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN.

LAT...LON 3436 8366 3427 8365 3412 8382 3411 8385
      3412 8393 3413 8396 3436 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 005DEG 11KT 3430 8378 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite33 min
Aug 4, 6:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth24 min
Aug 4, 7:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth43 min
Aug 4, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike38 min
Aug 4, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot25 min
Aug 4, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon36 min
Aug 4, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup34 min
Aug 4, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens35 min
Aug 4, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding25 min
Aug 4, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson37 min
Aug 4, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson33 min
Aug 4, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton33 min
Aug 4, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb28 min
Aug 4, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll37 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.