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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 33 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.