Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 6:06 AM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 4, 2016, 6:06 AM EDT (10:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Forsyth County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
787
WWUS82 KFFC 041006
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
GAZ022-023-033-034-041030-
NORTH FULTON GA-GWINNETT GA-FORSYTH GA-HALL GA-
606 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH FULTON...NORTHERN
GWINNETT...FORSYTH AND SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM EDT...
AT 605 AM EDT...A NEARLY STATIONARY STORM WAS NEAR SUGAR HILL...OR
NEAR CUMMING.
HAZARD...HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SAME AREAS.
IMPACT...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...CUMMING...JOHNS CREEK...ALPHARETTA...DULUTH...SUGAR
HILL... SUWANEE...BUFORD...BRASELTON...AUBURN...FLOWERY
BRANCH...OAKWOOD...BERKELEY LAKE...REST HAVEN...BUFORD DAM-LAKE
LANIER PARKS...AQUALAND PARK... CHESTATEE...DREW...LAKE LANIER
ISLANDS AND MATT.
LAT...LON 3433 8387 3404 8385 3403 8386 3396 8422
3430 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 269DEG 8KT 3414 8406
$$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 3, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 27 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.