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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 7:02 AM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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, 7:02 AM EDT (11:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Forsyth County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
749
WWUS82 KFFC 041102
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
702 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
GAZ022-023-034-041145-
GWINNETT GA-FORSYTH GA-HALL GA-
702 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN GWINNETT...
NORTHEASTERN FORSYTH AND SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM
EDT...
AT 701 AM EDT...AN AREA HEAVY RAIN WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR FLOWERY BRANCH TO NEAR DACULA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN.
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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
GAINESVILLE...LAWRENCEVILLE...CUMMING...SUGAR
HILL...BUFORD...BRASELTON... AUBURN...FLOWERY
BRANCH...OAKWOOD...REST HAVEN...BUFORD DAM-LAKE LANIER
PARKS...AQUALAND PARK...CHESTATEE...LAKE LANIER ISLANDS...ROAD
ATLANTA-LANIER SPEEDWAY...CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN...COAL MOUNTAIN...HOG
MOUNTAIN AND OSCARVILLE.
LAT...LON 3417 8377 3413 8382 3404 8385 3397 8397
3428 8419 3435 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 292DEG 7KT 3422 8398 3402 8393
$$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, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 24 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.