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, 3:09 PM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 041909
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
309 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
GAZ004-005-007-011>013-019-020-041945-
GILMER GA-MURRAY GA-GORDON GA-WHITFIELD GA-PICKENS GA-BARTOW GA-
CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
309 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GILMER...SOUTHERN
MURRAY...GORDON...SOUTHEASTERN WHITFIELD...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...
NORTHWESTERN BARTOW...EASTERN CHATTOOGA AND NORTHEASTERN FLOYD
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 308 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF CHATSWORTH TO NEAR PLAINVILLE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ROME...CALHOUN...CHATSWORTH...ELLIJAY...ADAIRSVILLE...KINGSTON...EAST
ELLIJAY...RESACA...PLAINVILLE...SHANNON...FAIRMOUNT...RANGER...EVERET
T SPRINGS...NORTH GEORGIA
SPEEDWAY...ARMUCHEE...NICKELSVILLE...RAMHURST... TALONA...FOLSOM AND
PINSON.
LAT...LON 3465 8437 3416 8505 3440 8531 3476 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 281DEG 45KT 3474 8465 3437 8499
$$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, 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, 3:11 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.