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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 4, 2016Clarke County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 10:10 PM EDT for Clarke County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Clarke County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

365 
WWUS82 KFFC 050210
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1010 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
 
GAZ036-037-050245-
OCONEE GA-CLARKE GA-
1010 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OCONEE AND CLARKE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT...

AT 1009 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ATHENS...MOVING WEST
AT 5 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
WATKINSVILLE...ATHENS...WINTERVILLE...BOGART...ATHENS-CLARKE
COUNTY... WHITEHALL...BEECHWOOD HILLS...WESTGATE PARK...SANDY CREEK
RECREATION AREA...STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GA...JAMES HOLLAND YOUTH
SPORTS CMPX... BARRETTS MILL...EASTVILLE AND OCONEE HEIGHTS.

LAT...LON 3400 8328 3386 8331 3385 8358 3387 8359
      3388 8358 3388 8360 3393 8359 3398 8351
      3400 8350 3399 8348 3403 8339 3404 8339
      3403 8337 3404 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 099DEG 6KT 3396 8338 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe	30 min
Aug 4, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke	45 min
Aug 4, 11:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe	6 hr
Aug 4, 11:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	37 min
Aug 5, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	53 min
Aug 5, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	39 min
Aug 5, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	37 min
Aug 5, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	49 min
Aug 5, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot, Taylor	42 min
Aug 5, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	30 min
Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	42 min
Aug 5, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	52 min
Aug 5, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson	17 min
Aug 5, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	36 min
Aug 5, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	49 min
Aug 5, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	33 min
Aug 5, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	37 min
Aug 5, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	50 min
Aug 5, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	47 min
Aug 5, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike, Upson	30 min

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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.