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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT for Clarke County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Clarke County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
762
WWUS82 KFFC 050245
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1045 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
GAZ036>038-050330-
OGLETHORPE GA-OCONEE GA-CLARKE GA-
1045 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN OGLETHORPE...NORTHEASTERN
OCONEE AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1044 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WHITEHALL...OR NEAR
WATKINSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...ARNOLDSVILLE...
ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY...WHITEHALL...STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF
GA...JAMES HOLLAND YOUTH SPORTS CMPX...BARNETT SHOALS...BEECHWOOD
HILLS...DUNLAP AND OCONEE HEIGHTS.
LAT...LON 3393 8357 3399 8347 3401 8335 3396 8315
3379 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 311DEG 8KT 3389 8333
$$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, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 35 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 |
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.