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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 5, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 722 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 051821
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
221 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016
GAZ078-079-051900-
HARRIS GA-TALBOT GA-
221 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HARRIS AND TALBOT
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 220 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WOODLAND...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TALBOTTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 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 THIS STORM INCLUDE
TALBOTTON...MANCHESTER...WAVERLY HALL...WOODLAND...JUNCTION
CITY...GENEVA... BALDWINVILLE...BAUGHVILLE...OLIVE BRANCH...PO BIDDY
CROSSROADS...F.D.
ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...ELLERSLIE AND FLINT HILL.
LAT...LON 3284 8483 3285 8473 3284 8470 3285 8457
3286 8453 3261 8440 3256 8441 3256 8449
3255 8449 3255 8467 3256 8467 3256 8469
3258 8470 3258 8488
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 345DEG 13KT 3275 8463
$$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, 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, 2:23 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.