Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2016, 5:11 PM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 30 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.
126
WWUS82 KFFC 052111
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
511 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016
GAZ043-044-052200-
SOUTH FULTON GA-DOUGLAS GA-
511 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FULTON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES
UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 511 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL
COUNTRY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.
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.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...UNION CITY...COLLEGE PARK...FAIRBURN...
PALMETTO...CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...CHAPEL HILL...FAIRPLAY...
CAMPBELLTON...HANNAH AND BILL ARP.
LAT...LON 3362 8488 3376 8467 3363 8446 3355 8446
3352 8459 3350 8461 3351 8462 3351 8482
3353 8482 3355 8483 3357 8481 3358 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 317DEG 15KT 3364 8469
$$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, 2:21 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, 5:27 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.