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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 5, 2016Douglas County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 722 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe30 min
Aug 4, 10:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke35 min
Aug 4, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke45 min
Aug 4, 11:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe6 hr
Aug 4, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer37 min
Aug 5, 12:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson53 min
Aug 5, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot39 min
Aug 5, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd37 min
Aug 5, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd49 min
Aug 5, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Taylor42 min
Aug 5, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk30 min
Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding42 min
Aug 5, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson52 min
Aug 5, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson17 min
Aug 5, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas36 min
Aug 5, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
Aug 5, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta37 min
Aug 5, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike50 min
Aug 5, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding47 min
Aug 5, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike, Upson30 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.