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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 5, 2016Meriwether County, Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2016, 6:55 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 20 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.

262 
WWUS82 KFFC 052255
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
655 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016
 
GAZ053-056-067-068-052345-
SPALDING GA-COWETA GA-PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-
655 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SPALDING...
SOUTHEASTERN COWETA...PIKE AND NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL
745 PM EDT...

AT 654 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HARALSON...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ZEBULON...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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
ZEBULON...GREENVILLE...HARALSON...GAY...DIGBEY...WOOSTER...HILLTOP...
HOLLONVILLE...ALVATON...IMLAC AND ROCKY MOUNT.

LAT...LON 3324 8469 3329 8451 3326 8450 3326 8447
      3307 8427 3299 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 333DEG 14KT 3322 8457 

$$

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, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas49 min
Aug 5, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
Aug 5, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta37 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.