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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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.
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.
| 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, 5:11 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, 6:58 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.