Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 7:40 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2016, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Newton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
169
WWUS82 KFFC 062340
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
GAZ048-070015-
NEWTON GA-
740 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM EDT...
AT 740 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PORTERDALE...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COVINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 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
COVINGTON...PORTERDALE...ROCKY PLAINS AND OAK HILL.
LAT...LON 3359 8399 3357 8382 3344 8391 3345 8393
3345 8392 3348 8395 3350 8402 3349 8403
3350 8404 3350 8403 3352 8404 3351 8405
3352 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 282DEG 6KT 3352 8398
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 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.