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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 2016Pike County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 2:52 PM EDT for Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 7, 2016, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2016-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2016-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

489 
WWUS82 KFFC 071852
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
252 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
 
GAZ068-069-071930-
UPSON GA-PIKE GA-
252 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN UPSON AND SOUTHERN PIKE
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 252 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MEANSVILLE...OR NEAR
ZEBULON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 
           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
THOMASTON...ZEBULON...MOLENA...MEANSVILLE...THE ROCK...SUNSET
VILLAGE... LINCOLN PARK...CREST...LIFSEY
SPRINGS...ATWATER...SUNNYSIDE...HILLTOP... HANNAHS MILL AND REDBONE
CROSSROADS.

LAT...LON 3315 8441 3311 8425 3304 8425 3303 8427
      3299 8427 3299 8418 3278 8429 3299 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 297DEG 9KT 3304 8439 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford36 min
Aug 6, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe24 min
Aug 6, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe22 min
Aug 6, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam33 min
Aug 6, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam28 min
Aug 7, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry27 min
Aug 7, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin25 min
Aug 7, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee28 min
Aug 7, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite35 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Spalding31 min
Aug 7, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin30 min
Aug 7, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris25 min
Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb31 min
Aug 7, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale36 min
Aug 7, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley35 min
Aug 7, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster30 min
Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton28 min
Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart37 min
Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale35 min
Aug 7, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup32 min
Aug 7, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker27 min
Aug 7, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin30 min
Aug 7, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer32 min
Aug 7, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray23 min
Aug 7, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk36 min
Aug 7, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer27 min
Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk27 min
Aug 7, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin33 min
Aug 7, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk32 min
Aug 7, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow28 min
Aug 7, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson33 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.