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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 10:47 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 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, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
624
WWUS82 KFFC 080247
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1047 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
GAZ002-003-011-080345-
CATOOSA GA-CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-
1047 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CATOOSA...NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA
AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1043 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ALONG A LINE
FROM NORTHERN WALKER AND CATOOSA COUNTIES TO NORTHWEST CHATTOOGA
COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY WHICH IS LIKELY CAUSING
AREAS OF LOWLAND FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 90 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4
TO 3/4 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...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
LAFAYETTE...SUMMERVILLE...RINGGOLD...FORT OGLETHORPE...ROSSVILLE...
CHICKAMAUGA...TRION...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN... LYERLY... MENLO...
LAKEVIEW...NAOMI... CLOUDLAND...BOYNTON...SUTTLES MILL...
BERRYTON...NOBLE...COOPER HEIGHTS...INDIAN SPRINGS AND FAIRVIEW.
LAT...LON 3499 8507 3481 8511 3482 8513 3473 8517
3472 8514 3459 8517 3435 8547 3462 8553
3476 8545 3484 8545 3498 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 059DEG 7KT 3488 8529
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 11:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 44 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.