Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 11:31 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 11:31 PM EDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
183
WWUS82 KFFC 080331
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1131 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
GAZ023-080415-
HALL GA-
1131 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HALL COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM
EDT...
AT 1131 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR GAINESVILLE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
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
GAINESVILLE...LULA...CLERMONT...GILLSVILLE AND CANDLER.
LAT...LON 3450 8375 3437 8366 3436 8367 3435 8365
3432 8365 3430 8362 3423 8370 3417 8378
3431 8390 3442 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 145DEG 8KT 3431 8376
$$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, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 11:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.