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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 9, 2016Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2016, 7:21 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 9, 2016, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Monroe County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2016-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 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 2016-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

233 
WWUS82 KFFC 092321
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016
 
GAZ071-092345-
MONROE GA-
721 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 721 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAYNE
CITY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORSYTH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT 
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF 
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
FORSYTH...BRENT AND BOLINGBROKE. 

LAT...LON 3294 8405 3295 8404 3300 8404 3314 8390
      3291 8378 3287 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 132DEG 23KT 3291 8384 

$$

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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.