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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 1:14 PM EDT for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 16, 2016, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 16, 10:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 5:55 AM EDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 555 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-171000- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 555 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS SHIFTS TO NORTH GEORGIA AS A FRONT SLOWLY SAGS TOWARD THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THAT COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:11 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
111 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
GAZ046-055-057-161800-
HENRY GA-CLAYTON GA-ROCKDALE GA-
111 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HENRY...EASTERN CLAYTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN ROCKDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 110 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AROUND STOCKBRIDGE AND
MCDONOUGH. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...UP TO 40 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.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
MCDONOUGH...JONESBORO...STOCKBRIDGE...FOREST PARK...HAMPTON...
MORROW...LOVEJOY...LOCUST GROVE...LAKE CITY...ATLANTA MOTOR
SPEEDWAY...EAGLES LANDING...BONANZA...HIDDEN VALLEY PARK...
FLIPPEN...RICHARDSON PARK...BLACKSVILLE...REX...KELLEYTOWN...LAKE
SPIVEY AND ELLENWOOD.
LAT...LON 3364 8432 3363 8424 3363 8412 3362 8411
3362 8405 3335 8411 3338 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 192DEG 3KT 3347 8423Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
114 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
GAZ034-047-161800-
GWINNETT GA-WALTON GA-
114 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT AND
NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 114 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SNELLVILLE. THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...UP TO 40 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.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
LAWRENCEVILLE...SNELLVILLE...LOGANVILLE...GRAYSON...ROSEBUD AND
WINDSOR.
LAT...LON 3387 8382 3377 8394 3377 8396 3379 8398
3378 8400 3379 8407 3394 8412 3395 8396
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 192DEG 2KT 3383 8399The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Spalding | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Walton | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 38 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.