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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 16, 2016Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 3:08 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2016-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1604 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

526 
WWUS82 KFFC 161908
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
308 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
 
GAZ046-048-057-058-161945-
HENRY GA-NEWTON GA-ROCKDALE GA-BUTTS GA-
308 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY...NEWTON...
SOUTHEASTERN ROCKDALE AND NORTHEASTERN BUTTS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM
EDT...

AT 307 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NEAR ALMON TO OLA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  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 NATURES 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
CONYERS...COVINGTON...OXFORD...PORTERDALE...THE GEORGIA
INTERNATIONAL HORSE PARK...STEWART...OAK HILL...ALMON...ROCKY
PLAINS...MAGNET...WORTHVILLE...MILSTEAD...OLA AND FINCHERVILLE.

LAT...LON 3357 8408 3373 8401 3366 8378 3342 8384
      3341 8385 3341 8384 3340 8385 3340 8384
      3336 8386 3336 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 201DEG 16KT 3350 8396 3338 8407 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry49 min
Aug 16, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett46 min
Aug 16, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton38 min
Aug 16, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones45 min
Aug 16, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale42 min
Aug 16, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett37 min
Aug 16, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette50 min
Aug 16, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike, Spalding40 min
Aug 16, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth40 min
Aug 16, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette49 min
Aug 16, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow49 min
Aug 16, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether44 min
Aug 16, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale41 min
Aug 16, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Hall, Walton51 min
Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether50 min
Aug 16, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton48 min
Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot45 min
Aug 16, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall, Jackson50 min
Aug 16, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan48 min
Aug 16, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup41 min
Aug 16, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns45 min
Aug 16, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd38 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.