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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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 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 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.
- 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 46 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, 3:11 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.