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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 8:27 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 16, 7:27 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 7:27 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 442 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-170845- 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- 442 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH LATE EVENING. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATES 75 AND 85 IN NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. 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, 4:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
722 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
GAZ011-019-030-170000-
CHATTOOGA GA-POLK GA-FLOYD GA-
722 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA...
NORTHWESTERN POLK AND SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
AT 721 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTHWEST OF CAVE
SPRING...MOVING NORTH AT 5 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 THIS STORM INCLUDE
CAVE SPRING AND COOSA.
LAT...LON 3435 8540 3429 8519 3406 8523 3407 8542
3433 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 184DEG 4KT 3415 8542Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
827 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
GAZ002>004-170115-
CATOOSA GA-WHITFIELD GA-WALKER GA-
827 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CATOOSA...WHITFIELD AND EASTERN
WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...
AT 827 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER DALTON...OR OVER
RINGGOLD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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 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. WHEN WATER COVERS THE
ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DALTON...RINGGOLD...VARNELL...TUNNEL HILL...COHUTTA...ROCKY FACE...
BEAUMONT...MILL CREEK...BEAVERDALE...WOOD STATION...RED CLAY S.P. AND
APISON.
LAT...LON 3499 8481 3497 8481 3494 8484 3492 8484
3466 8504 3477 8525 3499 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 215DEG 12KT 3481 8509The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 12:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 2:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 3:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 23 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.