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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 19, 2016Baldwin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 19, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Baldwin County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2016-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 784 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 2016-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 19, 1:48 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:48 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-201000-
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-
1130 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

A FEW STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED
FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA ON MONDAY AND PORTIONS OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 1:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:57 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp59 min
Aug 18, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe30 min
Aug 18, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster64 min
Aug 19, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike33 min
Aug 19, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether30 min
Aug 19, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox42 min
Aug 19, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones40 min
Aug 19, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow32 min
Aug 19, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson24 min
Aug 19, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan35 min
Aug 19, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding35 min
Aug 19, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas32 min
Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan28 min
Aug 19, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach37 min
Aug 19, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe27 min
Aug 19, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas46 min
Aug 19, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson26 min
Aug 19, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes46 min
Aug 19, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas44 min
Aug 19, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks26 min
Aug 19, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe36 min
Aug 19, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison30 min
Aug 19, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard28 min
Aug 19, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly36 min
Aug 19, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Rockdale44 min
Aug 19, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette30 min
Aug 19, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton24 min
Aug 19, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts38 min
Aug 19, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.