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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 19, 2016Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2016, 2:48 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 84 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 194 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 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 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:57 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:00 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
248 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2016

GAZ106-108-191930-
CRISP GA-WILCOX GA-
248 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRISP AND WILCOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 248 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM HATLEY TO NEAR REBECCA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ABBEVILLE...ROCHELLE...ARABI...PITTS...ANTIOCH CHURCH...DOUBLE RUN...
HATLEY...OWENSBORO...SEVILLE AND BROWNING.

LAT...LON 3202 8359 3200 8328 3199 8328 3199 8329
      3195 8326 3195 8324 3194 8324 3190 8320
      3189 8320 3187 8318 3185 8318 3184 8323
      3185 8361 3180 8361 3180 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 250DEG 10KT 3189 8362 3184 8351

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	59 min
Aug 18, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	30 min
Aug 18, 11:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	64 min
Aug 19, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	33 min
Aug 19, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	30 min
Aug 19, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	30 min
Aug 19, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	40 min
Aug 19, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	32 min
Aug 19, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	24 min
Aug 19, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	35 min
Aug 19, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	35 min
Aug 19, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	32 min
Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	28 min
Aug 19, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach	37 min
Aug 19, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	27 min
Aug 19, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	46 min
Aug 19, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson	26 min
Aug 19, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	46 min
Aug 19, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	44 min
Aug 19, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	26 min
Aug 19, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	36 min
Aug 19, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Jackson, Madison	30 min
Aug 19, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard	28 min
Aug 19, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	36 min
Aug 19, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Rockdale	44 min
Aug 19, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	30 min
Aug 19, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	24 min
Aug 19, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	38 min
Aug 19, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	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.