Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 20, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
428
WWUS82 KFFC 201821
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
221 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
GAZ072-082-201845-
JONES GA-BIBB GA-
221 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JONES AND NORTHERN BIBB COUNTIES
UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 220 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CLINTON...OR NEAR
GRAY...MOVING EAST 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 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
MACON...GRAY...CLINTON...WESLEYAN...BRADLEY...JAMES...GREENBERRY
CROSSROADS...ARKWRIGHT...HADDOCK...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND POSTELL.
LAT...LON 3295 8373 3295 8371 3296 8371 3298 8372
3301 8372 3311 8341 3292 8336 3288 8345
3287 8372
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 258DEG 23KT 3296 8357
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 22 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.