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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 23, 2016Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2016, 2:29 PM EDT for Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 23, 2016, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1484 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 23, 1:41 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 1:41 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 10:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1032 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-241200-
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-
1032 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016

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

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
MAINLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FEW STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON...EXCEPT
THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:30 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:59 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
159 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016

GAZ097-098-109>113-231830-
WHEELER GA-DODGE GA-MONTGOMERY GA-LAURENS GA-TOOMBS GA-TREUTLEN GA-
TELFAIR GA-
159 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHEELER...EASTERN DODGE...
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS...NORTHWESTERN TOOMBS...
SOUTHWESTERN TREUTLEN AND NORTHERN TELFAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM
EDT...

AT 158 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR KIBBEE TO NEAR ALAMO TO NEAR JAY BIRD SPRINGS...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
           GROUND LIGHTNING.

  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.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
MCRAE...LYONS...SOPERTON...ALAMO...MOUNT
VERNON...VIDALIA...HELENA...
GLENWOOD...AILEY...SCOTLAND...HIGGSTON...TARRYTOWN...LITTLE OCMULGEE
STATE PARK...BARNHILL...LOTHAIR...ACHORD...CEDAR
GROVE...KIBBEE...LANDSBURG AND JAY BIRD SPRINGS.

LAT...LON 3222 8231 3207 8262 3204 8295 3223 8318
      3229 8295 3241 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 302DEG 23KT 3232 8250 3219 8280 3219 8301
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 2:23 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
223 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016

GAZ107>109-231900-
DODGE GA-WILCOX GA-PULASKI GA-
223 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DODGE...NORTHWESTERN
WILCOX AND SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 223 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CEDAR CREEK...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
           GROUND LIGHTNING.

  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.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
PINEVIEW...UNION...CEDAR CREEK...FIVE POINTS...FINLEYSON...POPE
CITY... WALLACE AND OCMULGEE BANKS.

LAT...LON 3219 8358 3225 8333 3205 8312 3196 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 337DEG 7KT 3210 8340
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 2:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
229 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016

GAZ110>112-231900-
WHEELER GA-MONTGOMERY GA-TELFAIR GA-
229 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHEELER...SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY
AND EASTERN TELFAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 229 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LUMBER CITY...OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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
MCRAE...ALAMO...LUMBER CITY...GLENWOOD...UVALDA...SCOTLAND...TOWNS...
CHARLOTTEVILLE...JORDAN AND SPRING HILL.

LAT...LON 3213 8289 3224 8275 3200 8248 3197 8248
      3196 8250 3195 8248 3196 8257 3193 8259
      3194 8260 3192 8265 3192 8268 3190 8269
      3190 8270 3186 8276 3185 8279 3184 8278
      3181 8282 3182 8284 3178 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 315DEG 14KT 3194 8272

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen30 min
Aug 23, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge27 min
Aug 23, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge31 min
Aug 23, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox28 min
Aug 23, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler31 min
Aug 23, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox37 min
Aug 23, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson30 min
Aug 23, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson30 min
Aug 23, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb36 min
Aug 23, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter23 min
Aug 23, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart37 min

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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.