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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2016, 8:21 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 26, 2016, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Gilmer County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
075
WWUS82 KFFC 270021
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
821 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016
GAZ007-014-015-270100-
GILMER GA-DAWSON GA-LUMPKIN GA-
821 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILMER...NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND
WESTERN LUMPKIN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
AT 821 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LEN FOOTE HIKE
INN...OR 12 MILES WEST OF DAHLONEGA...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. 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 ELLIJAY...EAST
ELLIJAY...AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...MOUNTAINTOWN...
PISGAH...NIMBLEWILL...ROUNDTOP...ROY...TALONA...CAMP
MERRILL...CARTECAY... BLACK GAP SHELTER...LEN FOOTE HIKE INN AND
FAUSETT LAKE.
LAT...LON 3471 8425 3467 8425 3464 8420 3461 8419
3466 8413 3465 8407 3449 8414 3452 8434
3456 8435 3456 8437 3455 8437 3455 8447
3456 8447 3456 8449 3455 8448 3455 8449
3457 8450 3455 8452 3457 8464 3482 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 106DEG 20KT 3460 8420
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Gilmer, Pickens | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon, Murray | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.