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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 3, 2016Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 3, 2016, 1:33 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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
Oct 3, 2016, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Telfair County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2016-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1511 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 2016-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Oct 3, 7:20 AM EDT, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 7:20 AM EDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 4:30 AM EDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
430 AM EDT MON OCT 3 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-041000-
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-
430 AM EDT MON OCT 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...THE TRACK OF HURRICANE MATTHEW WILL BE CLOSELY
MONITORED FOR ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 1:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
133 PM EDT MON OCT 3 2016

GAZ110-111-031830-
WHEELER GA-TELFAIR GA-
133 PM EDT MON OCT 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHEASTERN
TELFAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 131 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND
TOWNS TO NEAR THE HORSE CREEK WMA. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...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.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
LUMBER CITY...SCOTLAND...JACKSONVILLE...TOWNS...WORKMORE...JORDAN...
THE HORSE CREEK WMA AND SPRING HILL.

LAT...LON 3178 8292 3180 8298 3189 8301 3208 8281
      3206 8264 3194 8262 3192 8265 3192 8268
      3190 8269 3190 8270 3186 8276 3185 8279
      3184 8278 3181 8282 3182 8284 3178 8286
      3178 8289 3179 8290
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 014DEG 3KT 3202 8274 3186 8289

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel62 min
Oct 3, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair45 min
Oct 3, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler38 min
Oct 3, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery40 min
Oct 3, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair49 min
Oct 3, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs50 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.