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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, 1:45 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Telfair County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 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 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 7:20 AM EDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 4:30 AM EDT, 9 hours 15 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 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 1:33 PM EDT, 12 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

Special weather statement, Oct 3, 1:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
145 PM EDT MON OCT 3 2016

GAZ097-109>111-031830-
WHEELER GA-DODGE GA-LAURENS GA-TELFAIR GA-
145 PM EDT MON OCT 3 2016

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

AT 144 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND
ALAMO TO NEAR TEMPERANCE. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...UP TO 30 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 NATURES 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.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
MCRAE...ALAMO...HELENA...MILAN...RHINE...CHAUNCEY...ACHORD...THE
LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...CHINA HILL...TEMPERANCE AND JAY BIRD
SPRINGS.

LAT...LON 3196 8323 3225 8289 3213 8274 3183 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 152DEG 1KT 3214 8281 3193 8309

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	62 min
Oct 3, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	57 min
Oct 3, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	38 min
Oct 3, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	40 min
Oct 3, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	49 min
Oct 3, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016 Every 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.