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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 30, 2016Newton County, Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Nov 30, 2016, 3:16 PM EST for Newton County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Nov 30, 2016, 3:16 PM EST (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2016, 3:45 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

454 
WWUS82 KFFC 302016
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
316 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
 
GAZ035>037-047-048-302045-
OCONEE GA-NEWTON GA-BARROW GA-CLARKE GA-WALTON GA-
316 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OCONEE...NEWTON...
SOUTHEASTERN BARROW...NORTHWESTERN CLARKE AND WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL
345 PM EST...

AT 315 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR STATHAM TO NEAR JERSEY TO OAK HILL...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 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. 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
           DONT DROWN. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
MONROE...COVINGTON...ATHENS...SOCIAL CIRCLE...STATHAM...OXFORD...
PORTERDALE...BOGART...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BETHLEHEM...GOOD HOPE...
JERSEY...ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY...GRATIS...ALMON...BEECHWOOD HILLS...
CAMPTON...EBENEZER...BRICK STORE AND PANNELL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3402 8333 3381 8348 3380 8348 3381 8349
      3381 8350 3379 8353 3359 8369 3351 8377
      3355 8400 3371 8384 3399 8366 3400 8355
      3397 8354 3399 8350 3400 8350 3399 8348
      3401 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 265DEG 31KT 3394 8362 3372 8376 3355 8399 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 11:57 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade33 min
Nov 30, 12:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade40 min
Nov 30, 1:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker31 min
Nov 30, 1:18 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCDade, Walker26 min
Nov 30, 1:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker23 min
Nov 30, 1:53 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCatoosa18 min
Nov 30, 2:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield25 min
Nov 30, 2:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade24 min
Nov 30, 3:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade24 min
Nov 30, 3:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker43 min
Nov 30, 4:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade26 min
Nov 30, 5:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade30 min
Nov 30, 5:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade27 min
Nov 30, 7:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade33 min
Nov 30, 7:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield31 min
Nov 30, 8:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield39 min
Nov 30, 9:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker42 min
Nov 30, 10:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield27 min
Nov 30, 10:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga38 min
Nov 30, 10:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd25 min
Nov 30, 11:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield45 min
Nov 30, 12:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray15 min
Nov 30, 12:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer43 min
Nov 30, 12:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson34 min
Nov 30, 12:52 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding25 min
Nov 30, 1:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton26 min
Nov 30, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding45 min
Nov 30, 1:38 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton37 min
Nov 30, 1:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall47 min
Nov 30, 2:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup28 min
Nov 30, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris40 min
Nov 30, 2:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett37 min
Nov 30, 2:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall34 min
Nov 30, 2:14 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall18 min
Nov 30, 2:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether37 min
Nov 30, 2:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson47 min
Nov 30, 2:32 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether14 min
Nov 30, 2:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee35 min
Nov 30, 2:43 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson32 min
Nov 30, 2:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson25 min
Nov 30, 3:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Upson28 min
Nov 30, 3:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart26 min
Nov 30, 3:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Spalding20 min
Nov 30, 3:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison49 min
Nov 30, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton24 min
Nov 30, 3:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Taylor46 min
Nov 30, 3:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe27 min
Nov 30, 3:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee26 min
Nov 30, 3:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam44 min
Nov 30, 3:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe38 min
Nov 30, 3:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Jones47 min
Nov 30, 4:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro36 min
Nov 30, 4:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston33 min
Nov 30, 4:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly26 min
Nov 30, 4:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Webster36 min
Nov 30, 4:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren27 min
Nov 30, 5:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock45 min
Nov 30, 5:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs28 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.