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Tropical Storm Warning 1009, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 1, 201624 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tropical storm warning at Sep 1, 2016, 4:53 AM EDT for 24 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2016, 4:53 AM EDT (08:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 24 counties

Bleckley County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 247 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 733 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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 tropical storm warning 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 tropical storm warning went out at Sep 1, 3:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 3:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 7:32 PM EDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
732 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>073-078>082-
089>091-102-103-012345-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DOUGLAS-FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-
GILMER-GORDON-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-
HENRY-JACKSON-JASPER-JONES-LAMAR-LUMPKIN-MADISON-MARION-
MERIWETHER-MONROE-MORGAN-MURRAY-MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-
OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-
SOUTH FULTON-SPALDING-STEWART-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TOWNS-
TROUP-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-WEBSTER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-
WILKES-
732 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH MINOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY. ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IN ADDITION...IMPACTS FROM TROPICAL STORM HERMINE COULD BRING
MORE PERSISTENT GUSTY WINDS AND RAINFALL ON FRIDAY. WIND GUSTS OF
20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SHOULD THE TRACK OF HERMINE SHIFT MORE WEST AND NORTH OF ITS
CURRENT FORECAST...MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS COULD BE FELT ACROSS
WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE
FOUND IN THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...ATLHLSFFC.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

GAZ074>076-083>086-092>098-104>113-012345-
BLECKLEY-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY-EMANUEL-GLASCOCK-HOUSTON-JEFFERSON-
JOHNSON-LAURENS-MACON-MONTGOMERY-PEACH-PULASKI-SCHLEY-SUMTER-
TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TREUTLEN-TWIGGS-WASHINGTON-WHEELER-WILCOX-
WILKINSON-
732 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH MINOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM FRIDAY...

THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE BRINGS THE
SYSTEM FARTHER WEST AND NORTH. THIS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WITH TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WIND GUSTS...
FLOODING RAINFALL AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES.

STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS GREATER THAN
50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AS THE
TROPICAL SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS THE STATE. PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN ON
FRIDAY WILL ELEVATE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES
OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WITHIN THE OUTER RAIN
BANDS OF HERMINE WILL EXIST AS WELL...ESPECIALLY LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO STAY TUNED TO UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING
SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

DJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas36 min
Sep 1, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton26 min
Sep 1, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow23 min
Sep 1, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Polk30 min
Sep 1, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton27 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.