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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2017, 4:21 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- May 12, 2017, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Bartow County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
259
WWUS82 KFFC 122021
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
421 PM EDT FRI MAY 12 2017
GAZ020-030>032-122045-
Polk GA-Cobb GA-Bartow GA-Paulding GA-
421 PM EDT FRI MAY 12 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN
COBB...SOUTHERN BARTOW AND NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL 445
PM EDT...
At 420 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Taylorsville, or 11
miles northwest of Dallas...moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Cartersville, Acworth, Rockmart, Euharlee, Emerson, Aragon, Braswell,
Taylorsville, Burnt Hickory Ridge and Stilesboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3397 8501 3406 8506 3422 8483 3406 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 232DEG 18KT 3405 8497
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 28 min |
| May 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 29 min |
| May 12, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 47 min |
| May 12, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 44 min |
| May 12, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 23 min |
| May 12, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| May 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 34 min |
| May 12, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 30 min |
| May 12, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 50 min |
| May 12, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 47 min |
| May 12, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 29 min |
| May 12, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 43 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.