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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2017, 12:50 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 12, 2017, 12:50 PM EDT (16:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2017, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Fayette County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 12, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...Updated National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1200 PM EDT Mon Jun 12 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-130915- 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- 1200 PM EDT Mon Jun 12 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia this afternoon and evening. A few of the storms could become strong with the primary threats being gusty winds, frequent lightning and heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Scattered thunderstorms will be possible across the entire area Tuesday through Sunday, mainly during the afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:35 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 16 min |
| Jun 12, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 36 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.