numeric_limits of atomic types

Suppose someAtomic is an std::atomic with an integral underlying type, such as atomic_uint16_t. I don't want to assume WHICH integral type, however, in particular code, so I want something to accomplish the following, which right now doesn't compile:

if (newVal > numeric_limits<decltype(someAtomic)>::max()) throw "newVal too large";
else someAtomic.store(newVal, memory_order_release);

It looks like at least in VC++2015 there are no numeric_limits specializations for atomic types even if their underlying types do have such specializations. What's the best way to deal with this?